I knew from the offset that I wanted
to study English Literature but I didn't
want to do it just straight English
Literature, I wanted to have something
else as joint course with it. I'm half
Italian so I thought it would be a good
idea to be able to speak the language that my grandparents speak which unfortunately I don't.
I thought it would be a good idea to come to 
this University because it has such an
amazing reputation for modern
languages to study my course.
What attracted me to the course was the
diversity of modules. There were modules I
didn't even know existed, areas and
fields that I didn't even know were part
of linguistics or English language
because it was so much for an extension
from A level and I think what was so
interesting was that I ended up down
these paths and these modules that I had
no idea what they were about originally
and ended up absolutely loving and
that's what made it so interesting.
This University is a very International
University so there is always
someone who speaks the language, as a
native language, the language that you're
studying so you will always be able to
find someone speaking your language.
There are societies for each language I
know it's also good to make friends with
people from their country of the
language that you're studying.
My advice for students coming to Kent is
to really make use of our facilities and
our support systems we have, things like
the buddy schemes, things like mentoring,
things like approachable friendly
lecturers because they will all help you
through any challenges you have.
