I decided about a month ago that I would try to get a Fulbright Fellowship. Fulbright Fellows travel to a country outside of the US for about ten months where they do research. They also have a program where students go to a foreign country and teach English. That sounded perfect for me. I found out about this program from a friend who was applying at the time. She was recently accepted to go to Scandinavia
Anyway, this seemed like a great opportunity to travel and learn about other languages/cultures. After much research, I determined that the best country for me to visit would be Ukraine. I want to go to Eastern Europe and Ukraine has the benefits of a large program without the drawback Russia has: a strict language requirement. The best part is, the US government will pay for it, if I can get in. That's the hard part.
Technically, step 1 would be to start filling out the application, but that wouldn't make for an interesting blog post.
Step 1: begin to learn Ukrainian
The Teach Yourself Ukrainian book is sitting on my bed right now. The UPS guy literally delivered it as I was starting to write this post. Opening the package will be my reward for finishing this post.
One of my goals this summer is to learn basic Ukrainian. I currently have two semesters of Russian completed. This could be a big help or a big hindrance, I don't know which yet. Russian and Ukrainian very similar languages. I have trouble keeping Spanish and Russian strait. They mix in my head. It's like my brain has a section for English and then a section for other languages. So, if I randomly speak Ukrainian in Russian class next fall this will be why.
Now to open the package and begin.
Anyway, this seemed like a great opportunity to travel and learn about other languages/cultures. After much research, I determined that the best country for me to visit would be Ukraine. I want to go to Eastern Europe and Ukraine has the benefits of a large program without the drawback Russia has: a strict language requirement. The best part is, the US government will pay for it, if I can get in. That's the hard part.
Technically, step 1 would be to start filling out the application, but that wouldn't make for an interesting blog post.
Step 1: begin to learn Ukrainian
The Teach Yourself Ukrainian book is sitting on my bed right now. The UPS guy literally delivered it as I was starting to write this post. Opening the package will be my reward for finishing this post.
One of my goals this summer is to learn basic Ukrainian. I currently have two semesters of Russian completed. This could be a big help or a big hindrance, I don't know which yet. Russian and Ukrainian very similar languages. I have trouble keeping Spanish and Russian strait. They mix in my head. It's like my brain has a section for English and then a section for other languages. So, if I randomly speak Ukrainian in Russian class next fall this will be why.
Now to open the package and begin.
Many prayers for your new language learning. Have fun.
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