Introduction

Hello, thanks for having a look at my blog. I hope this means you are seriously considering studying languages at university, and therefore looking at the incredible opportunity that is spending a year away as part of your studies.

My name is Connor, and my degree is French with Film Studies. When thinking about going to university, whether or not to do languages, at the forefront of my mind was the fact I wanted to leave the UK after completing my degree. Personally, this would mean going to live and work in France, and to do that I knew I would need to get better at french and study and immerse myself in the culture of France.

What I didn’t realise, was that by pursuing my interest in this language and culture I could complete a year in a country entirely different to the one I want to settle in. The opportunity that is the year abroad, allows you to throw yourself out of your comfort zone, meet lots of different people, get better not just at your target language but be exposed to how other people think about things.

These pages are supposed to inspire you to want to embark upon a journey to a part of the world you may know nothing about. It is my experience, my choices and inevitably a glimpse into a narrow path, likely to be very different to your own experience depending on which country or language you choose to focus on. That being said, it should give you a broad outlook on what you can expect from being a Language Assistant, and being in Quebec.