A challenging, rewarding semester in the middle east August 19, 2022
By A student (Geography, Middlebury College) - abroad from 01/14/2022 to 05/20/2022 with
Middlebury Schools Abroad: Middlebury In Amman
What did you gain/learn from your experience abroad? Was it worthwhile?
language, culture, a lot about a new part of the world
Personal Information
| How much international exposure did you have prior to this program? | 6 months+ |
Review Your Program
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* Overall educational experience
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* Host Country Program Administration
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* Housing:
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* Social & Cultural Integration:
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| If you could do it all over again would you choose the same program? |
No
the language pledge and difficulty/quantity of work was really overwhelming |
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) |
Easy, food was cheap |
| Not including program expenses, about how much money did you spend on food and other expenses each week? | 50 on transportation and extra costs |
| Do you have any general money-saving tips for future study abroad participants? | the transportation issue is really difficult, expensive, a lot of time. share rides. |
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 |
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| 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? | Two and a half years of arabic |
| How many hours per day did you use the language? | 10+ |
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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| About how many local friends did you make that you will likely keep in touch with? |
A Look Back
| * What did you like most about the program? |
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| * What do you know now that you wish you knew before going on this program? | what the experience would really be like for women in the country |
Reasons For Studying Abroad
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The Avid AdventurerThe wardrobe you packed was better suited for a semester of camping than club hopping. Outdoorsy, you might forgo a crazy night out for an early all-day adventure. You'd rather take in the rich culture of an old town than the metropolis of a modern city, but for you getting off the grid is ideal. |
Individual Course Reviews
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Arabic III |
| Course Department: | Arabic |
| Instructor: | Khetam |
| Instruction Language: | Arabic |
| Comments: | Challenging! Difficult! The teacher was amazing, too big of a class size, too much variance in the levels of the students |
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