UK-German youth exchange formats, topics, outcomes, and benefits
Encouraging UK-German Youth Exchanges
Youth exchange outcomes and benefits to young people Benefits which appeal to young people Young people in the survey were asked about how much the various potential benefits of a UK-German youth exchange appealed to them (Graphs 3.17 & 3.18). The most popular answer was the opportunity to travel, which appealed a large amount or a very large amount to 95.6% (n=674) of German participants and 86.2% (n=167) of UK participants.
Graph 3.17 Young people – Appeal of different benefits of UK-German youth exchanges (DE)
Not at all A small amount A moderate amount A large amount A very large amount
0.6
30.1
65.5
The opportunity to travel
3.8
1.6 9.6
43.7
45.1
Learning new skills and topics
Collaborating with people who share interests
1.0 10.8
46.0
42.3
2.3 10.9
Making new friends
39.7
47.1
For German participants, learning new skills and topics, collaborating with people who share interests, making new friends and practising speaking English all ranked highly and at a similar level. Between 86.4% (n=610) and 88.8% (n=627) of participants respectively indicated these appealed a large amount or a very large amount . In both countries, all but one of the different benefits appealed to roughly over two thirds of participants a large amount or a very large amount . The exception was improving CV, which rated the lowest in both countries, appealing to less than half of participants a large amount or a very large amount .
Within the UK, experiencing German culture was ranked a close second, appealing to 84.7% (n=166) of participants, a large amount, or a very large amount. Making new friends, learning new skills and topics, building confidence, and collaborating with people who share interests , were then all ranked similarly appealing to roughly three quarters of participants a large amount or a very large amount . Considering the emphasis placed by UK participants on language learning as a project topic in the other questions (Graph 3.15), practising speaking German was ranked surprisingly low, appealing to only around two thirds (62.2%, n=122) of participants a large amount or a very large amount . This may indicate that UK participants feel less confident to speak German but are still interested in learning about it.
2.0 0.7 10.9
32.2
54.2
Practising speaking English
3.5 0.4 12.5
44.1
39.4
Building confidence
3.8 0.3 15.6
45.7
34.6
Experiencing UK culture
27.9
13.6
36.9
18.9
Improving CV
2.7
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Valid % (n=705)
Graph 3.18 Young people – Appeal of different benefits of UK-German youth exchanges (UK)
Not at all A small amount A moderate amount A large amount A very large amount
0.5
24.0
62.2
The opportunity to travel
2.6 10.7
4.1 0.5 10.7
32.1
52.6
Experiencing German culture
4.6 17.3
33.7
44.4
Making new friends
Learning new skills and topics
3.1 19.9
37.2
39.8
4.1 1.0 20.4
Building confidence
36.2
38.3
Collaborating with people who share interests
36.7
36.2
4.6 22.4
Practising speaking German
17.9
41.8
4.6 15.3
20.4
3.6 15.3
25.5
36.2
19.4
Improving CV
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Valid % (n=196)
38
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