I used my study grant to spend a month working in Germany and Switzerland, first doing homestays in central Germany before working in a German-speaking preschool in Switzerland.
During my two homestays, I first stayed in a mid-sized town and next worked on a rural farm. I spent the second half of my time living with a Swiss family in Zürich, where I worked as a teacher in a preschool and was able to observe differences between Swiss and German culture, as well as between Swiss and American culture.
Throughout my experience, I communicated primarily in German and significantly improved my language skills while learning about life in both Germany and Switzerland!