Some thoughts by German student Emily Martin:

I think the digital bridges project this year was quite difficult. I thought it would be a good opportunity to improve my language skills and to get to know new people. I got the E-mail addresses of two Swedish students and we had some contact via Snapchat and Instagram. Unfortunately I got the impression that the Swedish students weren’t very interested in the project. I texted them several times. One of the student answered sometimes, the other one didn’t answer at all. In case they had a problem with understanding or writing English I offered to they to write in Spanish what I knew is their mother tongue. There were still just a few messages. About maths the students didn’t talk at all. 

I got an E-mail of a Swedish woman who asked for an Interview. She told me that the Swedish students said that they missed important lessons because of the project and in general they didn’t like the working hours.

I think the project can be a very good opportunity for intercultural communication but it is important to find a way how everyone wants to work on the project. For the future it could be a lot of fun for the German and Swedish students to get to know other people.