Professor Nœria Triana Toribo, Professor of Hisapnic Studies: The School of European Culture and Languages here at Kent offers you a very exciting place to study because it is made up of many disciplines and many languages all together under the same umbrella. 

Dr Lucy OÕMeara, Senior Lecturer in French: French is the only language besides English
that is spoken in five continents across the world, and, of course, France is also our closest
European neighbour.

Professor Ben Hutchinson, Professor of European Literature: German, of course, in particular, is by far the most important language within Europe in economic, financial and business terms.

Professor Nœria Triana Toribo: Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. After Mandarin, Chinese and English it is the third most popular language.

Dr Francesco Capello, Lecturer in Italian: If you study Italian at Kent, what you get to do is speak the language by the time you end your degree at a near-native level, which is quite an extraordinary thing in itself. But what is it to learn a language really? It is also to immerse yourself in the habits, in the assumptions, in the culture, in the history and the feel of that country.

Megan Jarvis, student in French and Drama: I always actually had a strong passion for French and the French culture, so I thought it would be a really, really good chance to, not just to learn about the culture, but also the language and the literature. 

Angus Allman, student in German and Italian: It was something I really enjoyed doing at school and I found that coming to university helped with my understanding of both the German language and the culture.

Amanda Ajomale, student in Hispanic Studies: I decided to study Hispanic Studies because it was more than just learning Spanish for me it was about learning history and culture as well.

Esther Lenda, student in French and Italian: Kent is a really good place to study Italian. The fact that Kent offered the option to study it from beginners - that was really enticing.

Angus Allman: I chose Kent because the campus was just... it's really nice.

Megan Jarvis: Being a campus-based university it really did give that feel of a community and a family here. 

Amanda Ajomale: I kind of felt more at home at Kent, just the campus feel and the city and everything else in Canterbury.

Esther Lenda: Canterbury is a great location because it is a really nice city. We are only an hour away from London and also we are really close to Europe.

Dr Lucy OÕMeara: When you go on your year abroad yourself, in the third year of your degree you can study, work or teach in a wide variety of locations.

Esther Lenda: One of the best parts of my degree was of course my year abroad. 

Amanda Ajomale: In your year abroad you obviously work on your skills a lot more, you are talking to people

Megan Jarvis: It is a great chance to really improve my French and it was a really, really good opportunity for me to really see how French education differed from English education. Absolutely amazing, the experience of being abroad and being, and being immersed into that world was unforgettable. I absolutely loved it.

Dr Francesco Capello: I remember a student of ours from a couple of years ago, he described the moment when during his year abroad he was able to open an Italian newspaper and actually understand what was written in it. This is a life experience
as well as an educational experience.

Professor Ben Hutchinson: Well, studying German at university Ð studying any language really - is such a fantastic thing to do because it opens up a whole world beyond
that one subject. Of course, one studies an inherently interesting and, I hope, fun subject, but one can also then go off and do any number of other things with this language. It really is a portal into a wider world.

Esther Lenda: The good thing about doing languages is that it gives you many options. You can work in the UK, you can work abroad.

Angus Allman: I was thinking of going into something, maybe translation.

Amanda Ajomale: I want to be a translator in the future, working for the EU.

Megan Jarvis: For a really long time I always wanted to be a teacher.

Dr Lucy OÕMeara: By the end of your degree you will be skilled in understanding and analysing other cultures as well as reflecting on your own culture.