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MEDIA AND SOCIAL SCIENCES at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies

HNC/D Communication with Media

Study the theory and pi‘z'ici,i<_:c Lil iriadra at, GCNS, including Video. public. relations,

Journalism and advm‘iiszi‘g

HNC/D Social Sciences

Study human social life anc: “‘enaxqicuii

including politics, suciuingy psycricéngy

LEARNING AfifOREIGN LANGUAGE ALSO

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Spanish classes. One night a week seemed to make a serious dent in my social calendar, the nights were drawing in and I was knackered wwwgcnsacu k after work. But then I arrived in Spain for my holidays and, standing For more information phone in the supermarket, I could actually understand that the man was 5 6 5 2 0 0

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asking me for 7.25 Euros, l was able to ask for a quarter kilo of Glasgow (35 9X8

cheese and if they sold stamps. Basic stuff, but in a small Spanish . village in the Alpujarra mountains, it made all the difference. “3" “h "

For while it’s true that many Spanish people speak English and enjoy speaking it, it’s far better to arrive prepared than have to spend 20 minutes pointing and gesticulating wildly just to get some salt with your patatas fritas. And so what if you mean to say ‘year’ but end up pronouncing it as ‘arse’ (easily done)? There’s no better way to feel at home in a place than by having a laugh with the locals.

Back home in Scotland, it wasn’t quite so romantic, but I’d got to know my classmates a little better and the hours seemed to pass more quickly. Beats EastEnders any day. (Rachael Street)

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