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Student Info
First Name
Ruby
Last Name
Carrera
Student Major
Global Studies
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Ruby Carrera profile
UC Campus
UC Santa Barbara
Country
Mexico
Raw Testimonial

If there is a possibility to do an internship while studying abroad I highly recommend it. There will be some challenges due to language barriers if you do an internship whose predominant language is not English, however you do get the hang of it. I struggled with my academic Spanish at first, especially with the complex wording in legal documents and I also struggled with my lack of vocabulary in order to talk about these legal processes. However, through practice and reading these legal documents and academic articles in school, I was able to slowly but surely gain the skills in order to properly inform people of these procedures in Spanish. In this way, just with practice alone, it will definitely improve any language barrier you may face.

Edited Testimonial

If you can do an internship while studying abroad, I highly recommend it. There will be some challenges, especially if you work in a language that's not your own. I struggled with my academic Spanish at first; however, through practice and reading documents and academic articles, I was slowly able to gain the skills to use Spanish properly. It will definitely improve any language barrier you may face.

Source
Internship award application
Student consent obtained
Approved
Class Level
Senior
M2 Program ID
135
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