Erasmus

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Sujet : you are back from your erasmus year.You go back to your high school to talk about your experience you talk about your studies what motivated your choice, how you heard of erasmus. Talk about your experience, challenge benefits Talk about how you

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[...] My parents totally agree with me. I stayed at Greenwich Village with a young and nice family: the husband's name is Peter and his wife's is Jane. The couple has got three children: Sam, Tom and Paul who are respectively and 12 years-old. In exchange for hosting I helped them in the morning, for instance I babysat, I went to the groceries or did a little cleaning. It only took a few hours, so I saved money and I could enjoy the rest of the time. [...]

[...] That is why I advise young people to go abroad on the Erasmus programme. Since you virtually have no safety net, direct immersion forces you to open your mouth and communicate. This way, you improve your language skills by expanding your vocabulary and by integrating and then reproducing a more native pronunciation and accent than in class. You cannot carry your dictionary and spend your time searching for words, so you must be responsive. However, you do not feel the same pressure as in class, kind people will see you are not a native speaker and will generally help and correct you, not judge you. [...]

[...] I stood still for several minutes to admire it. I took many photos of this extraordinary statue. Then I also went to visit the MOMA which is one of the greatest modern art museums in the world. I was delighted to see Andy Warhol's works like Marilyn Monroe's multi-colored portraits. I also visited the Empire State Building, which ranked for its first forty years as the highest skyscraper in New York City. It was a fabulous experience for I saw the entire city as if I were flying. [...]

[...] Finally with the Erasmus programme, I have more opportunities to find a job after graduation. A lot of employers will choose people who have an international experience. For a company, being fluent in the language of business is one of the keys to new markets, and adapting to a different environment means you can adapt to corporate situations and negotiations. So if you too feel intrigued and eager to get into the adventure, know that there are plenty of destinations, so you may choose to intensively learn another language than English, even though you can very well practise both. [...]