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!
