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Emma Obank
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Advice from a Spanish ab initio student
Wednesday, 15 May 2013Emma is a French and Hispanic Studies student at the University of Sheffield, and is spending the first half of her year abroad working in Lyon, and the second half studying in Valencia. Here is her advice for students who started learning a language at university (ab initio) and are using that language to study abroad.
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Accommodation In Lyon: Learn from my mistakes
Wednesday, 31 October 2012I spent my English summer days endlessly procrastinating and putting off the thought of my forever looming Year Abroad. I wanted to enjoy every last moment back home, and therefore half-heartedly signed up to Appartager as an effort to find somewhere to live in Lyon. Veteran year abroaders reassured me that I wouldn’t really need to bother finding any accommodation until I arrived there, and it would be easy peasy. However in hindsight I can see how wrong they really were...Published in French-speakingTagged under -
The Last Minute Dash To Re-Learn French After A Summer Of Procrastination And Forgetting That Nicolas Sarkozy Is No Longer President
Thursday, 23 August 2012Emma is moving to Lyon to work for WD40 in Bron for her first semester abroad, and then for the second she's travelling to the University of Valencia. At Christmas she's returning to the UK to do an internship for the BBC. Here is her first post about preparing for her year abroad.Published in Travel JournalTagged under
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Dealing with harassment from French men
Tuesday, 11 December 2012Emma is studying French and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield and is spending her year abroad as a Marketing Intern for WD40 in Bron, Lyon, and as an Erasmus student at the University of Valencia. Here is her safety advice about dealing with harassment from French men in Lyon...Published in French-speakingTagged under -
A week in the life of Lyon's own Alan Partridge
Thursday, 13 September 2012Emma has arrived in Lyon where she's working for WD40 in Bron for her first semester abroad, before doing an internship for the BBC over Christmas and then travelling to the University of Valencia for her second semester. Here is her latest year abroad update...Published in Travel JournalTagged under
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