MY EXPERIENCE IN DUBLIN 2019 By Oriol Bech
My motivation I consider that nowadays in the world of the IT it is very important the English and to be able to do the practices in Ireland I believe that it will open more doors to me than doing them in Spain. On the other hand I will improve a lot my English a very important language nowadays in all the ambits.
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Impressions in the months prior to the stay Well the months before the stay in Dublin the main fears/doubts were the fact of being a month in a stranger's house, working in English I didn't know if I was going to adapt quickly and finally I had never worked in an IT company so I didn't know exactly what they would make me do. Well once I arrived in Dublin everything was happening and everything went well in the company if you do not understand something repeats it or tells you in another way to understand, Angela was always friendly at home and resolved all the doubts we had and in the company if you do not know how to do something you explain. 3
Country printout I have been very surprised by the people, they are very kind and very humorous, above all they have a lot of irony. One of the things that has surprised me more has been the nightlife almost everyone goes out of pubs at night and every day there is party in the pubs, is so much the feeling of party that when a person dies at his funeral they celebrate the life of that person drinking.
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Identification of the company During my stay in Dublin I have been working at Lynch Computer Repair, the owner is David Lynch but he is never in the premises because he has other businesses, I have always dealt with Haralds Bernard who was my tutor and sometimes with Delan another worker who works alone on weekends and some days when he is not Haralds. The place is located in a very central area as is the neighborhood Temple Bar.
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My job My schedule was from 12:00h to 19:00h from Monday to Friday, my task there was basically to fix problems with the hardware of the laptops such as changing the motherboard, I have only ever updated and fixed problems with the software.
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Valuation of the practices in the company The relationship with my tutor has been very good, everything I did not know or doubted how to do has been to help me. As I had a very good relationship and it is very nice we have spoken a lot and it has allowed me to improve my fluency speaking English. It has seemed to me very good company to carry out the internship because it is only my tutor and me in the company and that allows to have more confidence to ask, to initiate conversations and that this for you at all time and that teaches you well all the procedures.
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Assessment of the host family In Dublin I was staying at Angela's house, she was always kind to us and solved all the doubts we had for example when we arrived where we had to take the bus, which supermarkets we had nearby, which we had to do to clean clothes, how the microwave worked ...
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Final Opinion
In conclusion I had a great time in Dublin it was an unforgettable experience without a doubt, it also helped Angela to take care of us and Harry to make me work like spending time with a friend. This experience has helped me to improve my English and to learn more about computers.
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