My final conclusion

As a conclusion, I was very well do it and despite there are differences between Swedish school and Spanish school, my final feeling were the same. 
Every day when classes ended, I came home happy. 
I am increasingly glad I chose this career.


My future job is not only that I teach them, but also, they teach me too.

Children feel like at home

One of the things that caught my attention was their philosophy. “Children feel like at home”

They can barefoot by the school, so they are comfortable in class. They were wearing comfortable clothes. In class there is a sofa, where children can sit and read there. Teachers were very friendly with them.

The lunch time, some teacher ate with children, so they could talk to them so they could know about them.

 In Spain this philosophy we cannot see as well like here. Teachers are friendly and regards with children but at lunch time they do not eat with them. The reason is that to eat in the school is not mandatory, because in Spain the lunch time is at 14:00, that is when they leave school, but teacher can talk to student at breaks.

My AVT

 My AVT I did it in Kristenbergskola in Borås. I could see the different methods in class. I was two days in 5^th and three days in 1^st. Children of 1^st level don´t speak English, so I just watched and I sometimes try talking the children and helped them. In 5^th there were 19 pupils and 1^st there were 18.

I want to focus about a different that I saw in basic level between Swedish school and Spanish school. In Swedish classroom, there were subjects like Mathematics and Swedish that the pupils were divided to two groups, the yellow group and green group, where in each there were 9 pupils. For basic level I think that in very important to do an individual work with the children, and it is possible with small group. In Spain this is different because normally there are big groups. In classroom there are 28 or 30 children. Spanish teachers have a difficult task which is to see the pupils develop.

Spanish class

When there is a big group, the pupils are more distracted, when the group is reduced, the pupils have fewer classmates for can speak and distracted. It is true that children need to be related with their classmates, but in important subjects like Mathematics and Swedish, they need to pay attention to the lesson.

Högskolan i Borås

The university is called Högskolan i Borås. It consists of nine parts, divided into two buildings.

In the first building we can see that it is divided in five parts (A, B, C, D and E), we can find in this parts; input, the cafeteria, teachers offices, classrooms and workrooms. I was amazed the first time that I saw it, because there are many workrooms and they are equipped with computer, flat Screen and sometimes whiteboards. In Borås is very important group work.


In the other building we can see the others parts (H, J, L and M), where we can found the library (J) that is consisted in 5 floors. There are computers, tables, study rooms and workrooms.

In the others parts we can found more classrooms, offices and other cafeteria.


In class, the methodology is different to Spain. Here we started the course in August, while in Spain the course begins in October. Here there is a program, which I can see the activities and class each weeks. Each week has a different time. there are some class, but there are more study groups and seminaries of literature.
In Spain there are most class and when we have to do workgruop, we do not have any place to do it, we have to go some house or in the corridor where there are some desks. we just have computers in the library, but there, we do not can talk.


I like the methodology here, and I think that it can to be more effective.

Sweden!

I am María and I come from Huelva in Spain. It is the first time that I live outside my country, so it is a new experience for me. 
I am happy to be here, I think that I needed it because it is a way to fend for myself and to know others countries and mainly to learn English.
Sweden is a country that when I saw the first time, I was amazed becuase It is a green country. The landscape of Spain is arid and it has little vegetation and Sweden is the opposite, it has a lot of vegetation and many lakes.

Swedish people are very attentive and very friendly, I am very grateful for the treatment to me.
In Sweden, I live in Borås. Borås is a small town near Gothenburg. I have visited the center, the zoo, I have stayed in two of the lakes. Among many other things.

 An anecdote I can count, I had the privilege of meeting with the King and the Queen of Sweden.

Some of the things I miss in Spain is the weather. Here it always rains and it 's cold. I had to go to Spain for a week in September and it was like to travel to summer again. The town where I live in Spain, it is located in southern Spain, bordering with Portugal and near Africa, it is warn and it begans to get cold in November but it never snows. I have never seen snow.

It is me in Boras

It is me in Huelva