British-Italian Exchange

In the picture of an Italian classroom school things and people make evidence of the following meaningful points:

on the blackboard the theme of the Teaching and Learning Unit ; “what is school like, in Italy? And in the UK?”

on the teacher’s desk the main Specific Learning Objectives

• 1. Interact in situations related to school routines by using familiar simple expressions to satisfy essential needs
• 2. Interact asking simple questions to find out information about English school and by giving information about their school
• 3. write captions for drawings in the posters about the two educational systems
• 4. be aware of the similarities and differences between the British and Italian Educational systems

the chairs and the two shapes stand for pupils, and the English trainee teacher and the class teacher of English: the speakers in the communicative interaction;

on the pupils’ desks the content of their questions about the educational system: school time, subjects, break time, school dinner, holidays, uniforms/clothes, evaluation, etc. ...