THE WORLD OF THE ITALIANS.

Over at Bishop Heber High School we’ve recently had some Italian exchange students staying over with host families. Five have been interviewed and here’s what they had to say………………………..

Name: Mirko Rosso

Age: 18

Host Partner: Francesca Jones from Tattenhall

· What do you think of our school? It’s better than an Italian School as it’s bigger and cleaner.

· What are the differences? You can’t smoke in this school and the lessons are different. Here there are less subjects and you change classrooms for every lesson. In Italy we don’t, also there are less exams but in Italy we don’t have G.C.S.E’s.

· How long have you been learning English for? 10 years.

· What do you like about England? I like the girls (some!) and it’s peaceful and quiet.

· What don’t you like about England? The smell of the countryside and the weather, it’s better in Italy.

· What has been your favourite day whilst being on the exchange? It was going to Liverpool and visiting the Art Gallery as well as the Docks and shopping.

· What have you been doing at night time? Every night we went to the pub but in England you don’t go dancing as much. English beer is ok, it’s the same as Italian beer.

· What do you think of English music? I’ve not really heard the music but the style is very different.

· What have you bought? An Everton T-shirt.

· What Job do you have? I work in a Warehouse.

· What are your hobbies? Football, basketball, motorbikes (he has one!) and girls.

· What’s your favourite film? The Fast and the Furious- I watch mostly dubbed American films the Italian films are boring.

· Who is your favourite actor/actress? Angelina Jolie

· What is your favourite song? T.V.A.B. by Morella. I like disco music.

· What are your ambitions? Maybe go to university at 18/19 and study economics. I want to be a director of a company.

Name: Claudio Knippel

Age: 17

Host Partner: Sian Brown from Tattenhall

· What do you find most boring? Sitting in all lessons with nothing to do.

· How long have you been learning English for? 9 years.

· What do think of Tattenhall? It’s very quiet, smaller than my home village and I don’t like the smell of the Countryside!

· What has been your favourite day? Going to Liverpool, shopping and visiting the Art Gallery and the Docks.

· What do you think of the night time here? It’s boring! We went to the pub every night, in Italy we go out dancing or clubbing every night.

· What do you like in England? I like the English beer, it’s similar to Italian beer. I like the girls, they’re different to Italian girls.

· What about English music? Not really heard but it’s different to Italian music. I like disco music, and my favourite DJ is Mollela.

· What presents have you bought for your family? A Liverpool scarf and a pullover.

· What are your hobbies? Football, going out with my friends and motorbikes (Grand Prix).

· What’s your favourite film? The Fast and the Furious, I mostly watch American films dubbed over.

· Who is your favourite actor/actress? Julia Roberts

· What are your ambitions? To be an important person

· What about University? I don’t know, maybe I’ll go when I’m 18/19 and study economics.

Names: Frederica Liguori, Enrico Carruci and Giuseppe Manzolillo.

What do these three have to say about England and Bishop Heber High School?

· The School is big and the families we are staying with are very friendly. The Sixth Form Common Room is really good.

· We don’t like the price of cigarettes, they are too expensive, the weather is horrible and the pubs close too early!

· We like the teachers here as they let you sit by your friends whereas in Italy they move us around.

· Our favourite moment was going to Liverpool as we were all together and being able to go out to the pubs every night was good.

· We like Liverpool and Newcastle football teams.

· It’s really good because at 17 you are able to drive but in Italy you have to be 18, although we are able to drive a scooter at 14 and in England you have to be 16.

· In England you have to be 18 to drink but in Italy you can drink at any age.

· Our bad moments over in England were being on our own as we don’t understand all the time. In Italy we stick -together but in the UK you bond.

· We’ve learnt lots of English and have picked up on more words but we don’t really understand when watching English TV but we like the cartoons.

· For the future they would all like to go to University. Frederica would like to be a Banker, she likes maths but Enrico and Giuseppe would like to be Lawyers.

Lisa Derricutt, Bishop Heber High School little_miss_atomic@hotmail.com