Integrating Newly arrived migrant students by https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks diversityMOOCs en-us 2016-11-30 15:37:39 UTC 2025-11-02 22:42:04 UTC hello@padlet.com who i m masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/140964206 i'm Pamela, I'm italian and I live in Viterbo ( Lazio Italy)

https://www.google.it/maps/place/01100+Viterbo+VT/@42.4224989,12.0753709,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x132f2cf9a622dfcf:0xb50255953c6f6b43!8m2!3d42.4206766!4d12.107669

I teach italian language to migrants ( level A2 - survival level as the Common European Framework of reference for language ) for a voluntary association called
"Casa dei diritti sociali della Tuscia"
https://cdstuscia.wordpress.com/about/
As you can see in our web site , advocacy is our primary purpose, starting from ''COMMUNICATION''.
In this way teaching Italian is the first step to help people from other countries and cultures being integrated and begin interaction process here in Italy.
We work close to Retescuolemigranti http://www.scuolemigranti.org/ a network composed of voluntary associations that organize free italian courses for foreigners in Rome and province.

I really like working with people from other cultures, with
linguistic and geographical diversities because I think that a multicultural environment is amazing and it is a treasure for me.

]]> 2016-11-30 20:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/140964206 module 1.1 Challenges and Opportunities: In the second video, Prof.Dr. Hans Anand Pant of the Deutsche Schulakademie makes the point that the integration of refugees in our school actually provides a good opportunity to rethink schools in general and that the work required to integrate them can be a powerful driver for innovation at schools. Do you agree with this statement? Why (not)? masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/140979850
I totally agree, because reviewing and reconsidering school system, organizing meetings for exchange of views, creating an intercultural space for communication, is helpful in order to create a net where students, school staff members and external specialized staff could share their experience and improve themselves.
This type of organization, focus on students refugees need , that is important for their social and cultural integration.
I also think that in this way school can became really a cozy space for migrants and where they feel safe again, especially if they had a traumatic experience in the country they leave. No country or school have the right "recipe", but

transforming plus transferring practices from one context to another

could became the key to create a collaboration and improving network .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDfqFbJznYc

]]> 2016-11-30 22:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/140979850 module 1.2 Meeting the needs of newly arrived migrant students:What do you feel are the main needs of your students? Where do they and you require support in addressing their needs? Is it dealing with trauma? Or is it about language support? Do you also have experiences where students have very basic needs such as those outlined by Amber? And how do you meet those? Share your ideas and views here. masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141340166
I think that communication is the first main need of my students. They're in a new country, so learning Italian will allow them to become really part of the new society in order to satisfy other basic needs such as: build new relationships, move through the big amount of laws and regulations that are essential to have medical and legal assistance and share they're experience as migrants in a world that has forgotten the meaning of leaving home countries.
The second main problem I face is the lack of economical resources that are essential in daily surviving. For example most of the refugees need clothes (shoes, slips, socks...), dishes and food, that often is provided by charity.
There are organizations and associations, as the one I serve in as a volunteer,that act in order to address the entire range of needs. For example my associations has experienced and qualified staff that offer Italian free classes, free cultural mediation service and clothes and food distribution.
We also organize intercultural activities (such as creative recycle, knitting and sewing labs) that are open both to Italians and foreigners so they really know each other and build strong and true relationships.]]> 2016-12-02 10:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141340166 module 1.3 Models of school integration masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141411671 In my city, Viterbo ( central part of Italy) school organization model is submersion, only if school has internal resources can support migrants students and satisfy their needs.
In my opinion this method has no advantage, neither for students nor for teachers.
In classroom teachers have to face different type of students with different needs, ( e.g. native language students with learning disease), in this way for teachers is hard to face both migrant and native language students needs.
Lack of specialized staff and lack of additional financial reflects on foreign students, that have problems to complete schooling successfully.]]> 2016-12-02 15:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141411671 module 1.4 Organising support at school level: What support do you receive from your school for your work with the newly arrived migrants? What additional support do you need? masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141437339 In my city, Viterbo ( central part of Italy) school organization model is submersion, schools do not receive any support with the newly arrived migrants.
Teachers follow their own extra courses to learn about educational, social and cultural migrant students
needs.

In my opinion schools need additional support such as inter scholastic programs and extra scholastic projects, for example schools can collaborate with intercultural associations which can provide for external specialized staff

I work as a volunteer in a multicultural italian association , I teach italian language L2 to migrants.
In my opinion school teachers need language support classes for their foreign students in order to allow them overcome language barrier.
We offer to school our experience and motivated staff.
My associations has experienced and qualified staff that offer also free cultural mediation service for immigrants students and their families.
We also organize intercultural activities (such as creative recycle, knitting and sewing labs) that are open both to Italians and foreigners so they really know each other and build strong and true relationships.

As volunteer intercultural association we offer to school our experience and motivated staff for free, supporting schools with extra scholastic project and creativity labs.
But working whit class need additional financial, that is not always easy to find .

]]> 2016-12-02 16:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141437339 module 1.5 Community-based projectsDo you have any ideas for your own community development project, inspired by Jana’s video? Could you easily adopt the RespAct project ideas at your school? Please share your ideas and responses here. masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141540639

In my opinion RespAct project ideas can be adopted in every school that take care of their students especially if school has a high number of foreign students who need feeling integrating not only within classroom but also within society.

]]> 2016-12-03 11:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141540639 module 2.1 How many are they, where are they from, what languages do they speak? How do they feel about being at your school? Did any of them share their individual story with you? Of course please share your students story BUT at the same time make sure to respect their privacy and only share what you feel he or she would be comfortable sharing with a larger audience. masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141977799 I teach italian language to migrants ( level A2 - survival level as the QCER ) for a voluntary association called
"Casa dei diritti sociali della Tuscia"
https://cdstuscia.wordpress.com/about/
So i do not work in a traditional school, my students are from 16 to 60 years old .
Some of them moved to Italy to work ( eg students from Sri lanka, or from Morocco ) other moved to Italy as asylum seekers ( eg Mali, Pakistan, Senegal) other are underage who arrived in Italy without parents.
As you can see my students come from different countries with different politic situations; someone left his country because of a civil war , other have a background of unspeakable stories of violence, other people spent 1 year in Libyan detention centers

( ....as the country becomes increasingly engulfed in civil war, migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees are finding themselves systematically exposed to arbitrary and indefinite detention)

from https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/countries/africa/libya

Yes, some of them share with me their personal background, and this help me to understand their feelings, this help me to understand better their needs and to become more sensitive, and encourage me to study and improve my skills, in order to satisfy their needs.

]]> 2016-12-06 12:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141977799 module 2.3 Supporting specific needs Did you experience yourself that your newly arrive migrant students had difficulties you struggled helping them with? Would you know where to find help for them or is that difficult to organize in your school/country? Share your stories here. masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141999897
Newly arrived migrant students have different difficulties and different needs.
Each difficulty have to be tackle with specialized staff, psychological support, cultural mediation, and of course it's important that native students are sensitized about migration topics .
In my opinion school should cooperate with organizations and associations that deal with migrants, know their needs, and have qualified staff.
Cooperation help teachers to improve their skills.]]> 2016-12-06 13:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/141999897 module 2.4 Classroom activitiesShare at least one concrete ideas for classroom activities that you either already tried or would like to try in your own classroom. In addition, can you think of an activity that could help your “regular students” to be prepared to learn together with newly arrived migrants? You can also take inspiration from Erika’s webinar on the topic. masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/142044742
I would like to try the activities suggested in that video, in my classroom i use flashcards and sometimes play role, with audio and video files. I'd like to use also digital story telling but for now we do not have electronic devices.
Regular student can be prepared with experimental exercises that help them to feel empathy with new students, for example language translation exercises.
I'd like to try this exercise :
a) Regular students listen to a song in a foreign language, very different from native language.
b) Students divided into groups listen each one a verse of the song and trying to translate it.
c) Students put together partial translations
d) Teacher gives to students the correct translation.
The aim of this exercise is showing to regular students how could be hard for non native students face another language
( for this exercise I took inspiration from a workshop I attended this year organized by MCE http://www.mce-fimem.it/.
The MCE is a professional association of teachers who organize innovative learning courses for teachers and for pupils)

]]> 2016-12-06 15:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/142044742 module 2.4 Supporting language learningAfter watching the videos share any further ideas, insights and also resources in the Padlet below. For example in Germany there is a Facebook group where teachers share language learning resources that are especially suited to working with newly arrived migrant students: https://www.facebook.com/groups/697495993718779 masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/142149525
I teach italian language to migrants (level A2 - survival level as the QCER / CEFR) for a voluntary association called
"Casa dei Diritti Sociali della Tuscia"
https://cdstuscia.wordpress.com/about/
When i teach italian in my class, all students are migrants, so I have to use specific books created for them, or specific flashcards.
For example I use this book, http://www.almaedizioni.it/it/catalogo/scheda/italiano-di-base/
or this one http://www.ninaedizioni.it/index.php?page=facile2

I work close to Retescuolemigranti http://www.scuolemigranti.org/ a network composed of voluntary associations That organize free italian courses for foreigners in Rome and province, they have a specific section in the website were you can find teaching materials http: / /www.scuolemigranti.org/formazione/.
Some times I created my lesson:

I search for a text, for example in dialogue or a recipe and I adapt the text using simple periods in order that my students can understand, then I prepare some exercises for text comprehension, such as true / false, or open questions.
I use songs and videos too.
Always in my lessons body language is very important, I have to be very communicative.
I always start asking them how are they and what day is it, I always write the date on the blackboard, if I see someone sad or angry I try to talk with him or her in order to understand what's going on.
In order to remember their names without making mistakes all of them have a name tag on the desk, I also have one.
I don't use a chair or a desk but I wandering between students, sometimes I put one hand on their shoulders to encourage them if I see someone worried about the exercise , I always smile.

(I like very much teaching italian to migrants, I really like working with people from other cultures, with linguistic and geographical diversities Because I think That a multicultural environment is amazing and it is a treasure for me.

]]> 2016-12-06 20:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/142149525 Module 2.7 Classroom community building Did you try any of these or a similar activity already in your classroom? If so, how did it work? If not, what advantages/ challenges do you see with trying such activities? If you have other ideas or links to similar exercises, please also share. masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/142753534 no I didn't try it yet, in class, but i will do it!
In the videos I see pupils and teachers having fun =)
very interesting games!

(newspaper and bottle )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFturRMLIQ
(also for adults run game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciFrNk1okvA

]]> 2016-12-09 10:13:06 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/142753534 REPORT interesting masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/143619527 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice./documents/thematic_reports/101IT.pdf

]]> 2016-12-14 15:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/143619527 =) =) =) reviewing inspirations masalapamela https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/143663036 http://www.multilingual-families.eu/home]]> 2016-12-14 17:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/masalapamela/Bookmarks/wish/143663036

Other links to similar exercises, I found on line:

(newspaper and bottle )