Drumin' workshop by Attila Baracsi

Tonight the Kent School of English organized an exotic Drumin’ workshop which contained trying to play on a traditional African musical instrument called djembe. We were together with an Austrian group. The man who explained what actually a djembe is, where it came from and helped how to make a sound with this kind of instrument was very funny and tried to make us comfortable in this situation. He knew a bit German so he welcomed the Austrian group in their own language. But he hasn’ t learnt any Hungarian yet. Nevertheless he asked us to help him, so we told him some words in our language like ‘thank you, welcome’. But he had difficulties with the pronunciation. After that we started to play, he showed some rhythms and we had to do the same. When we became ‘professional’ djembe players he asked some people to show a rhythm and everyone had to do the same. I was the last one who had to perform something but I’m not as good so I showed a very easy one.

Barn dance by Anna Vadász

The dance took place at Broadstairs Pavilion. It started at 20.00 and ended at 21.45. There were probably100 kids in total, who came from all around the world. Students from Germany, France, Spain, Italy and of course Hungary. We danced to traditional country music with a live band and a professional caller who „sang” the instructions to us. We always danced in groups and one group had 4,6 or 8 couples. The movements were basic and simple like right hand spin, left hand spin, two hand swings and dosie-doe. Dosie-doe is when you cross your arms in front of you and go around your partner with your back to them. The KSE staff taught us their own dance. After that there was „The Best Dance of the Night”. It was two teams against each other and it was also in pairs. You had to stand in two big lines in one team and run as fast as you can. Run down twice in the middle than each side of the two lines and each of you had to be at one-one side but you had to hold your pairs hand the whole time. It was fun, everybody had a great time.

The jewel in the crown – Karaoke party in Broadstairs – by Levente Kovács

The karaoke party, we engaged in last Friday was more than enjoyable. The participants surely gave their best. The event took place in the local Baptist Church. Although I didn’t have expectations that the reckless entertainers could have lived up to, most of the acts were simultaneously brilliant and burlesque, moreover many of them had their own skeleton in the cupboard, since you couldn’t make early verdicts about the skills of the given participant. A girl, for one, felt seemingly really anxious on stage, albeit quite exhilarated as well. Not only did she seem zealous about being in the limelight, but her voice was also staggering, in fact, her performance was also so marvellous that I actually got goose bumps. However, a party would not be a party without the Hungarian. Singing classics like the Bohemian Rhapsody or songs from Shawn Mendes, moreover our teachers also showed us what they were really capable of, singing Imagine from John Lennon, which was welcomed with a pageant of mobile torches by the audience. It undoubtedly set the tone. Suffice it to say that the karaoke party was a really good pursuit and I really enjoyed it, making no bones about it.

Oxford by Zsanett Moravetz

We went to Oxford on the day we arrived in England. We went to the High Street of Oxford. Then we went to Christ Church Meadow and walked around the park. To go out of the park, you need to go through a really interesting gate, which only one person can use at a time. After that we wanted to go to a botanical garden, but we didn't have time for that. But we did have time for ourselves. The teachers let us go to eat something or just go shopping. Me and my classmates who came as well, went to Marks&Spencer's café shop and ate really delicious biscuits. Half an hour later we met in front of a Waterstones and continued our trip. The next and final destination was the Ashmolean Museum which is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology. We spent an hour there, then got on our bus. We arrived in Broadstairs at around 7pm and had a really delicious dinner with our host families.

Bletchley Park by Vilmos Forgó

   On our first day in England we travelled to Bletchley Park. It happened in this place that genius mathematicians worked in secret to decipher the codes of the German forces. The most famous code-breaker was Alan Turing who built the first computer to break the so-called Enigma code. We saw where these people lived and worked during WWII and we've learned a lot about their significance in history.

Work experience in Suzanne's by Adrienn Ardai

I work in Suzanne’s, a little souvenir shop on the sea front. First I wasn’t satisfied with this job, because I wanted to work in a pub or something like that. But now I love this place. Marilyn and Sally, the ladies who I work with are really kind and lovely women. They are patient and always help me when I’m in trouble. The first week was very, very quiet and boring, because there was just a few costumers. This week was busier, fortunately, because this week is half-term break. In autumn souvenir shops are not so busy, these are more a summer enterprises. Marilyn told me, in the summer it is very, very busy; once there were about 70 students inside. I enjoy serving the costumers. I learn many, many new thing about people, money, company and of course my English evolves. I learnt how to use the cash register and serve people. First it was complicated for me, but I learned it soon. Beside this, I have to be kind with people (even if they are rude), ask questions from them (e.g. Would you like a bag? etc.); sometimes I have to clean or tidy. It is not so tiring, I think this is the best for me. Next week I’m going to work in KSE, because Suzanne’s will close in winter.

Work experience in Marks&Spencer by Sándor Noémi, Sághy Enikő

"I am working in Marks and Spencer. It has a food section and clothes section. I think this shop is for everyone, but I see mostly elder people, and moms with their children. My colleagues are friendly, and helpful, because every time I ask something from them, they help me. On the first day I was working at the Christmas decorations, and I had to organize and tidy the shelves. I was at women's clothing for a long time. I had to sizetidy the clothes a lot, I had to do piping, which is to put the correct number to the hanger. I had to do clearing, what is to put the clothes to the right places. I had to do cleaning. I really enjoy working here."

"I worked at Marks & Spencer for 3 weeks. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It was good but sometimes a little bit boring, when they couldn't give us job. Actually I did the same everyday. It was very good when I could talk to my workmates because it helped to my English. We had an hour lunch break between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. So what did I do: Size tiding the clothes and the shoes, helped in the Fitting Room, took out the clothes from the fitting room and took back their places and took out some new clothes, bags or shoes from the storage. Overall it was a good work experience for me in another country."