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Barcelona: The best city in the world
CIEE: Barcelona - Liberal Arts
Program Information
This program is designed for students with 4 semesters of Spanish. Students who wish to learn about Spain and Europe through living in the unique and beautiful city of Barcelona will find that this program provides an ideal opportunity.
Program Snapshot
* Engage in Spanish culture through regular Uni... More
| Provider: | CIEE |
| Location(s): | Barcelona, Spain |
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| Website | Take me there! |
Review By:
Danny W. (Government, The University of Texas at Austin) on June 23, 2011
Overall Rating
Personal Information
| * Start Date: | 2011-01-03 |
| * End Date: | 2011-04-14 |
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
It was great because we were able to focus on spanish and there wasn't much homework. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
Everything was run pretty well for the most part. |
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Living with a host family was great, you have your laundry done and food cooked for you. It is definitely the way to go, especially if you want to improve your spanish. You have all the freedom you want too in terms of going out, coming home late, etc... |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
travel a lot |
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* Home Institution Advising:
How well did The University of Texas at Austin prepare and support you for your time abroad? |
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Finances
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* Money: How easily were you able to live on a student's budget?
(1 = not very easy/$200+ on food & personal expenses/week, 2.5 = $100/week, 5 = very easily/minimal cost) |
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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | No |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Intermediate |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | Spanish 4 |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
Yes I had to use spanish all the time, in class and with my host family especially. |
Other Program Information
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A Look Back
| * If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same program? | Yes |
| * What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile? | It was great. Best time of my life. |