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Everyday life in the target language country

Students travelling on their Mobility Programme may have little knowledge of everyday and practical matters that will arise during their stay. This activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination.  The more information you have about the practicalities of living in your host country before you go, the easier the transition to the Mobility Programme will be.

On completion of this task, you will be able to:

  • describe aspects of everyday life in the target language country where you intend to complete your Mobility Programme. These include food and drink, accommodation, looking for work, social life, etc.

Procedure

The resources provided present material relating to everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination

  1. Click on the appropriate tab for your target language below.
  2. Follow the links to access videos, activities, and information.
  3. Further your knowledge by searching for other information about the city you will be visiting.
    • Are there networks or groups you can join to help you interact with other international students at your destination university?
  4. Share the information on the class blog or online discussion boards.

To learn more about transitioning to language learning environments.

The following table provides you with some activities under the theme of Transitions and Contexts, click on the appropriate link to access each activity.

Similar activitiesDescription
Explore the navigation panel for other categories within this theme (click the breadcrumb menu above to expand)
Student accommodationThis activity aims to help you find suitable accommodation abroad while also consolidating your listening and viewing strategies and practicing writing hypertexts.
University life in the target language countryThis activity introduces you to university life in your target language destination, and practice your listening and viewing strategies. You can extend this task by performing research for your mobility programme destination and sharing your findings on a class blog or forum, or practice your search, multimedia, tagging, hypertext literacies by creating your own travel page using an online tool.
Everyday life in the target language countryThis activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination
Source/attribution: DigiLanguages Author: Emma Riordan

Students travelling on their Mobility Programme may have little knowledge of everyday and practical matters that will arise during their stay. This activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination.  The more information you have about the practicalities of living in your host country before you go, the easier the transition to the Mobility Programme will be.On completion of this task, you will be able to:<li>describe aspects of everyday life in the target language country where you intend to complete your Mobility Programme. These include food and drink, accommodation, looking for work, social life, etc.</li>
<strong>Procedure</strong>The resources provided present material relating to everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination<li>Click on the appropriate tab for your target language below.</li><li>Follow the links to access videos, activities, and information.</li><li>Further your knowledge by searching for other information about the city you will be visiting.<ul><li>Are there networks or groups you can join to help you interact with other international students at your destination university?</li>
</ul>
</li><li>Share the information on the class blog or online discussion boards.</li>
<strong>To learn more about transitioning to language learning environments.</strong>The following table provides you with some activities under the theme of Transitions and Contexts, click on the appropriate link to access each activity.

Similar activitiesDescription
Explore the navigation panel for other categories within this theme (click the breadcrumb menu above to expand)
Student accommodationThis activity aims to help you find suitable accommodation abroad while also consolidating your listening and viewing strategies and practicing writing hypertexts.
University life in the target language countryThis activity introduces you to university life in your target language destination, and practice your listening and viewing strategies. You can extend this task by performing research for your mobility programme destination and sharing your findings on a class blog or forum, or practice your search, multimedia, tagging, hypertext literacies by creating your own travel page using an online tool.
Everyday life in the target language countryThis activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution:</strong> DigiLanguages <strong>Author: </strong> Emma Riordan

Students travelling on their Mobility Programme may have little knowledge of everyday and practical matters that will arise during their stay. This activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination.  The more information you have about the practicalities of living in your host country before you go, the easier the transition to the Mobility Programme will be.On completion of this task, you will be able to:<li>describe aspects of everyday life in the target language country where you intend to complete your Mobility Programme. These include food and drink, accommodation, looking for work, social life, etc.</li>
<strong>Procedure</strong>The resources provided present material relating to everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination<li>Click on the appropriate tab for your target language below.</li><li>Follow the links to access videos, activities, and information.</li><li>Further your knowledge by searching for other information about the city you will be visiting.<ul><li>Are there networks or groups you can join to help you interact with other international students at your destination university?</li>
</ul>
</li><li>Share the information on the class blog or online discussion boards.</li>
<strong>To learn more about transitioning to language learning environments.</strong>The following table provides you with some activities under the theme of Transitions and Contexts, click on the appropriate link to access each activity.

Similar activitiesDescription
Explore the navigation panel for other categories within this theme (click the breadcrumb menu above to expand)
Student accommodationThis activity aims to help you find suitable accommodation abroad while also consolidating your listening and viewing strategies and practicing writing hypertexts.
University life in the target language countryThis activity introduces you to university life in your target language destination, and practice your listening and viewing strategies. You can extend this task by performing research for your mobility programme destination and sharing your findings on a class blog or forum, or practice your search, multimedia, tagging, hypertext literacies by creating your own travel page using an online tool.
Everyday life in the target language countryThis activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution:</strong> DigiLanguages <strong>Author: </strong> Emma Riordan

Students travelling on their Mobility Programme may have little knowledge of everyday and practical matters that will arise during their stay. This activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination.  The more information you have about the practicalities of living in your host country before you go, the easier the transition to the Mobility Programme will be.On completion of this task, you will be able to:<li>describe aspects of everyday life in the target language country where you intend to complete your Mobility Programme. These include food and drink, accommodation, looking for work, social life, etc.</li>
<strong>Procedure</strong>The resources provided present material relating to everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination<li>Click on the appropriate tab for your target language below.</li><li>Follow the links to access videos, activities, and information.</li><li>Further your knowledge by searching for other information about the city you will be visiting.<ul><li>Are there networks or groups you can join to help you interact with other international students at your destination university?</li>
</ul>
</li><li>Share the information on the class blog or online discussion boards.</li>
<strong>To learn more about transitioning to language learning environments.</strong>The following table provides you with some activities under the theme of Transitions and Contexts, click on the appropriate link to access each activity.

Similar activitiesDescription
Explore the navigation panel for other categories within this theme (click the breadcrumb menu above to expand)
Student accommodationThis activity aims to help you find suitable accommodation abroad while also consolidating your listening and viewing strategies and practicing writing hypertexts.
University life in the target language countryThis activity introduces you to university life in your target language destination, and practice your listening and viewing strategies. You can extend this task by performing research for your mobility programme destination and sharing your findings on a class blog or forum, or practice your search, multimedia, tagging, hypertext literacies by creating your own travel page using an online tool.
Everyday life in the target language countryThis activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution:</strong> DigiLanguages <strong>Author: </strong> Emma Riordan

Students travelling on their Mobility Programme may have little knowledge of everyday and practical matters that will arise during their stay. This activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination.  The more information you have about the practicalities of living in your host country before you go, the easier the transition to the Mobility Programme will be.On completion of this task, you will be able to:<li>describe aspects of everyday life in the target language country where you intend to complete your Mobility Programme. These include food and drink, accommodation, looking for work, social life, etc.</li>
<strong>Procedure</strong>The resources provided present material relating to everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination<li>Click on the appropriate tab for your target language below.</li><li>Follow the links to access videos, activities, and information.</li><li>Further your knowledge by searching for other information about the city you will be visiting.<ul><li>Are there networks or groups you can join to help you interact with other international students at your destination university?</li>
</ul>
</li><li>Share the information on the class blog or online discussion boards.</li>
<strong>To learn more about transitioning to language learning environments.</strong>The following table provides you with some activities under the theme of Transitions and Contexts, click on the appropriate link to access each activity.

Similar activitiesDescription
Explore the navigation panel for other categories within this theme (click the breadcrumb menu above to expand)
Student accommodationThis activity aims to help you find suitable accommodation abroad while also consolidating your listening and viewing strategies and practicing writing hypertexts.
University life in the target language countryThis activity introduces you to university life in your target language destination, and practice your listening and viewing strategies. You can extend this task by performing research for your mobility programme destination and sharing your findings on a class blog or forum, or practice your search, multimedia, tagging, hypertext literacies by creating your own travel page using an online tool.
Everyday life in the target language countryThis activity allows you to practice listening to and viewing information in your target language, while exploring the practical issues and challenges of everyday life in your Mobility Programme destination
<br /><br /><strong>Source/attribution:</strong> DigiLanguages <strong>Author: </strong> Emma Riordan