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| brian91 Senior Member Ireland Joined 5450 days ago 335 posts - 437 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 1 of 8 17 April 2010 at 6:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi. I'm eighteen and want to get away for a few months this summer to study another language, and was wondering
if there are any cheap, or indeed free way to do this (excluding stuff like plane tickets). For example, staying with a family to teach them English and at the same time learning their language. Or maybe volunteering abroad. Thanks in advance, Brian, Ireland 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Smart Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5345 days ago 352 posts - 398 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Latin, French Studies: German | Message 2 of 8 17 April 2010 at 8:17pm | IP Logged | ||
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Perhaps one of your friends has family abroad? Maybe ask them ?
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| global_gizzy Senior Member United States maxcollege.blogspot. Joined 5709 days ago 275 posts - 310 votes Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 8 17 April 2010 at 9:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Teaching English is indeed one way to do it, you can find people online. There are also volunteer organizations that can help you get out and about.
Maybe you can travel abroad with a local community college, (or university) my school is going to Spain this summer for a month. All you have to do is register with our school as a student (25 + paper work) and then sign up to go to Spain and pay the travel fees and make the shuttle to the airport at the crack of dawn. I'm not going, but I'll try and make it one year soon. You can contact highschools in your area or talk to a guidance councilor at school and see if they have any tips. Good luck. P.S. It helps if you know where you want to go. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tracker465 Senior Member United States Joined 5358 days ago 355 posts - 496 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 4 of 8 17 April 2010 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Different countries have different requirements and agreements with other countries. In the USA, for instance, I can enter many European countries with just a passport and stay for three months. Seeing as you are in Ireland, I cannot imagine the plane tickets being too much to fly to mainland Europe. If that is the case, and if you are allowed to remain in a country for a few months without a visa, I would just fly to whatever country I was interested in living, travel, immerse myself in the language, and live at a cheap hostel. If I was in Europe and healthy, I would consider doing this myself. Heck, as Smart said, maybe you can stay with some friends abroad, or make a penpal and stay with them. I have done that several times, though of course I had been penpals before I had the intent on visiting said country.
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| Kubelek Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland chomikuj.pl/Kuba_wal Joined 6858 days ago 415 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 5 of 8 17 April 2010 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Find a local Rotary International club, go to a meeting, talk about yourself and ask them to sponsor you to go on a short term youth exchange.
Rotary differs from country to country. In the US I've had them do grander things for me in exchange for a few presentations and help with a community project. My sister wanted to tour the West Coast while on an exchange in Alaska. She talked about it to her Rotary club, and they suggested that she organise an auction of Polish cakes... She made enough money off of it to cover her trip. In France or Poland for example Rotary is sort of elitist and snobish, and they would be hard to convince. Give it a try if you're interested, though. You're still young enough to go on a long term exchange (1 year) to a few locations, including South America, Mexico or Asia. Europe and North America is for kids under 18, if I remember right. I don't get anything out of advertising it, I was simply sent for free to the US for a year by a Rotary club in my home town 5 years ago. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 6 of 8 18 April 2010 at 2:55am | IP Logged | ||
Actually, I came across something like this on a Spanish bilingual forum. A girl wanted to come to the US, and in return you could go to Spain for the same amount of time. The opportunities are out there, just look around. Many institutes offer scholarships too, you can have everything paid for. I believe things like the Peace Core do that. (My friend is very religious and is going to be a missionary. Although she says straight up she will make very little, she will be living in a country full-time completely paid for.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Blaz Senior Member Canada theblazblog.blogspotRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5606 days ago 120 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Swahili, French, Sign Language, Esperanto | Message 7 of 8 18 April 2010 at 4:34am | IP Logged | ||
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www.couchsurfing.com is a neat way to travel with lower costs of accommodation and a
great way to meet people. I'm going to try to use it to meet people for my visit to Paris this summer. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Foghlaimeoir Diglot Newbie Ireland Joined 5496 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 8 of 8 18 April 2010 at 11:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi Brian
Check out WWOOF or HelpX. They are networks which allow you to work on farms, hostels etc in exchange for food and accommodation. I HelpX'd last summer in Italy and it really seems to me to be the best way to get to spend time in an immersive environment without spending a penny - and you get to go to out-of-the-way places where the local people won't speak much English. Just choose your hosts carefully as a lot of the farms seem to be owned by expats, in which case you'd probably end up speaking mostly English. You could spend your whole summer doing it in your country of choice, changing farm every couple of weeks - it's a good way to get to know a country too! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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