Am Wochenende. Am Freitagabend gehe ich häufig raus. Normalerweise treffe ich mich mit meinen Freunden und wir unternehmen was zusammen. Wir gehen ins Konzert oder in die Disko. Manchmalgehen wir ins Kino und sehen wir einen interessanten Film. Am Samstagmorgen besuche ich meine Familie. Ich lade Sie oft zum Frühstück, wir gehen in die Stadt oder auf dem Markt und kaufen wir ein. Am Samstagabend spaziere ich am liebsten im Wald oder gehe ich am Strand. Am Sonntag habe ich gern ein bisschen Ruhe. Ich bleibe oft zu Hause, putze und lerne ich.

Drehbuch Eine Gruppe Freunde würden gern etwas besonders speziell unternehmen. Nina: Wir sollten nächtes Wochenende verabreden. Es gibt ine große Party bei Mark zu Hause und er hat uns eingeladen. Wi könnten da gehen. Was denkts du? Paul: Ach so, auf eine Party habe ich eigentlich keine Lust. Wir könnten lieber in die Berge wandern.Das macht mir Spaß. Kommst du mit? Nina: Das ist eine gute Idee! Aber ich habe gehört, das Wetter wird nicht so schön am Wochenende sein. Paul: Meine Meinung nach, sollten wir trotzdem gehen. Wenn das Wetter nicht gut ist, versuchen wir eine Holzhaus zu finden. Da können wir eine Feuer machen und mitten Im Wald schlafen. Nina: Das klingt gut. Aber wenn wir früh mit Wandern fertig sind, könnten wir in die Party gehen. Paul: Wie du möchtest... Was für eine Party ist das? Nina: Er hat alle Prüfungen nicht bestanden. Trotzdem, ist er zufrieden, denn seine Eltern haben ihn nicht gerügt und auf diesem Grund will er das feiern. Paul: Lustig! Mussen wir formell oder informell anziehen? Nina: keine Ahnung! Ich habe ein tolles Kleid gekauft und ich wollte das anziehen. Trotzdem es ist zu eng und es passt mir nicht. Ich muss es zurückgeben. Paul: Schade!

Civil competences During the everyday life, both at work and during free time, she has learned to interact and cooperate with people who have very different backgrounds from her own. She has been able to get along with kids of all characters and she has learned to be caring, strict, and funny depending on the requirements of the situation. She could create bonds with people, even though they did not share the same language In addition, her time as an EVS volunteer has made her more conscious of her role and possibilities as a member of the European community. She also expanded her knowledge about nature, ecology, recycling and sustainable development, as Germany is very serious about this matters, and she improved the ability to explain these concepts to others. Her time working and living in Germany have given her a valuable knowledge of this country and the people living here. By doing social work as a volunteer in the social sphere, she gained a wide range of practical understanding of German traditions, culture, society, and reality. She could understand that culture involves the way of life of the whole society and that in order to get to know a foreign culture, you need to become a part of it. By getting to know local people, participating in various activities, events, dealing with German food, music, traditions, etc. she discovered German culture and she integrated herself and she was involved with it completely At the same time, she felt more connected with her own culture and could transmit her enthusiasm about it to other people through her personal project, the Intercultural meeting

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Laura has organized several different projects in the centre where she worked throughout the year, such as creating different activities for the kids, for example creating masks and painting the kid’s faces for Carnival, baking cookies during the Christmas season, manual presents for Mother’s Day, Tennis Table Competitions, different kind of games with them. Through her voluntary service, she had the opportunity to do various cultural activities and art project with kids, and consequently she got a valuable experience in using art as a form of therapy and entertainment, and she learned to appreciate the importance of the creative expression of emotions, ideas, and experiences through art. During her work creating handicrafts with the kids such as Masks, Dream Catchers, painting and so on, she developed the children's creativity as well as her own. Laura also organized a meeting with the elderly people, an International and intercultural meeting, in which she cooked typical Spanish food and introduced touristic places in Spain, their history, traditions and festivities, by showing Power points presentation. In that way she could share her culture with other people through preparing traditional meals and talking about her customs, which allow her to reflect on her cultural background and I increased the awareness of her own culture. She also had the initiative to participate in two different departments. Firstly, in an office that helps immigrant people, so she had the opportunity to meet people from different cultures, and she developed her intercultural sensibility and tolerance. Secondly, in a office that provide guardianship and tutelage assistance for mental and intellectual disabled people, where she had to opportunity to acquire knowledge in a more specific area and brought her the chance to learn legal terms in German. Laura also participated and helped to planificate and organized stablished events, such as the Flea market, Summer Fest for kids, Generation Cooking, trips and so on. By doing so she learned how to plan, prepare and organize different kind of events. In each staff meeting she learned how to bring in criticism and mention how to bring my own ideas in an appropriate way. She has improved her leadership and communication skills, and she had the opportunity to work in teams with every kinds of people. She worked hard on identifying and accept her own strengths and weaknesses, as well as other´s people.

SOCIAL AND CIVIL COMPETENCES During the everyday life, both at work and during free time, she has learned to interact and cooperate with people who have very different backgrounds from her own. She has been able to get along with kids of all characters and she has learned to be caring, strict, and funny depending on the requirements of the situation. She could create bonds with people, even though they did not share the same language In addition, her time as an EVS volunteer has made her more conscious of her role and possibilities as a member of the European community. She also expanded her knowledge about nature, ecology, recycling and sustainable development, as Germany is very serious about this matters, and she improved the ability to explain these concepts to others. Her time working and living in Germany have given her a valuable knowledge of this country and the people living here. By doing social work as a volunteer in the social sphere, she gained a wide range of practical understanding of German traditions, culture, society, and reality. She could understand that culture involves the way of life of the whole society and that in order to get to know a foreign culture, you need to become a part of it. By getting to know local people, participating in various activities, events, dealing with German food, music, traditions, etc. she discovered German culture and she integrated herself and she was involved with it completely At the same time, she felt more connected with her own culture and could transmit her enthusiasm about it to other people through her personal project, the Intercultural meeting

Learning to learn As Laura had not previously worked with kids and elderly people, this project was for her a great challenge, which turned out to be a useful learning experience for her. She has achieved the goal of trying a new professional field and testing herself by being in an atmosphere she had no idea if she was going to match or not. During her EVS project she had a number of different types of challenges, which made her, not only learn more about herself and her limits, but also how to work in a social area and to plan and manage projects. She learnt to be more open minded, patient, flexible, how to motivate herself and other people, have the self-confidence to succeed not only at work but also outside too, and how to take the best out of her personal skills. During her work, she was able to became more ready to express and share her emotions, thoughts and experiences, take the initiative and be independent managing her own tasks. Laura has improved her communication skills and has developed constructive discussion skills. All in all, the most important aspect was being able to adapt completely to a new personal and professional situation. It had given her a wonderful chance to live a different reality, discover a new culture and to get involved with different kinds of people. She has learnt by making mistakes, by observing other people and accepting advice. Part of Laura’s work involved office task, in which she needed to use new computer programs such as Excel, Power Point and Photoshop. She developed her computer skills by working with Microsoft Office Programs (Word, Excel, Power Point). In order to present her work, she used projectors and printers. For instance, she had to create different posters, leaflets, brochures and promotional material with which we advertised our event.

Communication Skills During her stay in Germany, Laura has not also been able to learn German, but she became aware of Spanish language´s characteristics by seeing the differences between both languages, Spanish and German. She also discovered that Spanish is in great regard in Germany, as many people is interested in Spanish or is learning Spanish. In addition, she took part in Spanish-English “Stammtisch”, languages exchanges and she had Tandem partner, and with them she had the opportunity to teach a bit about her own language and the Spanish culture. aura improved her German language skills through every day communication at work and with local people, thereby she had gained knowledge about intercultural and multilingual communication. She attended weekly private German lessons in which she could improve her German, and moreover, her practical language skills improved at her work place where she communicated in German. She also took part every month in German- Spanish language exchanges, in which I not only could improve her German and meet new local people, but she could also teach some of her own language. Besides German, she upgraded her English skills as she communicated everyday with her flat mates in English and she had to express her thoughts, ideas and feelings in English on a daily basis and on her leisure time, and also in unexpected situations, as in medical appointments. She used English to communicate with people from different countries too I learned languages through conversation and meeting new people. We had time every day to talk to new people and knew more things about their culture

Cover letter 4 In my opinion, I believe I can be useful to you, because I’m easy to learn, easy to communicate to and quickly get used to the new environment. I am eager to meet new challenges and find ways to improve myself. I can adjust easily to fit into any work environment and have no problem working as part of a team. I can also function individually by taking the initiative and the responsibility to accomplish my tasks on my own. I can perform equally well good in any environment and cope effectively with the stresses of reaching a deadline. I am hard-working person, I love being outdoors, helping people and participate in all kind of events. Besides, I have experience in administrative task and face to face communication with costumers, which can also be very helpful. If you are looking for someone responsible, qualified, reliable and tolerant of different worldview I’d love to be the part of your project and help to bring positive changes to our world. I would be very grateful if you would give me a chance to contribute to this project. I am available for a Skype or telephone interview and looking forward to hearing from you. I would appreciate being given the opportunity to work with you and I would be very grateful if you could consider my application. I enclose my CV and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to answer answer you would like to know. I thank you for your time spent reading this letter and I hope for a positive response.