Quotes about the Foreign Language Year Abroad
“I've said before that it was the one factor above all else that made me employable (even if it was in finance!) ...” (student who studied in Germany and graduated 8 years ago)
The following are quotes from recent students:
- “Studying in Lyon was the best time of my life – but don’t stick together with English-speakers!”
- “It was a fantastic experience – I worked as an assistant in Spain, and I did a lot of travelling to other parts of Europe.”
- “I have met loads of new people and made friends from all over the world.”
- “When going for job interviews, I discovered that it really makes you stand out from the crowd.”
- “Working as an assistant changed my life & my approach to my studies, too.”
- “I can’t believe how quickly the time went by. My Spanish has improved a lot and I hope I’ll be able to use it in my future career. And I have made so many friends and really want to go back to Spain soon.”
- “Quebec is such a wonderful place and people are very friendly, so it’s not difficult to settle in and make friends.”
- “Living and working in France has been an invaluable experience. I could travel around the country a lot and I think I found friends for life.”
- “I really loved working in this school in Germany; I was very lucky with my colleagues who were very friendly and helpful. And I made lots of friends and fell in love with the way of life there.”
- “It was so nice to see how interested students were in learning English, and strangely enough, by discovering German culture, I also discovered my own British identity.”