A brief description of this year's language assisstant,Sarah Vallis

1. ABOUT ME
Name: Sarah Vallis
Age: 20 years old
Live: Wells, Somerset,
England
Study: French and Spanish at
the University of Southampton

2. WELLS, SOMERSET
 In the South West of
England.
 In between the cities of
Bath and Bristol.
 The smallest city in
England with a
population of 10,000.
 Has the oldest street in
England called Vicars
Close.

4. MY FAMILY
 I live in Somerset with my Mum, Dad,
Brother, and Cat.
 My Mum is called Sally, and she’s a
Science teacher in the Secondary
school in Wells that I went to called
The Blue School.
 My Dad is called Andrew, and he’s a
journalist in Bristol for the newspapers
The Western Daily Press and The
Bristol Evening Post.
 My Brother is called Nathan, he’s 18
years old and has just started
studying Business Management at
Cardiff University.

5. SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE
 Southampton is in the south
of England by the sea, but it
does not have a beach.
 Largest city in the county of
Hampshire.
 121km from London (2
hours by car), and 31km
from Portsmouth.
 It is the fourth largest port in
the UK and a very industrial
city.

6. THE UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHAMPTON
 24,000 students.
 Modern Language
Students have 12 hours of
lectures a week. Science
and maths students have a
lot more, whereas English
and History students have
less.
 Most courses are 3 or 4
years long.
 I have to write 8 essays a
year and take 4 exams.