Levenmouth Academy S6 Pupil Georgia Adamson and Modern Languages Teacher Sarah Brown recounted their experiences whilst attending the Rotary-sponsored Euroscola trip to the European Parliament in Strasbourg in February. They were among 500 young people from across the EU who took part in a day of presentations, questions, discussions and voting on issues relevant to them. The day is multi-lingual with the expectation that all participants can communicate in French and English. The day is led by officials of the Parliament and is structured to ensure all young people participate to the full. It is a prestigious event with the young people being treated very much as MEPs: sitting in the main debating chamber and using electronic voting, for example.
The Scottish group had many opportunities to use their French in Strasbourg through visits to schools, institutions and participation in project and tourist activities and via research questionnaires. This encouraged the pupils taking part to develop their French language skills, to help develop their European awareness, build on their self-confidence, presentation skills and engage with other young people from all over Europe.
Georgia and Sarah had an amazing time, participating fully in every aspect of the trip and found the whole experience immensely rewarding. The young people were outstanding and were complemented by the parliament chairman of the day on their intelligent answers to difficult questions and their eagerness to converse in French. They were fantastic representatives of their schools, their Rotary clubs and indeed, Scotland.
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