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Our school Berze-Nagy Hanos Gymnazium Hungary 3200 Gyöngyös |
The library equipped with PCs has become the main information and media centre for the students where the Gutenberg-galaxy and the Neumann-universe have completed each other, thus helping the work of both student and teacher.
Gutenberg-galaxy means the written or printed cultural heritage of humanity. Neumann-universe is the world of digitally encoded and electronically stored information.
Through Internet connections, opportunities of those who use our library have grown boundlessly. If the NET offered only pictures and texts, it would be the largest library of the world, but it also provides more and more sound and video programmes. The Internet also makes direct communication equally possible for teachers and students. They can easily send and receive messages through electronic mail /E-mail/. With the help of this system our students can work on common projects together with students from other countries.Through exchanging data, results and opinions, they can not only learn but acquire skills of communication and techniques of building new types of relations.
The use of the computer room has also changed. The PCs are also available after lessons for students and teachers. They can practice at the chosen pace or work on different topics. The Internet, which is permanenet and free! and the intranet system which is being developed enlarge the possibilities of electronic communication. The general and full availability makes it possible that the students learn and practice the necessary users' skills and knowledge for the future use of information technology in life.
Our students learn two languages in beginner or advanced groups having 3,4 or 5 lessons a week. The high-level language teaching is helped by native teachers. We use modern and interesting coursebooks printed in the countries of which languages are taught and learnt. For example: Hotline, Streetwise, WOW; Deutschmobil, Deutsch Aktiv Neu, etc. To make teaching more effective and alive, we use video films and audio tapes. Lately PCs and multimedia equipment have also been serving the needs and interests of our students. Study groups and extra courses are organized to help the students' studying for entrance and state examinations. Our results are evident: this school year, 32 % of the 172 graduates have passed their state examination.
Since 1990 we have been taking part in the exchange programmes offered by the international organization of the AFS. We have received students from Astralia, Canada, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, America and Thailand. Our students have spent 3-6 months in Austria, Belgium, Germany, and the USA. At the moment one of our students is studying in Belgium, and from September one student is going to attend a school in Austria for three months.
We are in partnership with schools from Asti, in Italy and Cirencester(Kingshill School), in England. We gladly get in contact with schools all over the world who are interested in our institution.