Merry Christmas: Jesus, it's always better with you

Merry Christmas from the EP Javeriana, 

and do not forget Christmas is always better with you :)

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We receive Japanese visitors!!

The International Trade 1 class received Japanese visitors who are interested in investing in Spain.
The different companies created in the class received them and explained their business ideas to them in a meeting.

This is how the different groups describe their experience:

"We presented our idea, it's called Find a mess and it's an app where you can find the best night club. We didn't have difficulties doing the project but we were very nervous presenting it because we were the first group. We learned how to do a formal meeting and greeting to the clients.

We enjoyed doing the tour around Madrid for the Japanese and the advertisement video.

Nuria, Natascha, Javier López, Javier Ruiz y Renzo."

Our group learned that food really helps with communication with people from other countries and makes the environment relax, we also learned that breaking the ice and talking for a little bit before starting the presentation is a great idea. We realised that music makes young people have a good time together.

Mussic Festival: Sergio Suárez, María José Páez, Nacho López and Alex Ilea

We presented Moveat.
We think that experience was a good way to improve the communications in front of investors.
We presented our project and we could learnt about how defend our ideas.
Our company is about diferent foods healthy , traditional ...
We have important values about the ecosistem and environment.
Change your mind. 
-Moveat.


Good morning!
We are Stephany hernandez, Sandra Jordá, Álvaro Martínez and Antonio González (helped us on the presentation).

First, we put in common all the ideas that we had and it was difficult to choose one because we all had very good ideas and we wanted to put them all, but at the end we mixed the ideas and 21stuff was the result.

Then we distributed the work and helped each other to do the Power Point and the video.

In conclusion, we liked this project and doing this way because its an educational material and its more easy for us working this way. 

21 stuff is an app where you can find all kinds of things, the purpose of this app is, if you are looking for something, have a support where look many products to post the people, and if you like that, have the opportunity to buy that, to buy all types of products.

We like to work in that app because are our, we think about or app and we have managed to create it as we wanted to help each other and contributing ideas

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Our English Corner receives the first prize!!

We are so excited to find out that The English Corner EPJ was awarded with the 1st prize on the third edition of the Vocational and Education Training blogs competition. Congratulations as well to the other finalists, great job! :)  #EUVocationalSkills 

For us it is a really important recognition of our work, especially because it was organized by the Escuelas Javerianas were there is a long tradition of bloggers. Thank you!!

Marta Santamaría and I (Sara Sacristán) wanted to also thank everybody that participates on the blog sharing their experiences since 2009; The English Corner EPJ would not be possible without you: our assistants, teachers in charge of the Erasmus Programme, and all the students that share their work and recommendations to learn English... 

THANK YOU ALL!!  We hope to continue sharing on the https://theenglishcornerepj.blogspot.com.

And remember: IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WITH YOU...

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Guio on We recommend... our new section

Hello, my name is Guio, I'm studying to be an Administration Assistant. I'm on my second year.

English is a language that is really spread throughout the world. Everyone is learning or already knows English. That means that there are a lot of resources that will help you to learn this language. The one I would recommend is to be in a constant contact with it. And how could you do that? By using the things you enjoy doing like watching tv shows or movies and enjoying them in English.

The one I absolutely adore and would recommend everyone to watch is, Mulan. I know, it's a Disney movie that is thought to be for kids, but really it has a deep plot and on top of that the English is really easy to follow.

If you want to participate in our section "We recommend...", fill in this form.

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Our Bilingual Project receives a BEDA Prize!!!

We are very happy and grateful to receive this award from BEDA. It recognizes the effort we have made over recent years. Bilingualism in Vocational Training is not an easy matter, this is why we called our project “Bilingüismo en FP: de quimera a realidad”.

The bilingual team: Marta Santamaría, Marta Sáez, our assistant Ameen Mettawa and I (Sara Sacristán) have been getting ready during a long time, learning about CLIL methodology (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and trying to adapt it to our educational stage: vocational training.

Last year our first bilingual promotion graduated. We can say students with different English levels participated in the classes and evaluated the project positively: they all recommended to continue teaching in English.

So we made it! Would you like to try?  We are waiting for you at the EP Javeriana!

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PRESENTING LOGISTICS IN ENGLISH!

This school year, the second year students from Administration and Finance have begun studying the module of Logistics in English following the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) methodology.

After the first month of lessons and projects, these students have presented their experience and some of their work to their colleagues in first year of Administration and Finance in order to motivate them and tell them that it isn't as difficult as it seems.

After sharing this moment, our students have decided to tell how was the experience for them.

The first  group is Adrián, Carla, David, Laura Martín and Lucía:

Last week, we did an English presentation to Administration and Finance students of first year because we are studying one subject in English. The main change of this subject is that it is the first subject in a foreign language. We had to explain the supply chain, between raw materials to end consumer, of a product that we have invented in Business Simulation, another subject.

It was a good experience because it was in English and our mates could see that it isn't difficult to do a presentation in another language, this is very important to improve our English level and it helps to forget about being scared while presenting.

Another group is the one formed by Haitam, Leticia, Laura R., Gonzalo and Guillermo:

At first we were overwhelmed by the idea of ​​having to present in English to some colleagues we did not know, however, we put a lot of effort and after several days of preparation, we presented it to our teacher and she congratulated us for the work done as well as the other colleagues.

Today, we appreciate the opportunity offered by our teachers to share our work with other classes and thus receive feedback from other points of view.

The third group is Luisa, Miguel, Yolanda, Laura Medina and Jose Luis:

Taking logistics in English is an excellent opportunity to learn English in a different way than usual. The use of vocabulary is very beneficial for our future, because we not only use common terms and memorize them, in addition, we apply it to practical cases to know how to develop the concepts learned day after day.

The method used, CLIL, is a different and effective way to learn as it seems more simple and entertaining when it comes to studying. All this leads us to work as a team getting more involved in this subject and help each other to understand the terms correctly.

And the last group is formed by Juan, Yaiza, Alicia, Paula and Almudena:

We think that is a good idea to show our new mates the postive things about making presentationsin English, because this new experience that we are learning at Javerianas can open new oportunities for us; and the most important, we are talking in English.

It’s not necessary to have a high English level to make it, you can play around with vocabulary and you will learn a lot too. Until you do it, you can’t have an opinion! Try it first! Work! Learn! And if you need help come to us, we will help you! We won’t eat anybody (yet)!

It seems that the first year of Bilingual Administration and Finance students are onto a good start and enjoying the new challenge!

Keep with the hard work!

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AN EXICITING VISIT ALL THE WAY FROM CROATIA!

Some of you may know that the last few years we have been able to send some of our students abroad to do their trainships through the ERASMUS+ programme. A few years ago, a couple of our students from Dietetics were able to do this in Croatia at the POLYTECHNIC IN POŽEGA where they had a very good and enriching experience. And it's through this collaboration that we have been able to meet Valentina here in Madrid.

Valentina came to Escuela Profesional Javeriana in order to meet us (since we have only been in contact through e-mail) and to see if we could develop our relationship a little bit more. Valentina's visit started with a tour of our school and explaining a little bit more how we work and what are our main objectives and our students' profile. It's a that moment that we realized that our schools are more similar than what we thought!

We took the oportunity offered by Valentina and decided that it would be great if she could present her place of work (POLYTECHNIC IN POŽEGA) to our sencond year students since this upcoming summer they will graduate and they are currently thinking about what their future is going to be like. Their courses looked very interesting and our students seem very intrigued since we learnt that they produce their own wine!

After all these presentations, we took the time to talk about about what we could do for each other. These talks have been very productive and we are just in the final stages just reading through the final agreement in order to sign it. The conclusions that we came to are:

• Each year a couple of Croatian students can come to Madrid to do their trainships, since we would look for companies that could host them.
• Also, they could host a couple of our students for their trainships, since their biology programmes are a perfect fit for our Dietetics students.

We hope that this collaboration will last for a long time and that we can do projects together in the future!

Valentina! Thank you for your visit, we hope that you could also enjoy Madrid and all it has to offer! Let's meet soon!

Como a algunos de vosotros os sonará, desde hace unos años hemos podido mandar a algunos de nuestros alumnos al extranjero para hacer sus prácticas (FCT) gracias al programa ERASMUS+. Hace unos años, un par de nuestros alumnos de Dietética pudieron realizar sus FCT en Croacia en la POLITÉCNICA DE POŽEGA en donde tuvieron una gran y enriquecedora experiencia. Y es gracias a esta colaboración que hemos podido conocer a Valentina aquí en Madrid.

Valentina vino a visitarnos a la Escuela Profesional Javeriana para conocernos (dado que solo habíamos estado en contacto a través de e-mails) y para ver si podíamos dar un paso más en nuestra colaboración entre ambas instituciones. La visita de Valentina empezó con un pequeño tour de nuestra escuela para conocernos un poco mejor y le explicamos como funcionamos, cuales son  nuestros principales objetivos y el perfil de nuestros alumnos. ¡Fue en ese momento en el que nos dimos cuenta de que nuestras instituciones se parecen más de lo que pensábamos!

Aprovechamos la oportunidad que nos ofreció Valentina de presentar a nuestros alumnos de segundo curso la Politécnica de Pozega dado que ellos esté próximo verano se graduarán y ya están pensando en cuales van a ser sus próximos pasos de cara a su futuro. Los cursos que oferta la Politécnica nos perecieron muy interesantes y nuestros alumnos quedaron muy intrigados cuando supimos que ¡allí producen su propio vino!

Después de todas estas presentaciones, aprovechamos todo el tiempo que tuvimos disponible para hablar de qué podemos ofrecer cada institución para que nuestros alumnos tengan la mejor experiencia posible. Fuimos muy productivos y ya solo nos queda leer el acuerdo y firmarlo tras llegar a las siguientes conclusiones:

• Cada año un par de estudiantes croatas podrán venir a Madrid a realizar sus prácticas en empresas, dado que nosotros nos encargaremos de buscar las empresas para ellos.
• Del mismo modo, la Politécnica  podrá a coger a un par de nuestros alumnos dado que sus programas de la rama biológica serían perfectos para nuestros alumnos de Dietética.

¡Esperamos que esta colaboración dure por muchos años y que podamos hacer  muchos proyectos juntos!

¡Valentina! Muchas gracias por tu visita y esperamos que también pudieses disfrutar de Madrid y de todo lo que puede ofrecer. ¡Ojalá nos podamos ver pronto!

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Ameen stays with us!

Hello everyone! My name is Ameen, and I am from Miami, Florida. This is my third year living in Madrid, and my second year as a Language Assistant at Javerianas. I loved my last year here, and am very happy to be back and to see both new and familiar faces. As some of you already know, I like to use my time in class to motivate students to speak as much as possible in English by organizing fun and engaging activities about topics we are all interested in. I look forward to getting to know the new students I am working with this year, and tailoring my activities to match their interests and personal goals. Looking forward to a great year!

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AT THE EP JAVERIANA IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WITH YOU

Welcome!!
We are ready to start this exciting school year with you... 

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Tips to get ready for your Cambridge Exam

Exam dates are close now... Here are some tips on getting ready for your exams.

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Fair Trade companies

Our Transport and Logistics class worries about fair commercial relationships that promote fair working conditions and a commitment with the environment. To do so, we decided to import fairtrade products from different countries in the world to start distributing them in Europe.

These are some of our companies:

Fair trade Mango is a ready to eat and ideal healthy snack for everyone. We want to boost the consumption of this great fruit and to support it's fair trade in many different countries, such as South Asia and South America ones.

    

We are a company which only works with Fair Trade products; that means, that we care about workers conditions and environment.

We produce avocados in Springfield Farm in Pretoria, South Africa.

Our customers are all (super)markets aware of Fair Trade and good quality at the best price.

Hello! Our business is distributing Fairtrade coffee from Congo. 

                                                                  We offer high quality coffee at a good price. We are  a responsible organization with the environment and to mark the difference  by helping to build a sustainable world. 

When our customers taste the products, they can’t stop speaking  about them.

We have an agreement with the brazilian company ABICAB to import chocolate from Brazil to Europe.

We distribute in Spain and Switzerland, in the companies Milka, Nestle and Lindt.

The cacao is an antioxidant, it is rich in fat, fiber, magnesium, vitamin b and zinc.

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We recommend...

Time flies! This school year is almost over and we are launching a new section: We recommend....in which our students will share their recommendations to improve your English having fun.

If you have  a recommendation you would like to share, please click on the form and fill it in... It can be the next post. We can't wait to read it :)

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Adventures from our ERASMUS students

We cannot believe it... but our ERASMUS students have already passed the equator of this amazing experience that they are living this year.

After so many days of addapting, learning new things and working, meeting new cultures and learning to work as a team, our students have had the chance to enjoy a long holiday weekend and some of them have decided to travel a little...

Pablo from Administration and Finance has sent us this words about the experience he has lived while visiting Krakow.

Hello everyone!!

I don't  know how to say that Krakow is incredible!!

The streets, the churchs, the people, the towers, the castle... all from Krakow is fantastic.

We are very lucky, cause the weather is fantastic and very sunny.

When we arrived, we went to Auschwitz and Bikernau, two of the most famous Nazi camps in the world.

The guide was fantastic, and we saw incredible places, cause there is much history behind all of it. 

We could understand how the jews live there, how they suffered bad treatment. 

The apartament we rented was also incredible, really new, and very close to the city center.

We had time to visit all, to walk arround the city, to enjoy, and have something to drink and eat in the big square...

I'm very happy to stay there, and visit this country!!!

Andrada from Administration and Finance has told us the following:

Los días aquí pasan tan rápido que se me está quedando muy corto este Erasmus.....Quiero más tiempo! Jajajaja No os podéis ni imaginar lo muchísimo que estoy disfrutando mi Erasmus, pero es que aquí estoy en una nube, entre semana las prácticas en la empresa son geniales, estoy aprendiendo muchísimo, mis compis son geniales, como os dije al principio nos han acogido muy bien, nos ayudan y nos forman y el ambiente en la oficina es relajado y siempre hay buen rollo.

En cuanto a los fines de semana, estoy de viajera, el fin de semana pasado estuve en Gdansk (una ciudad preciosa al norte de Polonia) he visto el mar Báltico, he ido en barco, he visto museos, y las calles de Gdansk un regalo para la vista y para el alma, aún no he visto todo de Polonia pero creo que Gdansk es lo más bonito que puede uno visitar de Polonia 🇵🇱.

Ana, Jesús and Franco from International Trade have had the opportunity to travel to new places also! They have taken advantage of a couple of national holidays to travel with work colleagues from different countries.

Finally, Adrián is still waiting for the weather to improve in the UK, but he seems to be eating healthy! 😄

Now they have to start focusing on finishing the final year project that they have to present when they return back home, as well as keep working in their companies trying to finish their internships the best way they can.

Before we know it, they will be back in Madrid!

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ERASMUS+ 2018-2019

Hello everyone!

This post is going to be all about the ERASMUS+ programme since we are getting ready for next year!

Are you going to be our next Erasmus student?

Why is it a good idea to do your internship abroad?

Because...

• you'll gain international working experience (something to add to your CV)
• you'll improve foreign language level
• you'll learn new work techniques and methods
• you'll get to learn and experiment new cultures and countries.

INFORMATION FOR ERASMUS+ 2018-2019

The date of our meeting is published in all classrooms in which students are able to go on an ERASMUS+ grant (Administration and Finance, International Trade, Marketing and Publicity, Transport and Logisitics and Dietetics).

MONDAY APRIL 23rd @ 14:20, ROOM 7

What do you need to apply?

If you would like to enter the selection process in order to go on an ERASMUS+ next year, you need to bring the following documents:

• Your CV in English
• A cover letter /motivational letter in English (explaining why you would like to participate in the ERASMUS+ programme)
• An income tax certificate

Remember to bring these document before May 8th to the school's reception!

If you are selected you will be notified about an interview with us. The candidates will find the results of the application process before the school year ends in June.

If you have any questions, you can contact Juncal or Marta or write us on:

erasmus@javerianaselearning.com

ERASMUS+ 2018

This year 6 of our students are doing their internships in other countries in Europe.

Jesús and Franco, both from the International Trade degree, are in Tallinn, Estonia. They are working very hard and hoping that sping comes soon!

Adrián is in Bradford, England working in international matters with China, getting used to the accent!

Andrada and Ana, students from Administration and Finance and International Trade, are in Poznan, Poland. They are improving their skills in digital marketing research and enjoying the great atmosphere they have at work and making new friends!

And finally, Pablo from Administration and Finance, is in Prague, Czech Republic enjoying discovering the city and working in a very international workplace!

We hope all of them have a great experience these months and we can't wait to get more news from all of them!

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Shopping in Madrid 2018

In the EP Javeriana we were analysing different High Streets around the world, so we decided to go window shopping to four of them in Madrid: Preciados, Serrano, Goya and Fuencarral. 

We also did some research on the English language used by taking pictures of the signs we found. After processing the information, the different groups presented it to the class and we debated on the use of English for Marketing and Publicity.

"Our conclusion is that businesses are interested in tourists as they use everyday English signs to catch their attention. All the globalization let us think about how interested we have to be in learning  English. The use of English also make all businesses have the appearance of being more international"

"It was a very cool experience. We could see various types of shops with various English signs on them while exploring this street. We learnt the tipe of vocabulary used in clothing and jewelry shops"

"The signs in English are in chain stores (because all the stores are similar, it doesn't matter the ubication). In little stores there aren't many things in English. We have learnt that the main language of Marketing is English."

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Ready to take a Cambridge Exam?

Come to our meeting on Wednesday the 28th, we will give you all the important information.
Remember how important it is for your CV :)

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