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Central EuropeanTeaching Tolerance through English

Summer CampAugust 5-19, 2006

Balatonlelle, Hungary

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From August 5-19, 65 students (ages 12-14), 13 teachers and 6 student teachers from Slovakia, Hungary,

Romania and Serbia (including about 12 Roma students) participated in a variety of activities designed to teach interethnic understanding and English simultaneously.

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The camp was held at Balatonelle in Hungary and organized, sponsored and facilitated by RELO Budapest and the Public Affairs Sections of the

US Embassies in Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest and Bucharest.

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The program included a teacher training component facilitated by English Language Specialists Mary

Lou McCloskey and Lydia Stack

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The teacher training component of the camp was unique in that the strategies the teachers

explored were used with the students the very same day

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The student program includedATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

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DRAMATIC ACTIVITIESdirected and performed by students and teachers

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ARTISTIC ACTIVITIESsuch as ethnic dances, pottery, and other arts and crafts

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andTOLERANCE THROUGH ENGLISH LESSONS

emphasizing the American experience

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During the camp’s International Sharing Night each group presented their cultures through

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Teachers and students received a multitude of theme-related textbooks, posters, and other instructional materials generously donated by

American publishers and the Teaching Tolerance NGO.

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The program was covered by Hungary’s national television station (MTV) which will air two

programs featuring this camp in early September 2006

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The program will be followed up by a series of school exchanges, teacher presentations at conferences and further use of the camp’s website, http://teentolerance.pbwiki.com

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One student’s comments encapsulate the impact the program has had on participants:

“By learning about other people, I learned more about myself in these two weeks than I ever

imagined possible.”

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RESULTS:

RESULTS (Cont.)

A network of 13 schools across the region has been established

Teachers are equipped with materials and approaches to address ethnic stereotypes and open students’ minds to the beauty of multicultural societies

A model for English camps with tolerance themes has been established.

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