Los alumnos de 2º de la ESO han vivido esta semana de febrero una experiencia de inmersión lingüística en inglés en el Centro Educativo Internacional El Jarama. Con experiencias como estas, desde el Colegio Diocesano Cardenal Cisneros apostamos por una educación integral de nuestro alumnado, a través del trabajo competencial, la educación en valores y la excelencia académica, fomentando además la adquisición de una segunda lengua, en este caso el inglés.
En esta inmersión los estudiantes han aprendido sobre ecología, naturaleza fauna y cuidado del medio natural. Han dormido en las instalaciones habilitadas para ello en el centro, acompañados constantemente por monitores de distintas zonas anglohablantes y por distintos profesores de nuestro colegio.
Todos los días llevaban a cabo una misma rutina. A las 8:30 era hora de levantarse, eso sí, al ritmo de la música. Tras despertase, tocaba desayunar y comenzar el día con diferentes dinámicas (juegos, bailes, etc) para empezar animados y con mucha energía. Además, tanto por la mañana como por la tarde realizaban diversos talleres que participaban de un proyecto común titulado “El futuro de nuestro planeta”, en el cual los estudiantes han sido conscientes de la importancia de cuidar del medio ambiente y del riesgo de no hacerlo. Por la tarde, tras la merienda disponían de media hora para llamar a familiares y amigos y contarles todo lo vivido en el día. Después, duchas, cena y la mejor parte del día, el juego nocturno, o la disco de la última noche, con los que sin duda y tras todo lo vivido y aprendido, nos íbamos a dormir con una enorme sonrisa.
En resumen, ha sido una experiencia inolvidable para nuestros estudiantes quienes verbalizan irse emocionados por todo lo vivido y con ganas de poderla repetir en cursos venideros.
For one week, students from 2ºESO experienced an Immersion Program in English at an International Educational Centre called El Jarama in Madrid. Due to experiences like these, our students can be provided with an integrated education. All of this is taught through skill-based learning along with an education in values and academic excellence. Furthermore, it will help the students gain skills in a second language, English in this instance.
During this Immersion Program, the students learnt about Ecology, nature, wildlife and how to take care of the environment. They slept in dormitories adapted for them at the centre. They were constantly accompanied by monitors from various English-speaking countries and various school teachers.
There was a routine each day. At 8.30 they woke up to the sound of music. After getting up, they had breakfast and started the day with different dynamics (games, dancing etc) in order to fill them with energy. Not just the morning, but also afternoons were used to do several tasks related to a project called “The future of our planet”. The students were aware of the importance to look after the environment and also the risks if you do not look after it. In the evenings, as soon as they had snack, they had a thirty-minute gap where they were able to call their family and friends to tell them about what they had done during the day. After the calls they had showers and dinner. The best part of the day was the night activity. On the finalnight of the camp there was a disco. These activities at night helped them go to bed with a smile on their faces knowing that they had had fun.
To sum up, it was an unforgettable experience for our students who constantly expressed their delight and opinions positively with the desire to repeat it in the following years to come.
