Welcome to the matrix, dear blogbusters...

Welcome to the matrix, dear blogbusters
Class Blog
Intercultural awareness and exchange

In a few weeks’ time, you will all be away, either in a different country or in a different school in the Flemish part of Belgium… You’ll meet new people, you’ll experience new things, and you’ll discover a new culture. Let’s take this wonderful opportunity to exchange our experiences and share our feelings… in a class blog, so that we all keep in touch!

Therefore, you have to write, each in turn and according to the list given by your teachers, minimum 8 lines -in English, of course- once every month.


You will be assessed on:
 The respect of timing;
 The grammar;
 The spelling;
 The vocabulary;
 And the style of your writing.
It goes without saying that you can add pictures, if you want… We trust you to put decent pictures on the blog, however! It goes without saying as everyone can have access to this blog…
The assessment is part of the “Stages linguistiques et culturels” course.

Here are the topics :

February:
You have just arrived in your new school, be it in another country or in the Flemish part of Belgium. Which were your feelings the day before leaving Belgium/ going to the new school? And which were your impressions on the very first day you arrived in your new environment? Did you feel welcome? Did you meet people? Who? How was this first meeting?...

March:
You have now spent a month there… Which were the difficulties you encountered? What was easy for you? Was it what you really expected to experience? Tell us more about your expectations. Has your relationship with the people there evolved? Tell us more about what is expected from you (courses to follow, lessons to give, work, etc.)

April:
What have you learnt about the culture of country/ area of Belgium you are staying in? Are there major differences/similarities with your own culture? Which ones? Did you experience a ‘culture clash’? How can you deal with the cultural differences? How does it influence your knowledge of the language(s) your will teach later?


May:
You experience is reaching the end… What are your feelings? What have you learnt? What do you think of this experience? If you had to do it again, would you? Why (not)? What would you change if you could? Do you think you have changed? How will it influence your way of teaching? What, in your opinion, will you always keep in your memory?

How can you log on the blog?
1. Go to www.blogger.com.
2. Sign in with your user name (= e-mail address) and password;
3. Click on ‘new message’;
4. Write your message and then publish it.

Who writes when?

February:
Friday 11:
Karim Bensalem
Romain Brisol
Stéphanie Cornet

Friday 18:
Aurélie D’Haeyere
Sarah Haboula
Victoria Harmel

Friday 25:
Céline Liemans
Aline Pireyn
Alexandre Vettas

March:
Friday 4:
Karim Bensalem
Romain Brisol
Stéphanie Cornet

Friday 11:
Aurélie D’Haeyere
Sarah Haboula

Friday18:
Victoria Harmel
Céline Liemans

Friday 25
Aline Pireyn
Alexandre Vettas

April:
Friday 1:
Karim Bensalem
Romain Brisol
Stéphanie Cornet

Friday 8:
Aurélie D’Haeyere
Sarah Haboula
Victoria Harmel

Friday 29:
Céline Liemans
Aline Pireyn
Alexandre Vettas

May:
Friday 6:
Karim Bensalem
Romain Brisol
Stéphanie Cornet
Aurélie D’Haeyere
Sarah Haboula

Friday 13:
Victoria Harmel
Céline Liemans
Aline Pireyn
Alexandre Vettas