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: Chloe Salmon, Seville, Spain – 2025
Sevilla case study – Chloe Salmon I have had the most amazing experience of my life studying abroad in Seville,…
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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,…
Monthly Reports
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بنيات في الأردن- Buildings in Jordan: Joshua Hillis, Amman, Jordan – March 2019
كان هذا الشهر القادم شهر لبنيات مختلفة. من قصور الصحراء التي بنيت في القرن السابع إلى البيوت الحضيرة العثمانية التي…
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Garden of Gethsemane – جثسيماتي: Joseph Brazier – Jerusalem, March 2019
This month I began my internship at the Truman Institute in addition to my studies in university. The institute was…
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Chinese Food and Customs: Oliver Sale, China – March 2019
***中国美食和习俗*** 我来北京以后我了解了中国的美食和习俗——因为在中国社会上,吃非常重要,所以我免不了看很多! 在中国,每个省都有独特的美食和口味儿。譬如,四川省嗜好辣的东西,上海市嗜好甜的东西,广东省嗜好鲜的东西。北京市嗜好比较辣和比较咸的东西,我以为不太合我的胃口。此外,我其实认为中国北方的菜远不如南方的菜,因为北方菜的口味儿更重,我吃不惯。 因为北京是一个那么大的城市,所以有那么多的餐厅,从所有的省来的。我去过了很多,尝一尝广东菜(我最喜欢的)、新疆菜(我第二喜欢的)、四川菜、湖南菜、什么的。我吃过了几次北京最有名的一盘菜,当然是烤鸭。旅行的时候我也尝过新的东西:在香港我尝了叉烧饭和点心,在昆明我尝了云南省有名的过桥米线。 在中国,每个场合也有独特的习俗。但是在所有的场合中国人聚在一起吃饭,譬如生日、婚礼、葬礼、什么的——都有一个宴席!在这样的场合,厨师制作精致,大家吃得好,共吃一盘菜,大家帮助彼此夹菜。再说,不同场合的时候,中国人讲究吃不同的东西。比如说春节的时候吃得惯饺子,还有中秋节的时候吃得惯月饼。 Chinese Food and Customs Since coming to Beijing I have discovered much about Chinese food…
