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Student life
Describe host city:
Students equally interact with the local and student community
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
cafe atlantico for brazilian dancing or just a drink by the harbour (and all on a boat!) good restaurants and cafes all over the place. Salamandres for a dance around a fountain, cafe des anges for fabulous salsa dancing, and quai des beers for an all round jolly good bar.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
The atmosphere was very warm and sociable on campus, so I'd choose to come back here.
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Personal comments
I was very lucky with my campus, passing the European Parliament on the bus everyday was great. Private apartments were the seemed to me the next best option.
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Languages
Language of instruction: French
Was learning French a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
My competency in the language improved drastically. At the start I simply didn't have the vocab that I needed. After the first couple of months however ease and fluency snowballed - and French people could stop speaking slowly and simply!
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Government assistance
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
Some, such as phoning were more expensive. food and wine are very cheap. And everything else I just did more of!
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Telephone, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Go for second hand when you can - ask or put up posters etc.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
Apart from more information about academic courses and what was required, no.
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
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
Just make the most of it.
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Academic
Course recommendations
More info about courses and how to write french essays before we began ideally, but we were the first year to go to Strasbourg.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
Weekly discussion groups might be an idea - to get everyone involved and interacting, and would help with understanding and generation of ideas.
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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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