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ajuda
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
There´s almost no other opportunity to live in lisboa as a foreign student.
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Personal comments
All the students had to find their accommodation independently - which wasn´t that easy, because nobody had the knowledge in the foreign language portuguese at the moment of arriving in lisbon. There were no special student-apartments on the campus or help from the university.
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Hannelore K
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
You are more independent and you have the possibility to invite people and to have guests from your home country.
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Personal comments
All my erasmus collegues lived in appartments with other erasmus students or with portugese people. An advantage of living with portugese people is the possibility of practicing the language more than living with erasmus students.
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Elisabeth D
Academic
Course recommendations
if you have any questions concerning the classes go to the teachers, they are very nice and help you
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
you are exchange student and you have all the exams at the end of the semester, the last week where all the people and your new friends are together, make smaller exams also during semester, that not everything of your grade is the final exam
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My opinion of the university assessment
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Essays and/or projects at the end of course
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anonymous
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Portuguese is a very diccicult language to learn for foreigners. Reading and writing is not so much the problem as is speaking and understanding the local people. But most people are very patient and eager to help so in the end the communication barriers can easily be resolved. Most young Portuguese speak English quite well.
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Katja V
Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
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
Find an appartment when you arrive. In my opinion this works better than arranging things on forehand. This gives you the opportunity to physically visit the place and see how you feel with it.
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Viktoria Z
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nove de Lisboa courses are - in general - taught in Portuguese. However, most courses for exchange students aer in English.
This way, studying was easier for me - but of course my Portuguese would have improved much more if I had taken courses in Portuguese.
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