ENGLISH FOR VILLAGE WOMEN

İZMİR, SEFERİHİSAR, 15 Mart 2015 - 12 Nisan 2015

Seferihisar Belediyesi'nin desteklediği Ulamış Köyü Kadın Kooperatifi'n de yaptığımız bu kamp, çok kendine özgü bir kamptı.

Seferihisar Belediyesi’nin açtığı, Ulamış Köyü’ndeki Kadın Eğitim Merkezi’nde bir Rus gönüllü, nisan ayı boyunca köy kadınlarına İngilizce dersi verdi. Rus gönüllü Marina Safronova kamptaki tek gönüllüydü.

Zaman zaman katılımcı sayısı azalsa da ortalama 8 kadın katılımcı vardı. Hepsi başlangıç düzeyindeki öğrenciler, 1 aylık kamp sonunda az da olsa İngilizce konuşabilir duruma geldiler.

Hem gönüllümüz hem de KEM yöneticisi Gönül Özdemir projeden çok memnun kaldıklarını belirttiler.

KAMP TANIMI :

GEN-02 ENGLISH FOR VILLAGE WOMEN SEFERIHISAR - IZMIR 01.04 – 30.04 TEACH 1 VOLS

Ulamis Village Women House is a civic enterprice of Seferihisar Municipality in İzmir province. Women of the village are attending various courses and trainings at this enterprice and now requesting an English course.

GENÇTUR will supply one female volunteer who is supposed to teach to and practice English with the women of the village. This is also a big chance for the volunteers who are interested in learning about the situation of the women in Turkey as the Inhabitantas are not only the locals but also the migrants from the other cities. Camp days can be extended if the volunteer is available.

W: Teaching English to the women of the village.

A: The volunteer will stay in a house in the village. Sleeping bag is not necessary.

F: Will be supplied by the village women. R: Volunteers must be female and at least 20 yeard old.

A motivation letter with a Skype ID for the interview should be sent along with the application form.

LA: Turkish will be helpful but not a must. English is the camp language.

LO: Ulamis is a small villaged near by Seferihisar town.

T: İzmir. Note: No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite and the accommodation venue.

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Marina Safronova, diyor ki: (19 Nisan 2015)

Marina Safronova,

Ulamış, Seferihisar, 16 March – 10 April 2015:

“I am very happy that I was accepted for the project! I was teaching English to the village women from Kadın Evi in Ulamış and it was a great experience of intercultural communication for me.

Since I don’t speak Turkish well and the women had no commands of English at all, it was a bit difficult at the beginning.
We had no printed textbooks, there was no projector in the classroom either. So, there was just a board and a pen at my disposal, and I should confess it was kind of challenging.

However, since the very first lessons we managed to find the ways for the efficient cooperation. The poor equipment made me create new teaching techniques and methods on the spot and naturally it contributed much to my teaching skills. I tried to use as many various video materials as possible to make the things more understandable for my students. We played a lot and focused on communication first of all, so I hope that the whole process of learning was very enjoyable. If I really managed to bring something new and exciting to their life I am very happy!
I have learnt a lot from my girls, too! Being involved into daily interaction with them I discovered and understood many new things about the Turkish culture and mentality. They helped me to improve my Turkish which is very important for me. On the whole, I’m thankful to them for their diligence and commitment they showed in class as well as for warm welcome and moral support they gave me.

I’d like to thank the administration of Kadın Evi too for the great accommodation they provided me with! I had the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful Aegean coast with its lovely green hills every day. Thanks besides to the hotel staff who treated me as a VIP-guest and with whom we became friends. I was giving English lessons to them, too, and it was a real fun!

I have just sweet memories about my time in Ulamış.”

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