how to make the most of your study abroad experience
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Find out how to make the most of your opportunity to study or work abroad during your degree course - advice and tips from the team at ThirdYearAbroad.com.TRANSCRIPT
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Making the Most of Your Year Abroad
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Here are some successful year abroader case studies…
You have the whole world in your hands!
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Mary-Jess Leaverland, Chinese and Music BA, University of Sheffield
Mary-Jess won Chinese X-Factor in December 2009 during her year abroad in Nanjing!
She agrees that the year abroad is amazing!
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Matthew Raymond Barker, French and Spanish MA, Bath University
Matthew won French X-Factor in June 2011 during his year abroad at the University of Toulouse!
If these guys can do it, so can you! But on a more serious note…
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• Self-sufficient• Independent• Self-motivated• Ambitious• Happy• Focused • Inspired
We want the Year Abroad to make you:
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Who are we?
Introducing ThirdYearAbroad.com…
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But where should you go?!
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Research your destination so you know what to expect.
•Accents and dialects•Festivals and traditions•Cheapest travel•Uni societies + courses•Discount cards•Student sites
Research with the help of:•TYA city guides, Mole Diaries + reviews•Guidebooks•Google!•A quick visit out there
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The top 10 tried-and-tested ways to make the most of your year abroad
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1. Live with locals 2. Try new food 3. Vocab boost
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3. Year Abroad Language Boost
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WordReference.com
The best online language reference website for students.
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Multimedia language support websites and other resources.
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4. Get a bicycle 5. Take courses & classes 6. English-speaking opportunities
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7. Discover your city 8. Document your year 9. Travel and road trips
10. Invite home friends to visit – showing off your new city makes you explore and truly appreciate where you live.
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Travel, Exploring & Road Trips
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Joobili.com: discover world events by date
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WhatsOnWhen.com: discover events by keyword, location or category
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Summer holidays before and after your year abroad
•Au pairing •Language courses•GoLearnTo•Work experience•Internships•Festivals•Bars/restaurants•Volunteering•Travelling/inter-railing
If you’re worried about homesickness, travel with a friend before your YA
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Fitting in and avoiding the Year Abroad Blues•Say yes to new opportunities•Take extra courses and classes of your hobbies•Keep busy!•Culture swap: you’re learning about theirs, teach them about yours!•Get out and about and explore: don’t stay in too close contact with home
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If Emma Watson can do it, so can you!
(She’s currently on her year abroad at Oxford from Brown University in USA!)
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Thank you so much
All of this information and more can be found on ThirdYearAbroad.com
See you there!