Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Polish group studying about Estonia

Polish study group started European approach ... project meetings in October 2010. We have 22 participants who wants to learn more about other cultures and EU. The tutors of the group are: Anna Orzechowska and Malgorzata Tarasiuk. Our first partner country was Estonia. We started  with collecting general comments  about Estonia. Although Estonia is not so far from Poland, we realized we  don’t know  much about Estonian people, culture, country...
Every meeting we discussed about the most important topics: history,  food, local traditions, customs, economy, language, culture, art etc. We also tried to learn some general  words in Estonian language. Now we know what does it mean: hea päev, hüvasti, maitsev, tervis, tänan teid J. Important source of useful informations about Estonia was Internet. We saw interesting films about local dances, music, customs, architecture and history. We also used books and articles from the Polish newspapers. Our patricipants prepared powerpoint presentations: general about Estonia, Tallin, interesting places, costumes.
Unfortunately, we didn’t know anybody who was in Estonia. That’s why very important for us was meeting in Lisbon, were we had an opportunity to talk with Estonian participants about their everyday life.
According to our participants opinions project meetings helped them to find out more about Estonia. Some of them tried to learn more about this country on their own. Final opinions about Estonia and Estonians were very positive.
MT, Poland