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Margot W
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Travel, Nightlife: Takes place mostly outside the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Night spots - Student café, L'Orange Bleu, Fenix Bar
Travel - very good bus trips to cities such as Amsterday, Prague, Venice
The old part of the town is very nice
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
It was very enjoyable and it was a great way to meet other students and use the language
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Personal comments
I thought it was very well organized and was within walking distance of the university which was great. The staff at the residence were a little overstrict and tended to give us a hard time because we were Irish. The food was nice and cheap. The rooms were very small but compact. They were renovated during our stay and were very nice.
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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
It was generally a good experience. By the time I left Nancy my French language skills had greatly improved.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Government assistance<br>
A private grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
Food was cheaper - we shopped in Aldi which didn't exist at home at the time.
Telephone - Generally more expensive, along with the added expense of phoning home.
Housing was much cheaper - we were able to claim back almost half of our rent.
Nightlife in Ireland is very expensive - alcohol is much cheaper in France
Travel - Travelling home and taking advantage of being in Europe.
Overall - the key expenses were cheaper in France
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Travel, Telephone:
was more expensive than at home.
Food, Overall, Housing, Nightlife:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
Apply for the carte de sejour as this will allow you to claim half your rent back.
If you planning on having a few drinks, alcolol is very cheap in the supermarkets.
Take some of the cheap bus trips to visit the surrounding areas.
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Overall
I wish I had known...
More French :)
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In my opinion:
Most people loved it.
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
Personal recommendation
It has a good sized student population, a very nice library and many interesting courses. Everything runs quite well and there is no messing about.
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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
My advice is get involved as soon as possible with the language and the people, and with any activites that may interest you at the universtity. As well as the social life, don't forget to study as you do need to pass your courses too. And most of all, enjoy the experience.
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Academic
Course recommendations
In my home university I studied Computational Linguistics which was more hands on computer based. The computer courses were very limited in Nancy. They do a good Prolog and Perl course in Science du Langage in Nancy. It may be worth looking elsewhere in the university for other I.T. subjects. However, the lack of computer related subjects gives you an opportunity to explore other linguistic areas such as socio, etho and psycholinguistics along with morphology and historic linguistics
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
It would be important to provide French language training for the international student population, as this is imperative for following the courses and interaction with local students
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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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