Part 2 of Assignment 8: Critical Analysis

1) Analysis of own video:

Next year I will be studying in Nantes, so I picked my friend Alexander Karsai who
had studied last year in Paris as a marketing student.
Things I learned from the interview:
- Alex was kind of negative about his school last year. Because he had big
expectations and those werent really filled in.
- He talks about the lack of motivation in general at his previous school.
- I have learned from Alex that French people are quite open. Especially the
students. The general mindset of the students is quite different from those
of the older generations. I remembered that you should open to them and
really shouldnt be afraid. And that they are curious in the Belgian culture,
as it is unknown to them.
- The conservatism of the Belgian people bothers him. (He is half French,
half Belgian. But he grew up in France, so he doesnt consider himself as a
Fleming.)
- You should really go on Erasmus and make the most of it, because its
certainly an added value.
- Its important to document yourself about the school and region and talk to
people who went there last year.

2) Analysis of other video:

Sietse Lehembre & Petra Vijncke
Things I learned from the interview:
- Ms Vijncke switch after three months from English to German, as she was
confident enough to speak it.
- The Erasmus experience changed Ms Vijncke a lot. She became more
extravert and opened up her mind.
- She learned to be independent, especially on financial basis. She learned
to save money and do things more economically.
- She is a very autonomous person, but she got to know new people and
eventually did things in group.
I actually picked some things up from Sietses interview. He asked good questions
and it was very interesting to listen to.

3) Self-assessment
Outcomes after watching I have learnt I still have to learn
the videos and analysing because
I have learnt it thanks
them
to

1 Recognise and explain Some people are more Open up to people

the variety and open-minded than other because French people,
complexity that exist people and some are more especially students, are
among individuals in conservative. open and curious to new
social groups. cultures.
3 Describe ways in which People became more I consider myself very
people (re)construct extravert and started to sociable but I can learn to
and/or (re)negotiate become more sociable become more open to
their own and others during their Erasmus. people of who I think they
multiple identities are close or special in
depending on some way.
experiences, encounters,
contexts, and
interlocutors.

4 Recognize and explain You should respect one You should respect one
the problematic nature anothers identity and anothers identity and
of using certain terms certainly shouldnt use certainly shouldnt use
(e.g. ethnicity, race, certain terms to frame certain terms to frame
nation) to frame identity. identity. identity.

6 Interpret what people That some people see I do not consider myself as
say about their culture Belgians as quite highly Flemish-
as a personal conservative. Especially conservative. So I believe
observation, and the older generations. I wont fall into that and I
possibly as evidence of will remain open-minded.
what they wish others to
see about themselves.

7 Recognise when I learned that French I thought that apart from

misunderstandings may people are open towards the Parisiens, the French
be the result of new cultures and they are people where quite
stereotyping, curious. conservative and closed.
ethnocentrism, So with that in mind I will
essentialising and certainly approach French
prejudice. people differently.