Dear Learning circle participants,

My name is Galina Zalta. I am an EL  teacher at Riga Purvciems Secondar School. I like my job very much. I've been teaching since September 1993. I teach different ages, different groups. Besides General English I also teach Business English to adults.

I am married. I have a very nice and united family. There are four of us: my son Andris (a 12 year student aged 18), my husband Igor (an engineer), our cat Fix (black and pussy) and me.

We live in Riga in a big and comfortable flat on the 9th floor. We like watching the area from a bird's-eye view. In my spare time I like travelling, it's my favourite hobby. Meeting new people, knowing more about the other countries it is really exciting! Teaching and studying/learning are the things I like doing.

I am glad to take part in this project, it is something new and challenging . I am looking forward to hearing from you,

Best regards,

Galina Zalta,

Group 13, Riga , Latvia

Dear LC participants,

We are a group of 10 students from Riga,Latvia(Valerija Anisko, Darja Kravcova,Roland Kascheev, Sergej Palatkin,Artur Dzhuzhuk, Kristina Oborun, Ekaterina Artemenkova, Laura Kochetkova, Jana Sirica, Dima Lodinjsh) and our teacher Galina Zalta. We study in Riga Purvciems secondary school in the 8'th form. We are 14-15 years old. 

We learn different subjects such as: Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, Russian, Latvian, French, German, Art,Music,Sport, Handicraft, Geography, Computers,History, Social education. We also attend extra classes and clubs. We are very friendly and united.The students are inquisitive and enjoy learning new things.

Our group is proud of our school, which it is among the biggest and best schools in Latvia. Last year our school celebrated its 20th anniversary.

It's so great to take part in the project, we hope to benefit much, to know more about the participants of the project, their countries and cultures. It would be great to visit these countries too.

We wish good luck to the participants of the project . We are looking forward to hearing from you, 

Best wishes, 

Group 13 :)

[P.S. we believe it's our lucky number]