Marianne Sharlotte

Having taken a career break from primary school teaching to bring up her three children, Marianne decided to return to language study in 2018. She had completed a degree in German in her twenties, so chose to build on this by studying French and Spanish. The Open University was the obvious choice as distance learning offered the flexibility to work around her other commitments.

 

She embarked on the Language Studies Diploma initially, starting French at Intermediate Level (L112) and Spanish from scratch with Portales, beginners Spanish (L194) which she completed in 2019 along with L161, Exploring Languages and Cultures. Through lockdown she studied French and Spanish at intermediate level (L222 and L116) followed by L226 Intermediate Spanish in 2021. Having completed both languages up to Diploma level she then decided to continue studying and tackle level 3, completing L310 French in 2022. She is currently studying L336 Spanish Studies 3 to complete the Degree.

In between studying and working as a Community and Peer Support Buddy, Marianne likes reading, travelling, walking and also runs the local Cub Scout group.