- Date
- 31 August 2022 - 16:00
Learning Chinese changed my life for good
Walker Darke writes about his experience of being part of the Generation UK Programme.
- Tags
- Modern Foreign Languages, Languages, China, Study outside the UK
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- 04 August 2021 - 08:02
Language learning gives me ‘richer experiences with a broader mindset’
How do international experiences and language learning shape our perception of the world? We asked Dame Caroline Wilson DCMG, British Ambassador to China.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK
- Date
- 05 July 2021 - 11:12
Our time in China influenced our UK careers
'I learned how design can cater to different ways of living.'
- Tags
- Study outside the UK
- Date
- 26 November 2020 - 12:03
How teaching English took me from the Gobi Desert to Mount Everest
Jasper Gogol-Sicklen spent three years teaching English at Chongqing Foreign Language School in China. He used his time abroad to seek adventures across all of Asia.
- Tags
- Work outside the UK, UK, China, Study outside the UK
- Date
- 02 May 2019 - 17:59
I learned Spanish as a teenager and it led to a career I love
Trainee secondary Spanish teacher Tom Ricketts didn't set out to have a career in languages, but his own teachers' expertise and a study year in Spain changed that.
- Tags
- Teaching, Languages, Professional development, Study outside the UK
- Date
- 18 April 2019 - 10:23
Mandarin language learners in China – a few things that surprised us
For UN Chinese Language Day, we asked British Council colleagues and programme participants in China what they find most surprising about learning Mandarin.
- Tags
- Languages, Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK
- Date
- 26 November 2018 - 16:38
Beginner Mandarin phrases for daily life in China
We asked interns who moved to China with basic language skills to tell us the most useful Mandarin words and phrases they learned.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK
- Date
- 15 November 2018 - 11:41
My student placement in a second-tier Chinese city led to a business opportunity
The leadership skills Freddie Cloke gained as an international university student in Wuhan, China helped him start a business after graduation.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK
- Date
- 02 November 2018 - 14:17
I worked in the slow travel business during my study year abroad
Abigail Nobes spent part of her Erasmus+ year in Ronda, Spain. She translated, interpreted, and organised cooking events that brought the community and visitors together.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK
- Date
- 20 April 2018 - 08:00
Getting the tone right (or wrong) in Mandarin
For UN Chinese Language Day, we asked British Council colleagues who have studied Mandarin to tell us about their most memorable mistake with tone while living and working in China.
- Tags
- Study outside the UK, Work outside the UK