study abroad options

[Anonymous]

I did School for International Training (SIT) as a college student & loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for all of the helpful comments.

To answer, DC is interested in any Spanish speaking country, likely Spain but open to Latin America, too - also sees benefits to going by someplace English speaking in order to get a more substantive classroom experience. That said, when we looked at the programs, DC got excited seeing Copenhagen, Japan, etc so who knows. DC is hoping for a smaller city like Salamanca instead of Madrid, or Oxford instead of London.

IE has great programs both in Madrid and in Segovia: https://www.ie.edu/university/about/study-in-segovia/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for all of the helpful comments.

To answer, DC is interested in any Spanish speaking country, likely Spain but open to Latin America, too - also sees benefits to going by someplace English speaking in order to get a more substantive classroom experience. That said, when we looked at the programs, DC got excited seeing Copenhagen, Japan, etc so who knows. DC is hoping for a smaller city like Salamanca instead of Madrid, or Oxford instead of London.

IE has great programs both in Madrid and in Segovia: https://www.ie.edu/university/about/study-in-segovia/

Forgot to add, many programs are in English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. Thank you for all of the helpful comments.

To answer, DC is interested in any Spanish speaking country, likely Spain but open to Latin America, too - also sees benefits to going by someplace English speaking in order to get a more substantive classroom experience. That said, when we looked at the programs, DC got excited seeing Copenhagen, Japan, etc so who knows. DC is hoping for a smaller city like Salamanca instead of Madrid, or Oxford instead of London.

You don't study abroad in search of a "substantive classroom experience" unless you're a complete nerd. That's not at all what it's about. Go to a Spanish speaking country and immerse yourself.

DC intends to be a political science and economics major (DC is only a freshman), so many of the classes on international politics and economics sound very interesting to him, and his Spanish skills are not at a level that he could get in depth if the classes are taught in Spanish. Also, his own college has a program in Oxford which sounded fantastic to him (although it is a full year, which does not), and the program in London focuses on economics including an internship. If this makes him a nerd, slap the label on.

Honestly, if his Spanish isn't good enough to take classes in Spanish, I would send him to England. Let him nerd out there.

Disagree. Many, many students at US colleges study abroad in order to improve their language skills. You don’t need to be fluent before you go. Howevwr, to be able to take upper level college courses in economics, etc one pretty much needs to be fluent in the language - so if one is not fluent, the study abroad experience is more focused on improvijg the language skills and learning about the culture rather than taking a 300 level econ class.