study abroad Past Review
By A student (Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/28/2019 to 05/17/2019 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury In Rabat, Morocco
I gained a wonderful host family and dialect and knowledge of culture
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 1 month - 6 months |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
Academic rigor, intensity, resources, etc. |
I liked my language courses but one of my content courses could have been better. My dialect course was awful at first but they were very receptive and changed professors partway through. |
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* Host Country Program Administration
On-site administration of your program |
they are the best |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
loved it |
| * Food: |
wonderful |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
I was not very integrated. |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
I was completely assisted when I needed a rabies shot. |
| * Safety: |
Be careful at night esp. if you're fem. |
| 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) |
easily |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | maybe 25 or so, depends on travel |
Language
| * Did your program have a foreign language component? | Yes |
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How much did the program encourage you to use the language?
0 = No encouragement, 5 = frequent encouragement to use the language |
they knew we were breaking the language pledge but didn't really fix it |
| How would you rate your language skills at the beginning of the program? | Intermediate |
| How would you rate your language skills at the end of the program? | Advanced |
| What was the highest level language course you had completed prior to departure? | courses in licence 3 in paris |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | |
| Do you have any tips/advice on the best ways to practice the language for future study abroad participants? | Don't break the language pledge, speak it with host family |
Other Program Information
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* Who did you take classes with?
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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? | 0 |
A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What could be improved? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | how i needed to consciously do the language pledge |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
amazigh communities |
| Course Department: | sociology |
| Instructor: | hassan |
| Instruction Language: | arabic |
| Comments: | he was a lecturer but tried to keep it interesting. he translated a bit more words than necessary but was very nice and understanding |
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politics of maghreb |
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| Instructor: | hafida |
| Instruction Language: | arabic |
| Comments: | she is extremely knowledgeable but it was difficult to follow at points as well as very unorganized |
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fus7a |
| Course Department: | arabic |
| Instructor: | najat |
| Instruction Language: | arabic |
| Comments: | really good course, i felt like there was favoritism though as the professor knew some students beforehand and not others |
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darija |
| Course Department: | arabic |
| Instructor: | achraf |
| Instruction Language: | arabic |
| Comments: | was wonderful after the professor changed, terrible beforehand |
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history of ideas |
| Course Department: | french |
| Instructor: | rim laabi |
| Instruction Language: | french |
| Comments: | It was good to have a course at the university. there were field trips :) |
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