Paul Placement Report

What is your name?

Paul

What is the name of the company you are working at?

Forshaws BMW & MINI Specialist

What is your role in the organisation?

Volunteer as a Car mechanic

What are your daily Tasks?

I carry out service checks, brake- pads – and – disc – change as well as health checks.
I help my colleagues to work on the engines and sometimes I work with them on very expensive cars

What are your achievements so far?

I have improved my English language. I have learnt a lot about working in England. I have had a view in to the English culture. I have met a lot of different people.

What were the challenges and how did you manage them?

In the first few weeks I had a big problem with understanding and speaking the English language. I managed to understand it more by learning the body language and lots of new vocabulary.

What are your plans for the rest of the placement to get the most out of it?

I want to have a better understanding of the English language. I hope that I can speak better English. Better understanding of the English working way.

How is your cooperation with colleagues and the management in your placement organization?

Sometimes it is really hard to understand the Lancashire accent. But with time it will get better. My colleagues there are very friendly and helpful. They help me with speaking the right sentences.

How do you experience to speak another language at work ?

At the beginning it was really hard. But then you learn to understand a lot more, if you use the body language and learn a lots of vocabulary. Now I think that the work is not a problem anymore.