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Matt Hattam: Case Study – Madrid, Spain 2016
For the final four months of 2016 I worked for a translation company in Madrid. The scholarship from the John…
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Grace Partington: Case Study – Portugal, 2016
Case Study: Grace Partington, Portugal (2016) Receiving a John Speak Trust Scholarship was extremely helpful in easing financial pressure whilst…
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Georgia Dolan: Case Study – Colombia, 2016
In April this year, I was fortunate to receive a John Speak Scholarship. I initially arrived in the capital, Bogota,…
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Jack Davies – Case Study: Liaocheng, China 2015-2016
Firstly let me start by saying ……………….. Thank you to the John Speak Language Trust for the support it offered…
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Eleanor Winstanley – Case Study: Berlin, Germany 2015
My name’s Ellie Winstanley and I am a 21 year old language student in Manchester, although following my period abroad…
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Case Study – Richard Freeman Germany 1961
In January 1961 (age 20) I boarded the train from Harwich via London followed by a short ferry journey to…
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Christopher Wilson – Case Study, Germany 1969
“The John Speak Trust Scholarship was of great benefit to me personally and also to my career; a very useful…
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Imogen Page Jarrett – Case Study, Beijing China 2014-2015
My name is Imogen Page-Jarrett and I have just finished my year abroad in Beijing, China. The past year would…
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Graham Moulson – Case Study 1963 to 1964
At age 72, looking back and having studied several foreign languages I have learned that language learning is similar to…
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Oliver de Planta – Case Study, Germany 2014 – 2015
During my studies at Sheffield Hallam University I undertook a year abroad in Germany from June 2014 to March 2015.…
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Geoffrey Padgett – Case Study, France 1953
In 1953 at age 22, I was fortunate to receive a Scholarship from the John Speak Trust to assist with…
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Anthony Kassapian – Case Study,
The year was 1960, I was nineteen years old, working in the wool trade for the family business, Kassapians (Combers)…
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