Charles Sturt University (CSU) staff and students from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences in Orange are brushing up on their Spanish in preparation for a trip to Argentina at the end of the year. Supported by CSU Global, the trip is a first for CSU, with previous study tours including China, Vietnam and India. Three staff and 27 students are preparing for the trip in October when they will visit different agricultural businesses. “We will visit vineyards and beef and sheep producers as well as intensive horticultural and agricultural businesses,” said lecturer Dr Shevahn Telfser. “The trip is also a great way to build a relationship with the University of Buenos Aires which offers similar degrees in business and agriculture, and  if we want to get the most of the trip, we need to learn the language. Last year, when we went to China, we learnt a little Mandarin so that we could exchange basic greetings and understand some key phrases. The students and staff had a lot of fun with it and it definitely helped with cross cultural relationships.”