Studying a foreign language takes you from a to b, but what’s in the middle? For Marian Stacey that space in the middle was discovering a world of ideas previously inaccessible to her. From a humble beginning in the CET JanTerm 2011 A-ban (firs

Double your Experience, Redouble Your Gains [CET004]

Sep 29th, 2016 27m 49s

Ask any language student, and they will tell you that nothing beats studying a language intensively in-country! In this episode, meet John Ambrose, the CET Jordan alum who loved his first semester studying intensive Arabic at CET so much that h

Study Abroad but Network at Home [CET 003]

Jul 8th, 2016 30m 5s

By the time he started his Classical Chinese classes at George Washington University, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga had baseball victories over the Fudan high school team and Chinese terminology for the Korean nuclear crisis under his belt! He des

Continuing to Learn: Language Beyond CET [CET 002]

Jun 1st, 2016 29m 2s

Can you love language learning so much that you make it your career path? Yes! In this episode, we speak with CET Beijing alumna Liz Carter, who didn’t plan on becoming a translator, but kept learning and immersing in Mandarin so much after CET

Humor Spin & Persuasion: Language Skills for the Real World [CET001]

Apr 22nd, 2016 29m 36s

Not sure what you’re going to do with your language skills? Neither was Morgan. But as he studied Arabic, he remained open to many prospects, tried new things, discovered learning opportunities in unlikely places, and remained patient… especial

Do language skills equal a job? [CET 000]

Apr 8th, 2016 5m 24s

Welcome to the new CET podcast Abroad Perspective with your hosts Jason Wang and Allegra O’Donoghue!We manage intensive language programs for Chinese and Arabic at CET and a couple of years ago were given the opportunity to address the lack of