Moodle importation files - Orientation: Module 2 - Is Going Abroad Accesible to Everyone


Module 2 Is Going Abroad Accesible to Everyone

The module aims to motivate students to explore your options and believe that mobility is for you, despite what you may see as obstacles. It will direct you to discover the resources where you can find help and information for your circumstances.

  • Step 1: What are the challenges and obstacles you face? Identify them.

  • Step 2: What are your requirements? How can you overcome the challenges you have identified?

  • Step 3: Who is your community? Who can help and support you?

  • Step 4: What is your decision? What is the best option for your situation?

  • Step 5: How has your mindset changed? Can you now help others? Reflect on what you have learned.

Keywords

  • Challenge: An event or circumstances that require a solution in order for you to reach your goal. For this capsule, a challenge could be finanical cost, a health or personal issue that you live with.

  • Linguistic Competence: Your ability to communicate (speaking, reading, writing) in a language.

  • Comfort Zone: The way in which you are used to experiencing the world. It can mean your everyday routive, a cultural environment familiar to you, the type or work or activities you do etc...

  • Pros vs Cons: Usually a list of points or considerations that may be classed as "helpful / positive / advantageous" and "unhelpful / burdensome / challenging". Often used to help someone make a decision.

Catalogue

Module 2 Is Going Abroad Accesible to Everyone


  • SECTION 1 - What are the challenges and obstacles you face? Identify them.

  • What are the challenges you see ahead of you? What are the potential obstacles to going on exchange? In this section, you will explore these obstacles and how they affect you.

  • SECTION 2 - What are your requirements? How can you overcome the challenges you have identified?
  • Now discover your requirements. What do you need in order to go abroad on your exchange?
  • SECTION 3 - Who is your community? Who can help and support you?
  • Identify your community? Who can help you to get the information relevant to your situation? Connect with them!
  • SECTION 4 - What is your decision? What is the best option for your situation?
  • How do you feel about the feasibility of an international experience now, having done the research: is it for you?
  • SECTION 5 - How has your mindset changed? Can you now help others? Reflect on what you have learned.
  • Now that you have made a decision, were you able to discard some of your challenges? What challenges changed in significance? And could you help other students in a similar situation?

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