The Ramblings of a Languages Student
Rabat During my last weekend in Morocco, I went with Eva, my uni friend, Arantxa, and Morgane, a lovely French lady who was also volunteering with us, to the country’s capital, Rabat. It was an early morning for us as we wanted to spend as much time as we could in the city. …
I have finally set a date to move to Italy. After years of excitement and waiting, I can finally say that on 17th September I will be boarding a one-way plane bound for Italy. Whilst I am heading to my new home country in about a week, I am not going straight to Ferrara, as …
Who would’ve thought that a casual chat in the beer garden of a Cardiff pub after a Dante lecture would lead to me spending a month in Morocco? Certainly not me, that’s for sure. However, this is exactly what happened when my friend told me she was thinking of going to Casablanca to volunteer for …
In my last post, I spoke about my thought process regarding my year abroad placements. Well, the wait is over and I finally have a bit more of a sense of what I'll be doing next year. Italy It will come as no surprise that I am heading to Ferrara during the first semester to work …
I knew going into Year 2 would mean that I would have to start thinking about my Year Abroad. However, I didn't realise it would mean I'd be going to so many meeting from the very beginning of term. The stress was piled on to us all as we thought we had ages to make …
As a languages student, I obviously am reaching for a near native, if not native level in the languages I study at degree level. I say native as the idea of fluency isn’t set in stone. There are many theorists and each one has a different definition for fluency. However, what most people envision when they …
In the previous post, I wrote about my journey of learning languages up until the end of my GCSEs. This post will carry on from there... On the first day of Year 12, we were told that we knew nothing about Spanish and that we basically had to learn it all over again. My two …
I have had a very turbulent introduction into the world of languages, to say the least. My first contact with a foreign language apparently came before I could even speak English. I have been told how a family friend used to talk to me and her son in German occasionally whilst looking after us. However, …
Hello. I’m Joe and I currently study Spanish and Italian at Cardiff University. I also dabble with a little bit of French. I have had a rather turbulent language journey when I think about it but I finally settled on two languages to study at degree level and I’m loving every moment of ‘becoming European’ as …
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