Ab Initio

How has learning a language at university inspired you?

To celebrate the European Day of Languages, we asked our community how learning a language at university has helped or inspired you. Here are their responses!

by Global Graduates

 
 
French

What language should you learn?

by Global Graduates
 
Spain

The struggles and rewards of speaking an ab-initio language abroad

by Elise Davies
 
Spain

Dealing with the language barrier when you're not a native English speaker

by Miško Macolić Tomičić
 
Spain

How to Balance Two Languages on a Year Abroad

by Harriet Barter
 
Italy

Making the Leap: the Year Abroad Country Transition

by Natalie Earl
 
Spanish

Ab Initio and the Year Abroad

by Georgia Crum

Questions about Ab Initio

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Would you recommend taking up a language ab initio?

Chinese

Much depends on how much you really want to do it and how much effort you are prepared to devote to it.  Are you good at languages generally? If Chinese is to be your first foreign language you might...

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Spanish

Ab Initio and the Year Abroad

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Spain

Learning Spanish from scratch at uni

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Russia

Learning Russian from scratch at Uni

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French

Learning French Ab Initio

by Katie Spicer
 
Russia

Learning Russian Ab Initio

by Hannah Paver
 
Italy

Learning Italian Ab Initio

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Cologne

Learning German Ab Initio

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China

Learning Chinese Ab Initio

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French

Learning Spanish Ab Initio

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