Study abroad in two different countries, fall and spring of same year

calmom
Tue, 13 May 2014 00:26:39 +0000

The only downside that I would see would be that a longer stay in a country is better (in theory) to build up language fluency – but if the kid ends up hanging around with other American or English-speaking students while studying in Italy, even that might not end up being much of a difference. Anyway, I’d think the Italian advisor would be the one to listen to on that particular issue.

The other issue to consider is actual academics together with language of instruction. If instruction is all in Italian and the student’s language skills still need polishing, then the student could actually be missing out on the academic end. But study abroad programs are extremely variable in that regard.