Hello there,
on this blog I will be sharing my personal experiences during my internship and life abroad in Brighton, England in the summer of 2019.
Originally, I’m training to be come management assistant in public administration in my home town Berlin. From an early point, I had been interested in taking part in the Erasmus + programme to do an internship in an English speaking country. Even though a stay abroad is not particularly scheduled in the course of the training, there are still various reasons to do it.
Firstly, you’ll improve your language skills considerably and get better in actively using a foreign language. Most students hardly ever get the possibility to actually make use of what they have learnt in school. Living abroad forces you to speak and listen intensively and soon you’ll get to a point where you realise that you made a lot of progress in a few weeks only. That will be a fantastic feeling.
Secondly, living in a different country usually is about experiencing a different culture. You’ll become aware that people from other countries, live their lives differently and moreover, have different opinions on certain aspect in life. With this, you’ll expand your horizon and learn to put yourself in the position of other people. Even though England isn’t geographically far away from Germany, things tend to go a little different here – That I can tell from my previous visits to England. I am looking forward to experiencing many more quirks during my stay.
And thirdly, in a globalised world, intercultural competence becomes more and more important. When working in a foreign country, you’ll learn to adapt to new customs. It also enhances your communication skills because you’ll talk to a variety of new people. But principally, in a foreign working culture you’ll be exposed to new ways of processing work. Later on, you might pass on your gained knowledge in your home job. Thus, it’s even beneficial for your workplace back home.
There are many more advantages of going abroad, though these are the ones that motivated me the most. Perhaps I will encourage you to go abroad with my upcoming posts, as well 🙂
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Brighton 2019 