My Place, Your Place

Title

My Place, Your Place

Summary / overview

In this collaboration activity, partner school students share the physical and emotional experience of ‘their place’ (school or neighbourhood) and compare this with their partner’s place. This is a useful project to follow the Getting Started Project.

Theme(s)

Culture / everyday life / school

Objective(s)

Through this collaboration activity, partner schools and students will:

1. Work together to decide how to effectively share the experience of ‘our place’ with their partner school
2. se appropriate speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to communicate effectively across cultures, showing cultural sensitivity in their exchanges
3. Further develop their understanding of the similarities and differences in everyday life in Indonesia and Australia

Organisational Details

Languages

English / Bahasa Indonesia

Subject Area(s)

English (Writing, Speaking, Reading); Languages (English, Bahasa Indonesia); Studies of Society and the Environment (History and Geography)

Duration

8 weeks