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Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
La Voile as the best disco, Biennale de la Danse and Fete de Lumiers - events that you can't miss when you are in Lyon.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
Because it's a great opportunity to meet people from all over the world.
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Personal comments
It was really good. Every student had his own room and we had 2 kitchens on the floor. It is a great place to live when you are learning foreign language.
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Aleksandra S
Academic
Course recommendations
It's necessary no choose courses in the language of the host country cos it's the best way to improve language.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
the treatment of Erasmus is the same as the local students and in my opinion it shouldn't be like this because the Erasmus doesn't speak French as good as French people.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my French
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At the begining it was pretty difficult to understand natives but after a month I started to understand them.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
There is no kettle and other stuff like this on campus.
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In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
There is a possibility to study in English on SELF programme and there were some people who didn't speak French.
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During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
It's real fun to study abroad. You gain independece and you can broaden your mind by meeting people from different countries and different cultures. You've got to try this.
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Aleksandra S
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits
Because life in general is much cheaper in Poland than in France.
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Food, Telephone, Overall, Travel, Housing, Nightlife:
was more expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
High cost of mobile phones.
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