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ThirdYearAbroad.com is on Pinterest!
Tuesday, 05 February 2013ThirdYearAbroad.com is on Pinterest! Bright and colourful ideas, inspiration and wanderlust for year abroad students... Follow us now!Published in Blog -
Has being a Language Assistant in Madrid become accidental voluntary work?
Written by Eleanor Cobbe Wednesday, 02 January 2013Ellie Cobbe was at Leicester University, and spent her year abroad in Paris and Valencia. After graduation she went to Madrid as a Language Assistant, but after three months she and many other Assistants assigned to the Ministerio de Educación have yet to receive their pay (NB: this does not refer to those assigned to the Regional Government of Education in Madrid). Here's Ellie's side of the story...
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Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to host a seminar at The Language Show, where I spoke about successfully mixing your social life and hobbies with language learning while you're in London. This is quite an important subject for me, as I know many students who go on their year abroad and become fluent very quickly thanks to complete immersion in the language.Published in BlogTags -
We are absolutely inspired by Bradley Wiggins' post-Tour de France press interview in fluent French (check it out below - what a cool guy.) so ThirdYearAbroad.com and the lovely Collins Language team are running a competition to find the best YouTube clip of a celebrity speaking a foreign language. They can be a famous person from any industry (sports, finance, entertainment, entrepreneurs, etc.) and the language must be any other than their native language or English (e.g. Sandra Bullock speaking German). -
The Collins summer photo competition
Thursday, 21 June 2012To enter the Collins summer photo competition, simply email a photograph of your Collins dictionary (any size, age or shape!) with an AMAZING backdrop to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 31st July 2012.
Be as creative as possible (show us your year abroad destination/holiday/university in the background!), don't forget to tell us where in the world you are, and include your language choice for your Collins Gem Dictionary prize (you can choose from: French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, Bangla, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Malay, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Arabic, Turkish, Polish or Russian!) in case you're one of our 40 lucky winners.
Winners will be contacted in the first week of August.
The winning photos will then be uploaded to the Third Year Abroad Facebook page, and the entrant with the most 'Likes' will win an eBook reader downloaded with Collins language titles.
Good luck!
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The Language Graduate Video Project
Wednesday, 16 January 2013Are you a graduate who has an interesting job which uses your language skills? Could your experience inspire young people to continue their language learning?
We're working with the European Commission to video interview people from a broad range of careers based in London (for logistical reasons) where language skills and studying/working abroad have helped them get their jobs. If you'd like to be involved, please fill in the form below and if you fulfil our criteria we'll be in touch :)Published in Blog -
Languages and Entrepreneurship event at the Royal Society
Written by Lizzie Fane Wednesday, 07 November 2012Are you interested in starting a business to do with languages, travel or culture? Do you want to hear first-hand how time spent abroad could inspire you to become an entrepreneur? Are you keen to meet other entrepreneurial year abroad students, graduates and startup businesses? Then this is the event for you!Published in Blog -
Just back? Enter our Mole Diaries Competition!
Saturday, 11 August 2012Do you have the grit to become a Mole? Can you dig deep and unearth year abroad secrets about your destination? Then you're just who we're looking for!Published in BlogTags -
Get your word in the dictionary!
Friday, 20 July 2012If you have a word that you’d like to see in the dictionary, now is your chance! Collins are offering daily prizes for the best new words they receive. Here's how you can get involved... -
Survey: Who inspired you to learn new languages?
Saturday, 19 May 2012Unless you're lucky enough to have grown up in a multilingual environment, you probably started learning a foreign language as part of the national curriculum. Perhaps French, German or Spanish lessons were scheduled on your Year 7 timetable. In some cases, you may have chosen your foreign language from a list of options. How did you decide which one to go for? Where did you turn for advice?Published in Blog
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