Joseph Langley

Biography

There are many opportunities for study abroad outside of the political science department and even outside of university led programs. During the summer of 2015, Joseph Langley traveled from Istanbul to Paris in a series of academic experiences. With the Huntsman School of Business’s Go Global program, students travel to different cities in their chosen program taking daily business tours and discussing the relation to lecture classes taken before the summer. This gives students a chance to experience real-world business application of material learned in college.

Following the Eastern Europe Go Global trip in Istanbul and Budapest, students find that traveling around Europe is inexpensive and simple when you are already in Europe and many take the opportunity to explore different cities on their own. Joseph traveled through Vienna and Salzburg in Austria before taking a cheap flight to Jerusalem and then to London where he ended his personal travel time.

Taking the underwater channel train between London and Paris, Joseph ended his summer studying the French language through the American University of Paris, a program that allows students to audit classes for significantly cheaper than regular study abroad tuition rates. Most students, including Joseph, find that studying languages is more rewarding and learned faster when there’s consistent motivation to speak and read—and this is most easily found within a country that speaks the language. Joseph’s classes were structured to give students practice refining their grammar skills in class and then completing speaking assignments throughout the city with local Parisians.