“We could ask a lot of questions. That’s what I liked most. I’ll never forget that special lesson!” – Emma, 3DE
Unsere englische Fremdsprachenassistentin aus dem Schuljahr 2005/06, Catherine, hat gemeinsam mit ihrer australischen Freundin Jacqui unserer Schule einen erneuten Besuch abgestattet und auch den Englischunterricht in einigen Klassen besucht und mitgestaltet. Während in der Unterstufe vor allem das Kennenlernen und Fragenstellen im Vordergrund stand, hatten die SchülerInnen der 6A die Möglichkeit, ihre Sprachkenntnisse zum Thema “Making a difference“ zu vertiefen.
“On Monday 15th April, I came from Manchester, England to visit the Gymnasium Freistadt. I had not been back there since 2006 when I was the English Teaching Assistant. To my surprise, everything looked just the same – including some of the teachers! It was a joy to return to my old classrooms and talk to the students about life in England. They asked many great questions. The school is just as I remember it: friendly and relaxed but with a high academic standard. It was so wonderful to be back. Thank you for having me, and keep up the great work!” – Catherine
„Heute besuchten uns Catherine und Jacqui. Catherine ist aus England und Jacqui aus Australien. Nach einer kurzen Vorstellrunde durften wir den beiden jede Menge Fragen stellen. Die beiden waren begeistert, wie viel wir in so kurzer Zeit bereits gelernt hatten! Besonders freuten wir uns über die englische Schokolade, die Catherine an uns austeilte. Zum Abschluss machten wir noch ein Erinnerungsfoto mit den beiden. Es war eine schöne und unvergessliche Englischstunde! – Amelie, 1C
Die heutige Englischstunde war eine ganz besondere! Wir bekamen Besuch von Catherine aus England und Jacqui aus Australien. Unsere Klasse durfte den beiden viele Fragen stellen. Im gemeinsamen Gespräch erlebten wir, wie viel wir bereits gelernt hatten. Außerdem war es beeindruckend, wie einfach und schön sich die englischen Sätze bei den beiden anhörten! Nach dieser Englischstunde bekam ich große Lust, selbst bald nach England oder sogar Australien zu reisen, um mein Englisch zu verbessern.“ – Emma A., 1C
“Today Catherine and Jacqueline visited us. It was a really fun lesson! We learned some new and useful vocabulary and we talked about superstitions and friendship.” – Franziska and Leonie, 3DE
“In today’s English lesson we talked to two native speakers, Catherine from Manchester in England and Jacqui from Melbourne in Australia. They are both friends of our teacher and they were extremely nice.” – Christoph and Denino, 3DE
“We asked a lot of questions and we learned lots of new vocabulary. At the end of the lesson they gave us delicious British chocolate.” – Theresa, 3DE
“Today we had a really unique English lesson: Catherine from England, who used to be a teaching assistant at our school, and her friend Jacqui from Australia joined us. We talked a lot about friendship and Jacqui gave us some interesting information about wombats, koalas and kookaburras. At the end of the lesson, Catherine offered us some delicious English chocolate, which was just marvellous! Talking to natives was a very cool experience and we, 3DE, will certainly never forget this day.” – Tessa, 3DE
“We also talked about the non-profit organisation Catherine and Jacqui work for. It’s about helping and empowering kids with education. Catherine also said one sentence that really stayed with me, which was: “Life is more than me.” – Leonie W., 6A
“We were split into two groups and all the pupils had the chance to talk to both Catherine and Jacqui, two native speakers from England and Australia. We asked them questions about their countries, their lifestyles and their jobs with a non-profit organisation.” – Emil, 6A
“I really had the feeling that they love what they are doing – giving people hope by empowering them with education.” – Johannes, 6A
