Teachmeet

1. M Nazareth Mansilla Moreno
NottinghamGirls’ Academy
England
GLOBAL SMILES
LANGUAGES
FOR
SOCIAL CHANGE

2. Global Smiles
1. What?
-Raise awareness among the students about their identity as part of a
global community, which could eventually take precedence over their
identity as citizens of a nation (Global Smiles, 2017), by communicating
with native speakers of the foreign language they do at school.
2. How?
-Collaboration with partner school
-Team work. Groups formed with students from both countries.

3. 3. Why?
1. Languages build bridges among nations,
2. Languages bring people together and can be a tool
for social change.
3. People from different nations working together
towards similar goals can have an impact in the
wider communities where they live.

4. Activities
1. Research project about partner school:
1. Culture
2. Youth
3. Economy
4. Education
5. Location

5. Activities
2. Posters on identity.

6. Activities
3. Fundraising events for Refugee Week.

7. Impact
• ONLINE SURVEY
– 90.5% of students said that their Spanish had improved “Very much” or “Quite
enough”.
– 95.5% of students more aware about the issues that affect modern society.
– Students’ interest in learning Spanish : “Yes my interest in Spanish has increased
because now I really like Spanish and I like studying it because I can translate and I
know more of the language now.” Another student claims that: “it has helped me
because I have expanded my vocabulary so I can communicate with the Spanish
students more.”
– 95.5% of the students want to carry on with the project.
– 95.2% of the students say that they may or will get involved in a charity organisation
in the future.
• WHOLE SCHOOL LEVEL
– Students and teachers alike got involved.
• BROADER IMPACT
– Students in Spain were also organising refugee week and they raised a total of 436.30
euros.
– Total economic contribution of 850 pounds that has gone to charitable organisations
such as the Spanish Red Cross and the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire refugee
Forum.

8. Moving forward
1. Broaden the scope.
2. Extending the project to a class and a whole
year group.
3. Involving parents and the community.