España

For a trip like this one, "claro" there is more than one outcome. The first and more obvious outcome for this artifact is a second language outcome. In my case, it's kind of like a third language, but well. The trip's main purpose was for me to take more advanced Spanish classes and to be able to practice the language daily and be in an environment saturated in the language. What better place to study Spanish than in the land of Spain. Now unlike many classes of language, I had the privilege of being in a completely different side of the world. My second outcome is of course Cross Cultural Communication. One of the exposure techniques of the Semester in Spain Program was to have students stay with host families, in order to make them feel for one horribly awkward the first couple days as they can't communicate, but also to force them, in a good way, to practice and become accustom to the language being spoken in a quick and natural way. As an added bonus, our Señora was an amazing cook.