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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
-Nelson Mandela
Language learning in a globalised world
• Online tools, the ally
• The language learning experience
• Language as a social phenomena
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Baniwa
Baniwa people in Brazil use 29 words for ants and their edible varieIes.
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Hawaiian
Hawaiians have 65 words alone for describing fishing nets, 108 for sweet potato, 42 for sugarcane and 47 for
bananas.
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Pormpuraawans don’t refer to objects as on their “leV” or “right,” but rather as “northeast” or “southwest”.
They have a beWer sense of orientaIon, even in unfamiliar landscapes.
Kuuk Thaayorre
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Blame in Spanish and Japanese
In English, we oVen say that someone broke a vase, even if it was an accident. On the other hand, in Spanish and Japanese, they say that the vase broke itself.
Focusing on the agent of the acIon could be related to criminal jusIce focused more on punishing the offender rather than compensaIng vicIms.
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Farsi
Nakhur is the Persian word for "a camel that gives no milk unIl her nostrils are Ickled”.
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• Summer program in Cork • Distance (40 minutes commute) • Class size • Price (35%) • Opaque system • No choice
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Personal experience: studying abroad in Ireland
Personal experience: studying abroad in China
• Homestay with a Chinese family for a year • No agency operaIng in Spain in 2007 • Members of a parIcularly conservaIve
branch of Chinese Catholicism • Price (45% agency fee) • Opaque system • No choice
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The plaCorm
The Abroadwith plaform offers three unique immersion programs depending on the student’s individual language learning needs.
Through its ease of use and search filters, hosts and students alike can find exactly what they are looking for based on their preferences, creaIng an opImal immersion experience for all.
Students have the opIon to book a language course from a nearby school for an added value.
Immersions Language course
Stay: standard language immersion in a local home or shared apartment.
Tandem: more affordable opIon where user and host exchange languages.
Teacher’s Stay: students live with a teacher boosIng their language learning process.
AVer choosing a language immersion program, users are welcome to choose a course from a school nearby their host’s residence.
The plaform offers over 170 languages.
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Students
Middleman
Immersion host Language schools and tutors
Immersion host Language schools and tutors
Students
abroadwithCurrent industry structure
• Transparency, personalisation, and flexibility• Matchmaking• Price (between 30-90% cheaper on average)• Higher need for diversity of languages and preservation
