COMENIUS QUESTIONNAIRE
The first activitiy within our project was realisation of the questionaire. Its purpose was to find out the level of communication between the pupils and between the pupils and teachers as well as the level of using of the body language and using various means of communication. Every school realised the same questionnaire which was made out by the school coordinators together. Every school realised it on a sample of 30 pupils and teachers, did analysis and worked out the results.
Here it is:
OUR SILENT EXPRESSION : BODY LANGUAGE
OUESTIONAIRE – COMMUNICATION LEVEL
Knowing Your Body Language
The purpose of this self-assessment questionaire is to generate discussion an find out the communication level between the pupils and the teachers and also between the pupils as well to find out the level of knowing and using body language
I am A male A female
I am
o 10 – 12 years old
o 12 – 15 years old
o 16 – 19 years old
o 19 – 30 years old
o 30 years old and more
1. It is important to read between the lines in communication, and this means keeping a firm eye on other people's body language.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
2. I can usually understand what other people are thinking and how they are feeling by listening closely to the things they are saying.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
3. I can ususally tell when people I meet are unhappy or angry about something.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
4. It is important to look people in the eye when talking to them: avoiding eye contact usually means you have something to hide.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
5. It is important not to have too much silence in a conversation.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
6. It is important not to touch people in professional situations, particularly if you do not know them very well.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
7. Laughter and smiling almost always indicate that people are in a positive frame of mind.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
8. Demonstrating interest and a positive attitude will come across well in any cultural environment.
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
9. You usually communicate with your friends using
o Social networks or Internet
o whatsapp
o mobile phones
o text messages
o emails
o face to face
o other ___________________________________________________________
10. The communication „face to face“ is very important among the family members
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
11. ONLY FOR TEACHERS : You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your workmates
o E-mail
o Whatsapp
o Internet, social networks
o Phone call
o Text message
o Face to face
o others________________________________________________________________
12. ONLY FOR TEACHERS : You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your students
o whatsapp
o Internet, social networks
o Phone call
o Text message
o Face to face
o Email
o others __________________________________________
13. ONLY FOR TEACHERS : You usually use this/these way/s of communication with your students´parents
o whatsapp
o Internet
o Phone call
o Text message
o Face to face
o Email
o others________________________________________________________
14. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
ONLY PUPILS: Communication within my class is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY PUPILS : Communication between my schoolmates and the teachers is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY TEACHERS : Communication with my workmates is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY TEACHERS : Communication with my pupils is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
ONLY TEACHERS : Communication with my pupils´s parents is good
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
15. Body language is an important part of communication
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
16. I am able to express my feelings using body language
o I wholly agree
o I somewhat agree
o It depends
o I disagree
17. In my communication, I use body language
Always often sometimes never
18. People in my culture normally touch each other when they speak
Yes No
19. Are there any typical gestures used in your country for insulting?
Yes No
20. You use body laguage more often when you communicate in English
Yes It doesn´t matter No
COMENIUS CORNER
Every school set up its Comenius corner, which will be used as a notice board where the basic information about the project, activities, outcomes will be placed to be visible for everybody at school as well as for the parents and visitors. Here you can see some pictures of Slovak Comenius corner.
POSTER - MY BODY IS TALKING
Every school was supposed to make a poster which represents body language. The Slovak poster was made by children and a reponsible teacher was helping them. In our school it was Mrs. Alenka Vaňková.
PROJECT LOGO COMPETITION
The logo competition was realised in every school to chose the best one which will become the project logo, will represent our school and the topic of the project - Our Body Language. Every school chose the bet one in their school, then sent it to the others which placed all he logos in the Comenius corner, put numbers next to each of them and then the project voting was realised. There are the results of the vote:
Slovak logo had the most of the votes, so it became the winner and as well as the project logo. Its author is Daniela Tomašovičová, 6 A class.
PROJECT T-SHIRTS
Bulgaria was responsible for making the project T - shirts. They made them for every school, printed with the project logo and brought them to the project meeting in Slovakia. We wore them during some of the activities to be able to feel the aim of the project more properly. We will wear them during all the activities doing within the project, not only during the project meetings.
PROJECT MASCOT
During the first visit in Slovakia, we made our project mascot. Every group of pupils and teachers from each country together with hosting pupils from Slovakia made theit own mascot. Every mascot is the same, made from the same material. It will go along with us during each activity and every project visit.
Photo Album
Pictures which show the body language signals are presented and collected in a photo album in an electronic form. In Slovak school, children presented the body language signals on their own. They learned a lot and at the same time, they had a lot of fun. Maybe they haven´t realised so far, how often they normally use body language and that body language is a very important part of our communication.
public zone, 1,2+ - social bussiness, non-touch interaction
arms crossed behind the body - fear, uncertainty
MY BODY LANGUAGE - SLOVAK STUDENTS´PICTURES
In April the kids were responsible for making some pictures which reflect their inner world and silent expression. Then, comparing the body language of different cultures, language variations and gestures in cultures which differ from West to East will be done. Slovak students used an internet web page www. tondoo.com to draw their pictures. They tried to express their feelings and at the same time they have improved their ICT skills as well as using body language. Here you can see the pictures.
BODY LANGUAGE COMENIUS CALLENDAR
One of our final products is a callendar where the names of the months are made with our students bodies. The coordinator for this outcome was Spanish school while every school made two or three months, sent them together with some pictures and ideas to Spanish friends who collected them and made a nice callendar.
Slovak results - guessing game
In November 2013 a theatre with the name of “Let’s tell what!” was acted by the teachers and the pupils - every country received some signs, actions and movements from Turkey and we were guessing what do they actually mean. Turkish sent us also a table with the descriptions of each movement and we were supposed to guess their meaning. We did it, filled in the tables and sent them to Turkey. They evaluate our work and sent us the results. Here you can see the video, the table, as well as the results of each country. According to them, it is visible that all of us should learn more about body language used in another countries and that it differ more or less within the project countries. However, it was a very nice experience which enriched us, we liked it very much and learnt a lot about Turkish body language, habbits and customs.
Spanish results-guessing game
Comenius magazine
Comenius brochure
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