Maria Ceprano
Program Director
Department of Elementary Education and Reading
Department of Elementary Education and Reading
Today Mary and I went to school while the girls went to the market for the last time so they could purchase some presents for their loved ones. Mary and I did the post test for the vocabulary study. The impression was that the students had learned quite a few words over the time period we have been in Torremaggiore.
This will be supported once we compile the vocabulary data. The students were also asked to write a paragraph or two about their favorite book ( ones written by the girls). They quietly set out to do this task and may seemed to write quite a bit. The girls were back at the school b y 10:30 and Ashley and I interviewed three children with regard to their favorite books and what they did with them when they took them home. Ashley asked the questions in English, I translated and recorded the children's answers in English. This was pretty amazing stuff coming from the children. We left to go to the theater room where the children were learning how to do a dance by following English directions on a screen. The dance steps were repetitive and they seemed to catch on very quickly as the girls modeled the dance. Finally we
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Awilda Ramos Zagarrigo
1/12/2018 07:23:55 pm
Hello Maria, I just wanted to take a moment to THANK YOU for taking the time to go to Italy with the students and ensuring that they have such a wonderful experience! It is so wonderful to read their blogs and see that they are expanding their teaching skills and learning about teaching in other countries.
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Pixita del Prado Hill
1/19/2018 07:54:46 pm
Hi Maria, what a wonderful collection of blogs from all the IPDS Italy travelers! Enjoy your final weekend in Italy and have a good trip home!
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AuthorDr. Ceprano is a retired Professor of Reading and the English Language Arts at Buffalo State College. She developed the IPDS-Italy connection through her Spring 2014 sabbatical. Archives
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