Cosmolingua

Placement organization

Name of organization: Cosmolingua
Town/city: Antwerpen
Country: België
Website: http://www.cosmolingua-taalreizen.be

Student

Name of student: Carlijn

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2017-2018

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Language center
Organization’s activities: Organizing language travel to other countries, also have a language school in antwerpen
Target group of the organization: adults in belgium
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: 3
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? no

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working?

multipal

Brief description of your daily activities: typing text for the website, designing and building website, contact with language schools around the world
Brief description of your company assignment: Building new website, designing marketing plan
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: poor supervision

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? independent, stress-proof
Additional company requirements for this placement? MS office, wordpress
English: Advanced
Spanish:
French: Intermediate
German:
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch, mother tongue

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? yourself
How did you go to work every day? car

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? no
Do you need a work permit? no
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Yes, french

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 0
Accommodation (monthly): € 0
Local transport (monthly): € 300
General costs of living (monthly): € 0
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? Nothing

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
Not
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: No
My e-mail address:

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: I would not go to this company
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Antwerp is a big city so there is enough to do

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link