Spanish School La Herradura

Placement organization

Name of organization: Spanish School La Herradura
Town/city: La Herradura
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.spanish-school-heradura.com

Student

Name of student: Judith van Rijn

Specialist area: ITMC
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: Language school
Organization’s activities: Give spanish language classes
Target group of the organization: Tourists coming to Spain to learn Spanish
Company culture: –
Number of employees: 5
Dress code: formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? It is just a small company
Brief description of your daily activities: Working on promotion activities through social media, sometimes work on the reception, help organize travels
Brief description of your company assignment: Market research to needs and want of Dutch and Belgium schools when organizing a study/language travels.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: –

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Sociable
Additional company requirements for this placement? Internet, microsoft office package
English: Advanced
Spanish: Intermediate
French:
German:
Italian:
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Airplane

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? Through company
How did you go to work every day? walking

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

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? n/a

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 95,00
Accommodation (monthly): € 270,00
Local transport (monthly): € 0,00
General costs of living (monthly): € 400,00
How long in advance did you apply for visa
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?
I did not
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? Yes in someways it does, for instance siesta

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: judithvanrijn@live.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: –
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: –

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link