I want to talk about my experience of adapting to teaching at University in France after having taught at a University in Argentina for 4 years. 

In teaching, the years of experience count, of course, still, the reason why this job is fascinating is that you’ll have to adapt your teaching style to the students. But, sometimes you forget you have to adapt, or you think the gap is not going to be that big.

That’s what I thought when I started teaching at a University here in France, I started confidently, but quickly realized I had a totally different crowd in front of me from the one I was used to in Buenos Aires.

In this episode, I want to talk about the 5 main differences, plus an extra one actually, so really it’s 6 differences or six aspects, often cultural aspects that differed significantly from my groups of students in Buenos Aires to the ones I had in Nantes.

Let me state that there is not a better crowd. No one is better or worse. But understanding these differences meant I had to adapt my teaching style and strategies so that I could connect with my students in France.