In Sydney Australia, International students got the chance to take a special class from Instagram celebrity, Ido Simyoni aka @ido8all when he stopped by Kaplan’s English school in Sydney. The social media icon, with over a hundred thousand followers on the online photo-sharing and social networking service, shared his tips and even a few Instagram secrets with the students, encouraging them to share their once in a lifetime experience on the site. Ido gave a class in the school on photo shooting techniques and how to get the most out of Instagram. After that, the students got a practical lesson in Hyde Park, where Ido shed some light on what makes his photos stand out. Ido’s photography expertise is well known across the internet thanks to his social media movement “Stop the Terror”, which has generated more than 11,000 pictures from all over the world.

Ido is no stranger to the Kaplan international network. He attended their English school here in the Big Apple, where he shared his experience on Instagram. His iphoneography classes were such a big hit, he was invited to give classes to students at Kaplan English Schools in the US, the UK and Australia. One of the participants said, “Ido has an amazing eye for the finer details in life. His class encourages you to capture reality in a different light and share your experience with the world.”

After his stay in Sydney, Ido cruised to the breezy coast of the Manly Beach campus, before leaving to give the Adelaideans the hallowed master class. He also made stops at Kaplan’s schools in Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand.

According to Internet legend, the best formula to tell a story and share it with others is getting to know people from across the globe in great locations. He said that Kaplan students are having this amazing experience when studying abroad. These days thousands of students from Kaplan schools around the world are now posting their photos on Instagram, making it clear that the Kaplan Experience is an unforgettable one, and definitely one worth sharing. How are you sharing your international experience? Leave a comment below and let me know!

 
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With the help of Kaplan’s English school in Oxford, I am delighted to share the inspirational story of an 80-year-old student who traveled across the world to learn English.

According to Mr. Samuel Malheiros, it seems like it’s never too late to start studying English. The 80 year-old lawyer from Vitoria, Brazil, who is also the president of Vitoria’s Alliance Francaise, decided to pack his bags and fly all the way across the Atlantic to study at Kaplan International Colleges’ English language school in Oxford.

Mr. Malheiros, who already speaks a number of languages including French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, realized that it was about time for him to speak the world’s most widely understood language – English. Samuel said that he had studied English in the past but never got the chance to “do it for real” and practice speaking continuously. He said that he has always been interested in “analytical philosophy, which is very appreciated in Anglo-Saxon countries and I wanted to have the ability to be part of that as well.”

Of course, the news that he was going back to school at 80 years of age surprised his family, but they admired and supported his initiative to travel abroad and learn a new language.

When asked about his experience in Oxford he said, “During my studying and while participating in the school’s social activities, I’ve made friends at Kaplan from all over the world. Being in the same school with students of different nationalities means we have to speak English with each other all the time. It’s challenging and I enjoy it.” According to the school principal there, Samuel became very popular around young students and was able to make lots of friends by sharing his life experience through the common language of English for the first time. In fact, Mr. Malheiros is so determined to succeed in his new life goal so he has extended his stay at Kaplan’s Oxford school for a few more weeks.

So what’s next for this octogenarian?  He said that his journey isn’t finished yet. After his Kaplan course, he plans to continue traveling around the world and keep on speaking and learning English. What a heartwarming story. Are you studying English now? Never think you are too old. You can do it!

 
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For the past several years, the Spanish Government had offered study abroad scholarships, but to the disappointment of many young Spanish students, the Ministry of Education announced that there would be no scholarships granted this year. Kaplan International, a leading provider of English language courses and study abroad programs, wanted to bring back the excitement and motivation that those scholarships had given to students, so the school decided to step in with an innovated competition and award Béca-ME scholarships to five Spanish competition winners who impressed judges and Facebook fans with their aspirational essays.

The winners will soon start to learn English with Kaplan all over the world after demonstrating in their essays that they deserved the chance to travel abroad and learn English. The Béca-ME competition attracted more than 1,000 entrants, and offered 5 tuition and accommodation scholarships in Kaplan locations in the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand. Competition entrants were asked to write an essay entitled “The Experience of a Lifetime” explaining how they would fulfill their dreams and ambitions if they were given the chance to study abroad.

Raquel Martinez, Head of Spain for Kaplan International, said that Kaplan wanted to “bring back the excitement and motivation that those scholarships had given to students year after year. It has been a very emotional experience for all of us reading the essays full of dreams and aspirations. Students have fantastic values in Spain.” They wrote heartwarming essays about a variety of topics from the lack of opportunities caused by the economic crisis, to gaining new life skills. What a wonderful and charitable thing Kaplan has done.

 
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