If you want to learn go to Belgium, if you want to party, go to SEVILLLA Past Review
By kate j (political communications, The University of Texas at Austin) for
CIEE: Seville - Liberal Arts
Difference in cultures, how they view America(ns).
Personal Information
| If you took classes at multiple universities, list those universities here: | university of sevilla |
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 0-2 weeks |
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 |
Excellent staff, always helpful and patient, answered all questions |
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* Housing:
How satisfied were you with your living arrangements? |
Lived with one younger women who was only 25, was awkward at first but turned out to be a lot of fun because she wasn't as strict as some of the senoras |
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Not that good, really high in fat, a lot of bread |
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
How integrated did you feel with the local culture? |
So much night life |
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* Health Care:
How well were health issues addressed during the program? |
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| * Safety: |
Didn't have any problems myself but seemed safe enough to me |
| 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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| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | Everything was just a lot more expensive there and the host mom was paid an allowance for food that was MUCH higher than the cost of food I received |
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? | 4 |
| If applicable, to what degree did your living situation aid your language acquisition? |
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| Language acquisition improvement? |
CIEE teachers and students only spoke spanish when in the building, encouraged you to make friends with locals etc. |
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? | Loved the program, practice spanish before though because not many people speak english |
Individual Course Reviews
| Course Name/Rating: |
Advanced Grammar |
| Course Department: | Spanish |
| Instructor: | Jesus |
| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | Good review of Spanish, only 2 weeks long |
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Spanish Linguistics |
| Course Department: | Linguistics |
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| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | At the university, much easier than the one offered through CIEE |
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El mundo Atlantico |
| Course Department: | History |
| Instructor: | |
| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | Really easy, teacher talks really loud...REALLY loud |
| Credit Transfer Issues: | Who knows, my credits haven't transferred yet |
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Phonetics and phonology |
| Course Department: | linguistics |
| Instructor: | Javier |
| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | Awful, really hard, pointless to learn unless you want to be a Spanish speech pathologist |
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Writing and Critical Thinking |
| Course Department: | Spanish |
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| Instruction Language: | Spanish |
| Comments: | A lot of fun, really good class, very interesting |
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