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Education, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

How to teach about culture when you are a foreign language teacher

More and more foreign language syllabi include an intercultural dimension in their design.  Foreign language teachers rely on specialized content…

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AFS scholars, AFS Student, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

First impressions from my study abroad experience: awesome and weird in so many peculiar ways

This post was written by Ambani Makuya, an AFS student from South Africa on exchange in the Philippines. Ambani is one…

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Learning a new language boosted my self-confidence

This post was written by Jennifer Sarkodie, an AFS student from Ghana on exchange in Turkey. Jennifer is one of…

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AFS Host Family, AFS scholars, AFS Student, Intercultural Learning

Learning Chinese is the best adventure of my life

This post was written by Zeineb Besrour, an AFS exchange student from Tunisia to China. Zeineb is one of the young…

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Learning the language helps me understand the culture

Learning the new language has been so exciting. I have to say that I am not one of those people…

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Education, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

AFS’s Global Competence Certificate becomes available to participants of Languages Canada programs

AFS Intercultural Programs is proud to announce a new partnership between Sentio, Global Education Network, an AFS subsidiary, that provides…

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Education, Global Citizenship, Intercultural Learning

5 things to know about study abroad today

Study abroad is an important and life-changing experience that broadens people’s horizons and helps them develop skills needed to function…

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