EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

Tours around schools

On September 26th, we celebrate European Day of Languages to promote awareness of the importance of language learning and celebrate the linguistic diversity all around Europe.

So, we were invited to do some presentations related to this topic in a few schools in Pultusk and its surroundings.

Zespół Szkół Zawodowych im. Jana Ruszkowskiego w Pułtusku.

Japan and Honduras 

I made a presentation about Honduras, followed by a quiz. We talked about historical facts, traditional food, important cities, national animals (The guacamaya and the white-tailed bird), coral reefs and the mayas -the ancient civilization established in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belice, parts of Honduras and El Salvador.-

I must say, the students enjoyed the questions, some were easy and others, a little tricky.

  

Daniel shared what he did in Japan. He was in a two-week workcamp in a small village named Nikko, working with elderly people with nonphysical diseases in a daycare center.

In Japan, he experienced the kindness of the people and visited the most important places in Tokyo and ate ramen soup. Learning about Japanese culture was the most exciting on this trip. 🌍

 

He also met with his Japanese friends. Last year Centrum Międzynarodowej Wymiany Młodzieży I Wolontariatu hosted three motivated students for Japan, here in Pułtusk, to share their culture with polish students. You can read more about it here: Japanese workcamp.

Daniel showed the students some pictures and brochures from Japan and taught them the Japanese alphabet and useful phrases when you are abroad. Did you know they have three different ones?  😮😮

I was amazed to found it out, the Japanese have three alphabets: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. 

What an exciting day! 🎉

Szkoła Podstawowa im. Jana Twardowskiego w Gzowie. 

France and Honduras

We went to Gzowo with Tudal, to talk about some fun facts about our countries. 👀

To start, we test their knowledge about France and Honduras with a small quiz full of interesting questions and a very catchy song in Spanish. 

After that, we played Tingo Tango, adding some fun questions and tongue-twisters in Spanish and French. 

💪We also have time to talk with the kids and answers their questions about volunteering, going abroad and the importance of learning a foreign language.

Centrum Naukowo-Biznesowe Feniks S.C.

Honduras

This time I made a presentation about my country to the students of military school, here in Pułtusk. 🙌

In general, they were curious about Spanish and wanted to know every possible word. They were asking questions about Honduras. how is like the weather, the people and the food. I was also glad to discover they know a few words in Spanish like: hola, adiós and buenos días.

They were very interested in learning more words used in daily life and some Honduran slang and curious volunteering abroad and their options in the nearest future.

It's a pleasure to collaborate with the schools and talk with the students. 

😬If you are interested in doing a workcamp during the summer season or just go abroad doing volunteer, visit our sites:

fiyepolska

Workcamps PL

European Solidarity Corps

-Jennifer Soto