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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Gabriel Anderson: Advent u Zagrebu – Advent in Zagreb – December 2024
U ovoj reportaži govorit ću o adventu u Zagrebu, kakva je atmosfera i što mi se sviđa na njemu. Od 2017.…
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Lauren Maslin: 한국의 겨울이 드디어 왔어요! Winter has finally arrived in Korea! December 2024
이번 겨울방학 동안 가족을 방문하기 위해 영국으로 돌아갈 겁니다. 가족을 정말 보고 싶어서 영국으로 돌아가는 것이 기대돼요. 하지만 영국에 가고…
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Elodie Sparrow: Bring on Beijing! December 2024
时间飞逝,转眼间,已经十二月了。我渐渐习惯了在中国的生活。每天都学新的事情。除了新单词和语法以外,我每天都还学到很多关于中国和中国人的知识。自从来中国,我遇到各行各业的人。无论街上走路还是进入商店,中国人都很开心交谈。我不但可以联系我的中文,而且认识了中国当地的人。 一举两得! 我发现最明显的事情之一是中国人都很大方。比如说,跟中国同学去吃饭的时候,他们常常带来一袋水果送给我。探索北京的时候,中国朋友倾向于陪着我,主动介绍并解释北京的历史和特点。有一次,我等着公共汽车。我不太确定怎么买票,好像App用不了。我问身边的女人帮我忙,但我们都尝试了几次买票。5到10分钟之后,我们都放弃了,我怎么回家呢?那个女人毫不犹豫地送给我现金说买票回家。虽然她是完全陌生人,但是她不犹豫帮我。对我来说,这样是很感动的。 北京市非常好的城市, 北大也是很特别好的大学。在这里我已经交了很多朋友。从加入社团到打球,我每天有很多机会联系中文。我的中国朋友还喜欢教我口语。我还不能说流利的中文,但我慢慢学。一步一步来。 Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it’s already December. I’m getting used…
