Why intercultural? Our students tell us: the adaptation phase is slow and difficult … if the 2 parties don’t try to reach each other!
Cathy Sablé presents an intercultural experience from A., student from South America
“This experience brings with it a lot of new things to experience, and each one of these special moments. So I feel happy every time I experience something new. During those months, I realized that making real French friends would be difficult because of the language barrier, but it was my second time emigrating so it wasn’t that shocking. Even though it was a completely different culture. I’m still in the process of adopting myself. For me, you have to go through a process of personal evolution to get to know yourself and then understand the culture. I’m not at that stage yet, and I think it’s going to take a lot longer to get there because, from what I’ve been able to appreciate since my arrival, young French people are a bit closed-minded and, as we don’t speak too fast, they think we’re talking to a baby. Anecdote: My internship tutors gave me a farewell present which was the crossword puzzle with words for children because one for adults would be too complex for me.” 2024-12-06
