Gema Sánchez 2021
CORFU
ENHANCE YOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
ARRIVAL DAY
Monday,26th July
Yesterday I landed in Corfú , Kerkyra in Greek.It is an amazing island. People say that it is Gods Island as Ulises arrived here when he was going back to Itaca.
It is called the Greek green island with Italian,British and French influences in its culture and architecture.
I arrived early at Andrioti school where my Erasmus course took place.
The teachers welcomed all the students and we started the course introducing ourselves .Later we did an English level test before having a break .We went on working with vocabulary development for educators and finally we shared some intercultural communication.
SECOND DAY:MY CITY
Tuesday 27th July
It was time to know more about other countries.
My classmates and I prepared an essay about our cities and the most famous and special festivals in our countries.
Poland ,Italy,Spain ,Czech Republic...,countries with amazing festivals and marvellous places to visit.It was very interesting to be able to know about small cities I had never heard about
I told them abot León, my city,where I was born and where you can learn about spanish history
In the afternoon,I had time to visit some beaches in the north of the island as The Channel of amour.
THIRD DAY: A CULTURAL VISIT IN KERKYRA
Kerkyra is the name of the capital of this greek island.It is the main city of the island and in 2007 it was declared a World Heritage Site
It is worth the effort to visit Kerkyra not only because of the beaches but also because of its art,history and culture.The Venetian Renaissance ,the English Classicism and the French elegance can be appreciated in its architecture.
FOURTH DAY:A NEW FESTIVAL
To finish the day I went to a classical music concert in the impressive old fortness where St George Church is.Corfu has the most important musical culture in Greece.
Thursday 29th July
Today we have worked in groups.After taking some information about other countries festivals, we have prepared our own festival,a mixture of different cultures.
It is a funny way to practice the intercultural communication, practicing new use of English and new vocabulary.
My team's festival was called "This is not the end"as we thought that not everything finish with the summer.Enjoy with us!
FIFTH DAY: PODCAST
During all the week we had to prepare an essay about different topics in order to record a podcast so as to practice intonation, pronunciation and idiomatic language.
After recording everybody's podcast,we were handed our course certification and although it was so hot the school had prepared an urban game: The treasure hunt.In different teams we explored the city and we could say good bye to Kerkyra.
sixth day: PAXOS AND ANTIPAXOS
To finish the course, the school organized a trip to Paxos and Antipaxos, two island near Kerkyra where we could relax,enjoy and buy some souvenirs from this island which is a aradise to come back again.
