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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The Castle at Ajloun – القلعة في عجلون: Joseph Brazier, Jordan – October 2018
The centre at which I study, Qasid, aims to immerse students further than just inside the classroom. One such opportunity…
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Oktoberfest – Jonathan Saad: Germany, October 2018
Hallo! Noch ein Monat schon vorbei und deshalb ist jetzt die Zeit für noch ein Bericht! Da ich jetzt den…
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Mid-Autumn Festival: Oliver Sale, China – October 2018
***中秋节*** 2018年9月24号星期一是中秋节。我不上课还有工人不上班。我一个人骑自行车15分钟从我的清华大学的公寓到颐和园在北京西北方。在那里我买了一张学生通票30元还我进门了。 颐和园已有100年历史。有很多古房屋,一个小山还一个大湖。在湖的北边有长廊是颐和园的最有名还最漂亮地方。但是有太多游人!因为房屋非常热闹还有因为天气阴天,所以我决定了在湖边散步。湖的周长是六公里左右还有我走了两个小时但是有少人。在西边的湖有一些漂亮桥还在东边有非常有名叫十七孔桥。 下午我发现一个附近的饭店吃饭了。我吃了麻婆豆腐, 好吃极了。我坐地铁回来清华大学然后我见面三个中国朋友。我跟你们练习我的汉语,还他们试着教我打麻将, 但是麻将太难,所以我倒反看了他们。他们给我一个月饼,味道好吃极了!中秋节中国人常常吃这个还有送礼。 然后我们租自行车还在清华校园周围骑了。我们看了都主要景点比如二校门,主要图书馆,大礼堂,新清华学堂还有主楼。清华和我的英国大学在牛津不同。清华比牛津大多了可是牛津比清华老多了! ***The Mid-Autumn Festival*** Monday 24th September was the mid-autumn festival. I did not…
