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Jul 2019
26m 8s

Village vs City

BRITISH COUNCIL
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Conor and Bethan catch up with two former Language Assistants to discuss the pros and cons of living and working in a city or village. They speak to Gaurav, a Language Assistant in the capital of Chile Santiago and Cameron who worked in a school in Saint-Prosper, a rural village in Quebec. Together they reflect on their experiences and provide advice to future programme participants.  

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