¡Hola!
Me llamo Chiara y tengo 15 años. Soy de Alemania de Saarbruecken. Mis hobbies son bailar y actuar.
Pasé dos semanas en Cádiz en El Puerto de Santa María. Estuvo estupendo y las personas aquí son muy sympaticas.
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Throughout my two weeks here, I want to learn the language and find out my personal level.
I could decide where I would like to go. I had the countries Spain and England to choose from. I chose Spain because I love the language and I learn it at school. Also, many people have said that the people in Spain are more open that the people in England. I´m 15 years old and I have the feeling that Spain is the right country. I have not let others influence me. I chose this for me.
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Throughout my six month work placement here at Spark, I want to achieve many things that are on a professional and academic level but also on a personal level. Some of the things that I will work to accomplish are as follows –
Read MoreEn mis 4 semanas aquí en España, en El Puerto de Santa Maria, me quedé con una familia de acogida muy amigable que me recibió muy bien.
Todos los días de la semana por las tardes tenía clases de español con María José, que me ayudaba mucho, especialmente a hablar. Siempre era muy divertido.
In the first days, when you have not quite started your Spanish Classes at Spark, communicating can be a little hard. During my Work- and Study- Experience, I have gathered 15 amazing phrases to help you out in basic conversations with your host family.
Read MoreWhat I am going to achieve during my time at Spark:
In my four weeks doing the work and study programme , learning work skills and practising Spanish language, I will become confident in speaking Spanish and having accomplished a good job.
Read MoreMi experiencia en Spark – Kajsa Lenz
En mis tres semanas aquí en el Puerto de Santa María, me quedé con una famila de acogida. Allí, me dí cuenta que la gente española es la más amable, pero con mucha energía. La madre era tan cariñosa y la hija también, que era muy atenta. Me encantó mi estancia con esa familia.
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Hola, me llamo Emma y soy de Munich. Desde el 20 de Mayo hasta el 7 de Junio hice unas prácticas con clases de español incluidas en Spark, una academia de idiomas situada en El Puerto de Santa Maria. Tomé la decisión de venir aquí para mejorar me español y ganar algo de experiencia laboral.
Read MoreDuring my work and study internship at Spark Languages, I will become confident and competent in learning and using Spanish by making the most of the culture and people that I am surrounded by.
I will also develop a can do attitude towards any tasks that I am expected to carry out, in order to improve my independence skills and my value as an employee and colleague.
I will approach my work with a positive outlook in order to do the best I can especially with any challenges I face.
I will push myself to improve my communication skills in order to help the rest of the Spark team in whatever way I can.
I will make myself aware of my mistakes and use them in a constructive way so that I can learn and progress.
Aoife McHugh
Hola, today I will tell you a few reasons why staying with a Spanish Host family is a good decision!
First of all, during your time in Spain, you’re a part of this family so you will definitely notice the different way of living and get to know the culture in a much more personal way!
“What are the benefits of living with a Host family?”
- You’re never alone! You always have somebody around you and maybe you get a Host sister or Host brother at your age who would love to do something with you!
- Your Host family will show you many places in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz or Sevilla just as mine did – and it was wonderful!
- You always have the opportunity of practising your spanish skills – and not only that – you will learn words and phrases which are only known in Spain
- Just as I said you will get to know the Spanish way of living for example eating habits! Spanish people eat a little bit late but the Spanish cuisine will make you always Hungry – Tapas, Paella.. ¿Tienes hambre?
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5. You will have a really close relationship with your host family that will hopefully stay for years – and let’s be honest – it’s really nice to know someone or a family from an other Country!
I hope you have enjoyed reading my Blog entry and hopefully you will love your host family just as I do!
During my three-weeks Work and Study Programme at Spark, I want to work on being more independent regarding to work and learning Spanish.
My Mission statement is about how I will accomplish my goals during this weeks.
I will take every task that I get serious and try my best, even if something doesn’t work how it should – I will ask my colleagues and learn from my mistakes.
I will be open to improve my Spanish skills by speaking with my staff and other Spanish speaking people without being scared – if I do not try, I will never learn.
I would like to be open and friendly with everybody I meet here during my time in Spark- I will take my chance to introduce myself and hopefully make new friendships.
I chose this opportunity to get a view of a different culture, a different workplace and learn from this experience as much as I can.
Finally, I want to be able speaking Spanish properly, being less bashful regarding to work/class and will hope to improve my self confidence.
I know that if I achieve all that I have listed above , then I will really enjoy my time here in Spain.
Stephanie Stojadinovic
Hello everybody!
During my three-week work and study Spanish experience in Spain, I didn’t just want to get some work experience but also wanted to combine that with getting to know the Spanish culture. Therefore, I decided to stay with a host family, which turned out to be a wonderful decision!
Living with a Spanish family has lots of advantages, for example always having someone around you, who you could spend time with. When I arrived, I didn’t know anybody, so I was really glad to have such a nice host family and especially, having a host sister, who is my age. So instead of sitting at home all day on my first day, we went to the beach and by doing that, I also got familiar with El Puerto de Santa María.
Another great thing is experiencing real “Spanish” life for the three weeks I’m here. The food, the routines and the complete lifestyle are totally different to what I was used to, back home. Personally, I don’t think there’s a better way of experiencing and getting to know a foreign culture. Also, due to my host family being locals, they show me around and I get to see lots of places without being worried about getting lost or missing out some nice places!
The probably best thing about living with a Spanish family is that it’s an easy way of improving your Spanish, because you are speaking and hearing it basically all the time, you are with them! Besides that, you’re also picking up phrases without really learning the vocabulary, like you would in school.
These points are basically the first that came to my mind, when thinking about the great advantages you have, whilst staying with a spanish family!
Hope this post inspired you to think about going abroad!
