Granada, a city to fall in love with Past Review
By Anna D (Spanish & Communication, Illinois State University) for
CEA CAPA Education Abroad: Granada, Spain
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
I learned more of myself having to deal with people or making plans to travel. Grew up a little bit more.
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 2 weeks - 1 month |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
seeing the festivals, traveling to see the cities and being toured. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
Yes
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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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| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | food none unless i was traveling i tried to spend less then 50 euros... and personal expenses just varied I tried not to shop but its difficult. |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Don't pack much because you WILL shop... granada has so much to offer from buying souvenirs to personal items. |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Fluent |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | lan. 116.5 |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
my host family, the people I interned with and at school I was able to use Spanish. |
Other Program Information
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* Where did you live?
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* Who did you live with?
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* Who did you take classes with?
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A Look Back
| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | You have to put yourself out there to try to meet Spanish people. |
Individual Course Reviews
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POE |
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| Instructor: | Jose Javier |
| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | this was my favorite class of the day not only what we learned but because it was such a small class we were more interactive and he was one of the best teachers I have had all thru out college. |
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Cultre of Islam |
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| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | very boring, the class was more on the history, and it was a horrible class. |
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