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Jobs and friends for a 19 year old

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 6:50pm
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Silvia2341

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Hello all,

we are moving to Calpe from Langley, British Columbia, Canada middle of august and my 19 year old son will be with us. Do you have insights of where to meet easily friends and find summer jobs with almost zero spanish for him? Or probably you have your own experiences to share :)

I am a little anxious :)

Thanks!! 

Silvia 

Rayj

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:18am

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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:18am

Get him a phrase book and 3 weeks is plenty of time for him to pick up enough basics to be confident in shops etc. 😃

And don't be anxious, yours is a big move but with a bit of digging you can find the support you need. (Although I didn't 😐)

Good luck! 👍 

GrahamLynn

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:59pm

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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 1:59pm

Even for a summer job he will need to have the legal documents to allow him to work in Spain and that is dependent on the type of visa he has allowing him to reside in Spain.

Lynn

Silvia2341

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:41pm

Silvia2341

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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 6:41pm

Rayj wrote on Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:18am:

Get him a phrase book and 3 weeks is plenty of time for him to pick up enough basics to be confident in shops etc. 😃

And don't be anxious, yours is a big move but with a bit of digging you can find the support you need. (Although I didn't 😐)

Good luck! 👍 

Thank you Eayj!!

Lefty

Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:43pm

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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:43pm

Rayj wrote on Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:18am:

Get him a phrase book and 3 weeks is plenty of time for him to pick up enough basics to be confident in shops etc. 😃

And don't be anxious, yours is a big move but with a bit of digging you can find the support you need. (Although I didn't 😐)

Good luck! 👍 

In 3 weeks? You would need an exceptionally good memory and then you would of only memorised set phrases to ask certain limited things but very doubtful that you would understand any replies given from a Spanish speaker, listening exercises in Spanish are something else 😊

A good start would be to attend basic Spanish lessons along with an holiday Spanish course and that would definitely be more useful than a phrase book of words or sentences that you would fail in pronouncing.

As a beginner with only 16 months experience myself in learning Spanish this is my opinion and observation only 😁

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Pauline39

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:27am

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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:27am

Hi, Silvia.  Find a local school that does Spanish language classes ... he'll need to speak Spanish if he's ever going to feel comfortable living in Spain.  Hopefully, there'll be some younger people in the classes, so that he can meet people. As others have said, he's going to need a working visa for a summer job.  Maybe he could volunteer at a charity shop or a local animal centre - they're always looking for volunteers.  This would certainly get him out of the house to start meeting people.  

tebo53

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:11am

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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:11am

Rayj wrote on Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:18am:

Get him a phrase book and 3 weeks is plenty of time for him to pick up enough basics to be confident in shops etc. 😃

And don't be anxious, yours is a big move but with a bit of digging you can find the support you need. (Although I didn't 😐)

Good luck! 👍 

With a phrase book it will take months and months. Phrase books don't help with pronunciation. 

Steve 

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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:06pm

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Silvia2341

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:27pm

Silvia2341

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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:27pm

Pauline39 wrote on Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:27am:

Hi, Silvia.  Find a local school that does Spanish language classes ... he'll need to speak Spanish if he's ever going to feel comfortable living in Spain.  Hopefully, there'll be some younger people in the classes, so that he can meet people. As others have said, he's going to need a w...

...orking visa for a summer job.  Maybe he could volunteer at a charity shop or a local animal centre - they're always looking for volunteers.  This would certainly get him out of the house to start meeting people.  

Hi Pauline,

he is EU italian national, he understands italian too, that should help :), I hope...

Pauline39

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:58pm

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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:58pm

Silvia2341 wrote on Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:27pm:

Hi Pauline,

he is EU italian national, he understands italian too, that should help :), I hope...

That will definitely help, and he should find it relatively easy to learn Spanish if he's a native speaker of Italian.   As an EU national, he'll just have to fight it out in the job market with all the Spanish and other young people looking for jobs.

Good luck!

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