ERASMUS 2023 (Medium Degree/Grado Medio)

This past Saturday, our Administration Assistants going on an Erasmus have already flown to Dublin in order to begin this experience.

We would like to take advantage of this opportunity to say thanks to the Fundació Inform for giving a chance to our students to be able to have this experience.

Iker and Irene were at school some days ago in order to finalize and sign all the paperwork required so they could be prepared to take off in the next few days.

We hope that this is an experiences that they will never forget!

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ERASMUS 2023 (Higher Degree/Grado Superior)

Last week, we kicked off the 2023 Erasmus experience. After many tribulations, Miguel and Celia were finally able to leave Spain and start an amazing adventure!

Miguel, our student from International Trade, in now in Budapest, Hungary; and Celia, from Marketing and Advertising in in Poznan, Poland. We hope that, after their first week of their internship, they are having a great experience!

Before they left, they signed all the paperwork required with our Headmistress and Head of Studies.

This is just the beginning of a great adventure!

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FINSPAIN #TIB: SHOPPING IN OULU AND MADRID (PART I)

This is our class: International Trade 1 in EP. Javeriana and we would like to tell you about our project #Finspain #TogetherInBusiness #TIB.

Introduction

We worked on a combined project with students from OSAO Vocational School in Finland and from EPJaveriana in Madrid.

It was really exciting since we worked in small groups with students from Finland and Spain to be able to analyse commercial information in both countries. 

The project consisted in comparing different stores and products of Spain and Finland and there were eight different groups who worked on these different topics:

First videoconference session: meeting our teammates

On the first session, we were very nervous, because we did not know what we were going to find. 

Previously, in class we had worked on a presentation where we talked about Spain, its culture and what we liked the most. We also talked about the degree we studied, its subjects and what we could work on once we finished our studies.

Then we watched a video, where teamwork was represented, and with it a brainstorming where we put the necessary points for teamwork to be good.

And with an application we created the logo of our team and we named it. We were able to share a nice moment with our team mates in Finland and get to know them a little bit.

We will let you know about our next steps soon!!!

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Information about Cambridge exams

 

Congratulations to the students that got their Cambridge Certifications. Well done!

Would you like to be the next one to certify?

Come to the information on-line meeting on Monday 30th January

- Option 1: 9:15 - 9:45

- Option 2: 16:00 - 16:30

Fill in this form to get the link. See you soon!

Cambridge Information:

Test your English level if you are not sure about it.

Take a real test to check your performance. Are you ready?

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#Finspain Together in Business, our international project with Finland

Hello, we are the International Trade 2 students from EPJ and we wanted to share our project with you, and all the things we’ve learned from it. 

INTRODUCTION

We’ve been working with OSAO Vocational College, a school in Finland with students from International Business. We’ve done a project together about our cultures and the different forms of negotiation of each country. We had a videoconference with them twice and it was so interesting preparing it and talking with them.

WE MEET EACHOTHER

We first prepared a presentation to introduce ourselves and our school that we would present by videoconference. We divided all the topics between the members of the different groups,  assigning the work we should do in each team, then we prepared a presentation on google slides with visual resources to show our knowledge and make it easier to present.

Later on, we practiced the presentations twice, the first one in class and the second one at the assembly hall, like a simulation.

We learned about how to interact with Finnish people in a business environment and 

about their languages, business culture and customs. 

Especially how they organize their schedule, manners and clothes in different situations.

RESEARCH ON BUSINESS CULTURES

Once we attended the first video conference, we started to research information in several Finnish business sites about the business culture of this country. During our research we have noticed the cultural differences between our countries and how negotiations are conducted in both places.

We have learned things like the importance of etiquette and silence in negotiations, their conservative and close nature, which highly contrasts with the Mediterranean temperament and makes people from both nations find a point to understand each other and have a great business relationship.

When we collected all the information about Finnish business culture, we prepared a presentation which we later shared via video conference with OSAO students and teachers. Our presentation consisted of explaining the information searched the days before. All of us participated in the presentation and they confirmed us our topics were accurate.

FINAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

At the end of the meeting, we had the opportunity to discuss with them some different points about their culture (fashion, saunas…). Some of our classmates asked them some questions.

They told us how they handled the covid situation in their school and it was very similar to Spain. It was funny when they told us that for them it was easier to maintain social distance, because they are always respecting each other's personal space.

They were also interested in some things related to Spanish culture. Mainly they thought that the covid situation affected business relationships since Spaniards highly value physical contact. Related to the last question, they also asked if lunch business meetings were common. They thought it was interesting since they don’t usually mix meetings with personal time. 

It was a fruitful conversation for both parties, where we could dig deeper in both cultures and get a better understanding of how both cultures work despite our obvious differences.

Afterwards we analyzed the project and here are our conclusions. You can click on the pictures to see our results better.

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Some tips for a more sustainable Black Friday

Here are some tips for a more responsible consumption on Black Friday. Will you help us to make it more sustainable?

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We analyze consequences of Black Friday

We study 1st year of International Trade, and we did little an infographic about the consecuences of Black Friday.

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Some facts about Black Friday

Hi, we are 1st year International Trade students, we have made this infographic to raise awareness about the positive and negative aspects of black friday.

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We recommend... Recommendations for being more eco-friendly (2)

 Finally, here are the recommendations of Khrystyna, Irene, Elizabeth and Álvaro.

TIPS ON HOW TO BE ECO FRIENDLY:

Our planet is in danger. Every year, we waste water, food, energy, and clothes. We can't afford to  keep doing this to our planet, but, what can we do to reduce the waste of materials? Here are some ideas you can do at your school and at your house! 

-In school:

• Use public transport to go to class. (metro, bus)

• Use old paper to take notes.

• Separate the garbage into plastic, paper, glass and organic.

• Copy and print on both sides of the paper.

• Install led lights instead of normal lights to save energy.

-At your house

• Take your own bags to the supermarket.

• Save water by turning off faucets when you shower or brush your teeth.

• Reuse everything you can like bottles, bags or food.

• Turn-off the lights when you leave or when you don’t need it. 

• Install water-saving devices on faucets and toilets.

• Use non toxic products

• Exchange or donate clothes

• Unplug electronics you're not using.

• Buy second-hand clothes and furniture in Wallapop or Vinted.

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We recommend... Recommendations for improving your English (2)

 This week we bring you the recommendations of Víctor, María, Laura and Marco.

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

In this section of the blog we will recommend you tips in order to improve your english level. There are lots of things you can do to improve it but we will recommend you just a few ones:  

1. Watching TV news, movies or series in english with subtitles in english.

2. Reading books and news in English

Some of our recommendations are Matilda, how to kill a mockingbird, and Harry Potter.

3. Listening to music or podcasts in english

Such us crime junkie, speak English podcast 

 

4. Write a list of useful expressions and words on your phone, so that you will have it with yourself whenever you need to make use of them.

5. Change your phone settings to english so you will practice every time you use it 

6. Improve your pronunciation with English tongue twisters. Try repeating them several times as fast as you are able. (You can record yourself trying  and send it to the school’s instagram account)

7. Learning English expressions and sayings.

8. Write essays about different topics to improve your writing skills

9. Record your own voice speaking loudly in English and then listen to it in order to see your mistakes.

10.  Pay attention to the foreigners accent and try to imitate it.

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