Hi, my name is Sarah Holcomb and I am a junior at the College of Charleston studying communication! During my spring 2019 semester at the college, I learned about the study abroad programs available for the following fall and it just so happened that one of my professors, Dr. Westerfelhaus, is involved in the study abroad programs for communication. I decided to talk to him about it and immediately became…
In the beginning I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to study abroad. I found the idea incredibly intimidating. I waffled back and forth on the subject for a full semester. The final straw, what finally decided me into going, was a presentation I had to give in a Francophone literature class. After stuttering and stammering through that presentation, I was more than a little disappointed with myself. I knew the…
For my specific study abroad program in Italy, it’s most definitely not required that we speak the native language. And many of the students do not feel the need to try. Because the truth is that you really don’t have to know much of anything but English, as it is a base language for the many people of many countries to communicate. Whether it is their first language or not,…
