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4.09 / 5 based on 268 reviews
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stefanieblau
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
it was frustrating when people would respond back to my inquiry in english, however, after a while, people realized that i honestly wanted to speak their language and they were helpful and more than willing to give me a chance, J'aime la France!
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faithharty
Colby College, Waterville, ME, United States
Language, Undergraduate, AYA
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
Because living with a family was a great experience for one time, but as a college graduate I want to be on my own and be indepent.
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Personal comments
My host family was great. The people were incredibly nice, and it definitely helped improve my language skills.
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Leah T
Housing
Type of housing: With a family
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: Apartment/House
Why?
I already am familiar with french living and would like to have a place of my own in the city.
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Personal comments
My housing was through IES, Paris who was my home university in paris. i then took courses at the Sorbonne for credit at my university in the USA
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Judith G
Housing
Type of housing: Room for au-pair work
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: part-time au-pair
Why?
It is the cheapest solution and quite often the room is in the city centre.
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Personal comments
I went to Paris in independently and so was looking for accomodation on my own as well.
For post-graduate students the "Cité International" might be interesting.
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Allison G
Student life
Describe host city:
Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
L'Enoteca! This is the most wonderful Italian restaurant in the world. Well, Paris. The waiters are charming and knowledgeable (particularly about wines) and the food is spectacular. Try la Corleone for dessert. You will be hooked!
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maya d
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
A stay shorter than a year would have prevented me from becoming as nearly bi-lingual as I did while in France. Although I had relative fluency in the language before my departure, I still had mountains of work to accomplish to reach the level of french, written and spoken, that I now speak and this could not have been accomplished in the US. Before it was just a foreign language I happened to speak pretty decently, now it is a language I dream and write poetry in and express certain things in that can not be translated.
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