„I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.“ (James Joyce, Dubliners)

Fifty-one students of 6CD and their English teachers Mag. Brigitte Kern, Mag. Juliana Mistlbacher and Mag. Johannes Eichhorn spent a fantastic week in Dublin, exploring the breathtakingly beautiful countryside, the secrets of Guinness Storehouse and Kilmainham Gaol and surviving Dublin’s chaotic traffic. We particularly enjoyed the Irish hospitality, an exciting Ladies Football Final in Croke Park and glorious sunshine of the Irish coast.

ATC language school
Cliffwalk Howth and Glendalough
Excursions
GAA and Croke Park
Group photos
Impressions

Classes 6A/B spent an exciting and actually quite intensive language week together with their teachers Parrer and  Sommer in Bray and Dublin. After school with their native teachers Eileen, Colette and Sean, our students explored Dublin with a guide and on their own, saw the Guiness Storehouse, visited the notorious Kilmainham Gaol (jail), and saw the world-famous monastery complex Glendalough in authentic Irish rain. Also a visit of Croke Park stadion, home of Irish games such as Gaelic football and Hurling, was part of the program.  A cliff walk along the coast from Bray to Greystones was another highlight of the week. In the evenings we did fun activities such as Irish dance, bowling and spent an evening in the cinema. Above all, we experienced the friendliness and hospitality of the Irish. Thank you Eire for a wonderful week! 

Let us sing and celebrate – our English Project Week was great ! We, the 4th forms of Stiftsgymnasium Melk, really enjoyed last week. 8 English trainers from Great Britain, America and South Africa taught us not only their mother tongue but also their culture. It was so amusing playing funny games and doing awesome projects which we finally presented on Friday . We really improved our English – because we deeply immersed into it! Learning English can be so much fun! Some impressions:

Den fantastischen dritten Platz in Englisch errang Carolina Koch aus der 7CBE beim 37. niederösterreichischen Fremdsprachenwettbewerb in St. Pölten. In drei Runden trat sie mit insgesamt 31 weiteren Kandidaten aus Gymnasien aus ganz Niederösterreich bei dieser anerkannten Veranstaltung der Begabtenförderung an. Die Schulgemeinschaft gratuliert zu ihrer hervorragenden Leistung!
Infos und Fotos

English only – so lautet auch in diesem Schuljahr wieder das Motto der English project week. Have fun with English – diese Woche haben 120 SchülerInnen der 4. Klassen Gelegenheit mit native speakers in Kleingruppen und spannenden Workshops ihre kommunikativen Fähigkeiten zu verbessern. We proudly present – die Ergebnisse werden am Freitag (4th and 5th period, Dietmayrsaal) bei der presentation party vorgestellt! Fotos!

How do you want to spend the last school day before Christmas? Right, in a fun way! Class 6c took part in an English Workshop concentrating on communication and fun activities like singing and acting out sketches in a relaxed classroom setting. Thanks to sponsorship by Spark 7 this workshop was for free!

After spending some time doing research on FB, Twitter and Internet Addiction class 8c presented their results to class 4a and so created an eventful and entertaining but nevertheless very informative and interesting lesson using power point presentations, videos and a quiz. Class 4a loved the little treats they were given for correct answers 🙂

On Tuesday, November 27^th, the 8A attended a training session for job interviews at AMS. At the beginning Mrs. Ayse Bürgmann told us some- thing about jobs in the EU, how to find them and what EURES is (EURopean Employment Service). She also gave us some background information about insurance and the financial aspects of working abroad. During the second part Mr. War, an English native speaker, explained how to write the perfect CV and how to behave correctly in a job interview. At the end we had the chance to implement the strategies in a short role play. (Fridrich, Ziegler)  Photos 

Am Dienstag, 02. Oktober besuchten die Schülerinnen und Schüler der 2. und 3. Klassen eine Aufführung des Vienna’s English Theatre im Kolomanisaal. Die Theatergruppe inszenierte eine vereinfachte Kurzversion von von Jules Vernes „Around the world in 80 days“ . zu den Fotos