Is learning a language through immersion as easy as people say? – Olivia Pettitt, Spain – September 2019
Después de mi segundo mes viviendo en Madrid, y visitando otros lugares como Barcelona, creo que mi español ha mejorado mucho. Soy capaz de entender y responder las conversaciones que creo que no hubiera podido cuando llegué por primera vez. He sido capaz de comunicarme, expresarme en situaciones y lugares…
Barcelona! – Peter Horton, April 2016
¡Barcelona! Este mes tenía un poco más tiempo libre cómo antes entonces decidí a visitar a Barcelona, una de la más grande ciudades en España. Pasaba unos días en la ciudad y a mí me parece que es una ciudad cómo ninguna más; no sólo debido a su propio idioma…
Siân Summerton – Case Study Barcelona, Spain (2015)
Thank you to the John Speak trust for their invaluable support during my time in Barcelona As I chose to study French, Spanish and EU Studies (MA Hons) at the University of Edinburgh, I was aware that this would involve a year working or studying abroad in 2014-2015. The…
Tibidabo, Barcelona – Sian Summerton, April 2015
Since arriving in Barcelona at the beginning of January, I have visited Tibidabo a number of times. Tibidabo is s mountain located in the northwest area of Barcelona. The top of the mountain houses a Catholic church, a telecommunications tower and a theme park. This mountain, some 1,679 feet tall,…
Incredible architecture in Barcelona
Antoni Gaudí is quite possibly one of the most revolutionary modernist architects of his time. Throughout his long career, he designed and built some of the most striking and comfortable buildings to live in, using innovative solutions, always based on nature. Many of his works, which are more than buildings,…
Congrats to Sian
Congratulations to our new scholar Sian! Sian has spent the first semester of her third year working in Strasbourg, France. She is studying a 4 year undergraduate degree in French, Spanish and European Union Studies. From September 2014 Sian has been working as a Marketing, Communication and Translation Intern…
Sian Summerton, Barcelona, Spain – February 2015
¡Mis primeras semanas en Barcelona! Llegué en Barcelona al principio de enero. Acabé de pasar seis meses en Francia, así que estaba un poco preocupada por el choque cultural y el cambio de idioma. Durante las vacaciones de Navidad, entre mis periodos de prácticas distintos, pasé un par de semanas…
Sitges – Sian Summerton, Feb 2015
Last weekend I travelled out of Barcelona to the beautiful town of Sitges, which takes around 40 minutes on the local train. Sitges is incredibly busy over the summer, but is calm and quiet over the months of November- February. Despite this, the weather was still lovely, with blue skies…
