Case Study: Sandy Perkins – Beijing, China, 2019-2020
In September 2019 I landed in Beijing to begin 11 months of living in China. I had been awarded two Scholarships, a John Speak scholarship and a Confucius scholarship, and as part of the Confucius scholarship was enrolled in the Chinese Language Program at Beihang University in Beijing. While I…
In Sevilla the month of June is when it begins to get really get hot. While it usually only gets above 40 in July, June is still incredibly warm with constant temperatures of over 35 degrees Celsius. While getting a haircut I quizzed my barber on how he puts up…
Lorenzo Webster: My Sevillian quarantine – April 2020
My Sevillian quarantine At first, we were told it would only be 2 weeks, and even that felt like an insufferable time frame. In the end, extension after extension was passed and I racked up a total of 49 days under a complete lockdown and a further 10 days of…
In February 1934, at the ripe old age of 19, I left the UK to begin a German language scholarship in Leipzig, Germany. My Scholarship was awarded by the John Speak Language to study German from February to October. My journey began by boat from the UK to Bremerhaven…
Lorenzo Webster: Enjoying Spain before lock down – March 2020
Enjoying Spain before the lock down – My sixth month in Sevilla Having not seen the sea for a considerable amount of time, I signed up for an ESN (Erasmus Student Network) trip to Malaga at the end of February. The image I had of Malaga from my visit over…
Lorenzo Webster: Sevilla, February 2020
The history behind the city’s walls – my 5th month in Sevilla As 2020 got underway it was time to pick my new modules for the next semester. As a politics student in London I searched out for any modules with political aspects and what I found was an interesting…
My final days in Chile: Eileen Maguire, Chile – January 2020
My final days in Chile When contemplating my last few days in Chile and faced with the thought of my time there coming to an end, I became overwhelmed trying to decide how to make the most of the time remaining. In my 6 months here, I have seen some…
Lorenzo Webster: Christmas churros and new year revision resolutions: Sevilla – January 2020
As the Christmas celebrations got underway, I was joined in Sevilla by my family who flew down from London. They were immediately taken aback by the astonishingly warm weather. With the bright sun accompanying consistent temperatures of 20 degrees, there was certainly a different feel to the festivities. On Christmas…
Rhoda Yaa Assah Manu: Reunion Island – November 2019
Réunion lé la! Réunion is here! For those who are unaware that was Réunionais Creole. Apart from French, Réunion Island also has another language spoken throughout the Island which one calls Creole. Creole has a proximity to French, and one can find different versions of Creole spoken in the Antilles,…
El equilibrio entre el trabajo y el juego: Harvey Moon, Granada – December 2019
Este mes ha estado tan ocupado como siempre. Estuvo lleno de viajes, estudios e investigaciones sobre lo que me depara el futuro como estudiante de idiomas. Visité la bella ciudad de Sevilla, capital de Andalucía, y también fui a las Alpujarras, una región de pueblos de montaña al borde de…
