This short-term joint staff training event was supposed to be the first meeting on the local Heritage Route as it was planned for February 2021. However, because of the pandemic and long lockdowns in Great Britain, visiting Southampton was possible in May 2022.
The mobility lasted 3 full training days. Four participants from all partner organizations met together to gain knowledge of British Heritage and new teaching and intercultural competencies, as well as to exchange good practices, experience and ideas and to get new inspiration for their lessons. The participating teams consisted of teachers and staff members responsible for educational offer.
To make the British Heritage Route more universal and interesting for different generations of adult paricipants, the British partner created its British Heritage Route of British Music Through The Generations. The route presented the impact of British music on the world, starting in Liverpool (The Beatles), moving to Manchester and then down to London. It included virtual visits to iconic locations- Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. British music and its history will be turned into educational and European integration tool.
Educational presentations covered different decades 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and different musical styles- ska, new wave, punk, glam rock, dance etc. They developed themes around lyrics, using music in the classroom and the musical intonation of English: lyric construction and link to English pronunciation and stress-times nature of English. It also involved the many idioms used in song.
Apart from gaining new knowledge of this part of British Heritage, participating educators gained new teaching skills, exchange experience, best practices and ideas for their lessons. A member of the Polish team, Gerard Nowak, who specializes in teaching British pronunciation with the help of British music, organized a singalong workshop during the mobility. All participants sang together and learned how to pronounce well different expressions and sentences. Teachers became inspired how to use musical heritage in language and culture teaching.
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