If you’re a language student like me and you are going to embark on your year abroad this September, I’ve tried to put together a sort of list of things that I think would be helpful to know.
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Part 1: Université Lumière Lyon II – Rachel Griffiths
As a joint honours modern language student (French and Spanish) I had no choice about doing a year abroad. I knew from the beginning of my degree that it would be the year that I properly learnt to speak my languages (I hoped!) and truly got to know the cultures that I had been studying …
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Oscar Davies, 2014-2015 at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
Studying The ENS is a very prestigious place to be at in France academically, being one of the few grandes écoles that exist. I was inspired to apply here because famous theorists such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Raymond Aron studied here at some point in their careers. If you get to go as an exchange student, you …
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Violeta Todorova, 2013-2014 at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III)
Accommodation Finding accommodation was one of the hardest parts of living in Paris. Firstly, even as a study abroad student, you are not guaranteed housing. I was not allocated a spot in the university accommodation. The ones associated with Parisian universities are not located in the best areas of Paris. However, they are convenient and …
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Henry Ravenhall, 2013-2014 in Pau, Bordeaux, France
What do you study at King’s? French and History BA Describe your teaching and learning experience I was working in three collèges (11-15) in a small city in the southwest of France. I taught a variety of classes across all the ages, however I mostly taught quatrième and troisième — the oldest year groups of …
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