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Colin Firth speaking Italian
Wednesday, 29 August 2012Colin Firth, most famous for his role as Mr. Darcy in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is an English film, television and theatre actor. In 1997 he married Italian film producer/director Livia Giuggioli, and now lives in both London and Italy. Firth started to learn Italian when he began going out with Livia, and he is now fluent in the language.Published in Celebrity Linguists -
Natalie Portman speaking Hebrew
Wednesday, 29 August 2012Natalie Hershlag, better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. She grew up in Washington, D.C., where she attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Natalie learned to speak Hebrew in addition to English, as she professed an interest in foreign languages since childhood. She has studied also French, Japanese, German, and Arabic.Published in Celebrity Linguists -
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 BlogTagged under -
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... -
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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Bradley Cooper speaking French
Wednesday, 29 August 2012Bradley Cooper is an American film, theatre, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Hangover, The A-Team, Wedding Crashers, and Limitless. In 1997, he received a BA (Hons) in English from Georgetown University. He became fluent in French at Georgetown and spent six months as an exchange student in Aix-en-Provence, France.Published in Celebrity LinguistsTagged under -
Entrepreneurship Interview: Glovico online language teaching
Thursday, 23 August 2012Glovico is a social enterprise which offers real-time language courses with native teachers. The only difference compared to a "real" classroom is that you and your teacher won't be in the same place: you might be sitting on your sofa at home while your teacher will be working from his office in Guatemala or Senegal. We're interested in startups which use language or intercultural skills, so here is an interview with two members of the Glovico team about how and why the company was set up - to inspire you to start a business during or after your year abroad.Published in Entrepreneurship -
The Celebrity Linguist Competition
Tuesday, 24 July 2012We 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). -
Interviews with new Modern Language graduates
Friday, 20 July 2012I just stumbled across this brilliant video of interviews with Modern Language graduates after their graduation ceremony at the University of Birmingham.
It's such a great opportunity to get feedback from graduates about their course, and to find out about the opportunities their university degree has opened up for their future, I'm surprised we don't see more of these videos online!Published in When You're BackTagged under -
Top of the Blogs 2012-2013
Saturday, 16 June 2012While you're preparing for your year abroad, it's useful to find out what other students in your position are up to! Here are the early-stage blogs and words of wisdom about year abroad preparations written by current students, and here's what last year's students got up to: Top of the Blogs 2011-2012. Blogging is a great way to document your year abroad, but here are some other weird and wonderful ways.
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