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Find out what past assistants have said about their experiences.

All views expressed are of the individuals concerned and are not necessarily those of the British Council.

GERMANY

Heather is currently studying in her final year at the University of Exeter and was an English Language Assistant last year in the town of Ludwigshafen-Edigheim (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany.

CHINA

Sarah Gallagher is an English Language Assistant at Jiujiang Junior Middle School in Foshan (not far from Guangzhou).

Chinese statue inside Buddhist temple - Credit Dominic Regester

FRANCE

Catherine was studying English Literature and French at the University of Exeter and was an English Language Assistant at a school in Orleans, France.

Female language assistant with pupil in class - Credit Nicolette Stoddart

MEXICO

Kate Joyce studied French and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh and was an English Language Assistant in Guadalajara, Mexico.

CHILE

Lloyd Edmondson was studying French and Spanish at the University of Leeds and spent a year in Vina del Mar, Chile
Virgin Mary Santiago Chile - Credit Doug Pearce

SPAIN

Kate was studying for a degree in History and Spanish at the University of Manchester.  She was an English Language Assistant in Pamplona, Navarra.
British Council Madrid - Credit Jestico and Whites

Austria: David Elphinstone, Lizi Milne, Nicholas Barton, Sarah Clarke,   various, Gemma Needham, Heather Tyrer, Miriam Orridge, Rachel Chonka, Sophie Allen

Belgium: Ryan Stephens, Sarah Ennis

Canada: Amy Tattersall, Naomi Blight, Russell Atkins, Meghan Ball, Siobhann Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth McMillan, Andrew Vivian, Laura Cragg, Jenn Bartlett

Italy: Sophie Fuller, Zoe Blake

Latin America (Other): Camilla Shaw (Argentina), Louise Coo (Argentina), Tom Bradley (Argentina), Mark Webster (Argentina); Andrew Nimmo (Colombia),   Laura Sedgley (Colombia), Matthew Margetts (Colombia), William Massa (Colombia), Elizabeth Chadwick (Colombia), Flora Allison (Colombia), Hugh Billane (Ecuador), Adrian McKernan (Ecuador), Elizabeth Brook (Ecuador), Lucy-Claire Freeman (Paraguay),   Rachel Smith (Paraguay), Sam Reeves (Paraguay), Sarah McGregor (Paraguay), Stuart Champion (Venezuela); Riaghnach Loughran (Venezuela),

Russia: Michael Stott, Steffan Knutson, John Roberts

Senegal: Sean Flower, Farzana Norren

Switzerland: Nicola Chillingworth