Welcome to the opportunity to widen your horizons!
The John Speak Languages Scholarship can provide you with complementary funding to assist you to travel overseas to study a language.
Case Studies
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Case Study: Grace Dawson, Germany 2024 – 2025
Hamburg has become more of a home to me than I could ever have imagined. Reflecting on the past year…
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Case Study: Bryony Heaviside – La Belle Province 2024-2025
My time in Quebec, Canada, has finally come to an end. After spending a few weeks back in the UK,…
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Lauren Maslin: Case Study – Land of the Morning Calm: South Korea 2024 – 2025
I chose to go to South Korea because I was fascinated by its history and very different culture than my…
Monthly Reports
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我看过的中文小说: Sandy Perkins, China – April 2020
鉴于最近因为疫情的缘故我大部分的时候待在家里,在这个月的博客我要来介绍一下我看过的一些中文小说。 我现在最喜欢看的中国作家叫余华。我来中国以前已经看过他最有名的一本小说,《活着》。最近我也把《许三观卖血纪》和《兄弟》都看完。我喜欢余华的小说因为余华的笔凤很幽默,而且通过看他写的小说可以来更深理解新中国的历史。《活着》和《许三观卖血记》这两个故事都大概在六十年代和七十年代发生。这两个故事关于老百姓在这个多事的年头的经验,尤其是关于新中国的成立以及大革命对人民的影响。《兄弟》这个故事有两个部分。第一个部分也关于六十年代和七十年代的生活。跟其他的两本小说不同,《兄弟》的第二部分是在最近经济发展得很快的中国发生的。 三月份我也看了曹文轩的《草房子》。《草房子》是中国的一个非常有名的儿童小说。我听说大多数的中国孩子在学校学习这本小说。故事是关于在农村长大的一些孩子。即使《草房子》是个儿童小说,我也觉得这本小说的中文比余华的小说复杂一些,因为余华的笔凤比曹文轩直接。 除了上述介绍的经典小说以外,我也这年也看了一侦探小说,《圣女的救济》,作家东野圭吾。原来,这本小说是个日本的,但是在中国他的小说超级流行,所以他的小说也有中文版。我觉得这本小说很容易看,而且故事抓了我的注意力。因此我又买了作家东野圭吾的一本小说,而快要开始看。 Seeing as recently due to Covid-19 I’ve been spending most of my time at home,…
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Case Study: Aarun Ilyas – Granada, Spain 2019-20
English: Moving to Spain to start my first job has been the most challenging experience of my life so far…
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Sam in Tajikistan – ХАРИДАНИ АРӮС – BUYING THE BRIDE – March 2020
Тӯйҳои тоҷикӣ бахшҳои зиёду гуногун доранд, аммо ҳар марҳила хӯрдани бисёр ошро дар бар мегирад! Ҳафтаи гузашта ман дар Душанбе…
