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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Cultural Differences between Britain and China – Jack Davies, February 2016
说起中国和英国的文化差异,那可真是多了,就简单谈谈以下几个吧。 首先,在饮食方面,中国人习惯以馒头作为主食(南方以米饭为主),喜爱熟食,口味偏咸,喜欢炖菜炒菜,也会吃动物的肝脏等身体部位,而在英国,人们以马铃薯为主食,喜好牛肉,口味清淡,不吃动物某些身体的部分,如头、足和某些器官。他们如果看到中国人食用每一部分,可能会感到震惊。中国人喜欢热菜热汤喝热水,在中国,似乎热水可以包治百病,而英国人只喝冰水,从来不喝热水。中国人吃饭时用筷子,英国人习惯用刀叉。 教育方面,最为人所熟知的就是中国的义务教育只有9年,从高中起不再属于义务教育;而英国则是一直到大学以前。中国的学生在上学的时候,所有的需要都是由父母来满足,尤其是在金钱方面,父母负责孩子上学的一切费用。而在英国,上大学以后,学生是自己负责个人费用的,普遍的做法就是去银行贷款来支付学费,工作以后慢慢还清。 在一群人一起用餐的时候,中国人习惯由一个人付账,也就是请客;而英国人则是各人付各人的AA制。中国人常去的娱乐场所是KTV,在英国,根本没有KTV的存在…… English Translation: There are many cultural differences between China and the UK that I have noticed…
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Grace Partington – Portugal, February 2016
Coimbra: as minhas primeiras observações. Cheguei em Portugal (no aeroporto de Lisboa, para ser exato) para a clima fantástico. O…
