Nome: Emma Kiraly
Origem: Hungria
Olá :) I am Emma
and I come from Hungary.
In the
spring I decided that before I will be 30 I would like to do some voluntary
work in some country, which is totally different than my homeland and I'll get
some new experience what would be unforgettable in my whole life. And because
I've never lived near the see :)), I choose Lisbon and the literacy project of
ALEM. In Hungary I worked in Roma communities and the other part of my life was
working with children, so it was a perfect combination of my previous life. And
it is related to my studies. First I studied social work and then I did my
master degree in the field of ethnic and minority studies. Here in Lisbon we
work with children in the schools, we support the teachers helping to the
children to learn how to read, how to understand what they are reading.
This is a
great opportunity to know new methods and new way of thinking what can be
really improve myself.
About my
Portuguese life: First impression was the language. When I got on my plane I
was sitting on my seat and then the stewardess started to speak in Portuguese.
At that moment I realized is Chinese for me. I've never learnt any Latin
language before, so I couldn't recognize any words, and then I couldn't decide
what is a word or what is a sentence. They spoke really fast (of course on the
plane they do it in every language). It was scary, because my first goal was
that I really would like to speak another language after my EVS and at that
moment it seemed to me is impossible.
In these two
months we had a Portuguese language course. It is a good challenge for
everybody in the group (at least I think). Is a big challenge for me because is
really hard for me and I learn it really slowly, is a challenge for the others
who speaks really well because they need a lot of patience and is a challenge
for the teachers who has to teach all of us in the same group. We have a lot of
differences in our knowledge. But in the same time it helps a lot and maybe
this way is better to know the language and study as quickly as you can.
The city
(Lisbon) is beautiful and not just beautiful, is really lifefull in a natural way. The people are living in this city. In
this month I didn't do a lot of tourist things, I didn't visit so much places
but I moved a lot in the city. Go to school, go to work and to go out somewhere
(is also a good way to know the city) and now I feel I have already started to
know Lisbon, like my hometown.
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