Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

At my experience in Manchester I have improved my language knowledge. But it was difficult to me to understand the accent spoken in Manchester area. Except that I did not have any problems understanding other people.

I am spanish speaker and when I went to Manchester I knew how to communicate but in a basic way. After my exchange I achieved a higher level that allows me to understand and talk better than before.

The most important thing is to integrate youself actively and make most of your stay by studying hard, enjoying life and travelling. Take always your dictionary with you and use all types of media to develop your language knowledge. If you travel around, don't miss Edinburgh, York, Bath, Chester and London of course. And it's also very important to stay in groups when you walk home in the middle of the night, because otherwise it's quite dangerous (especially for a woman).

Be aware that you will not find a lot of nice English people here. Most of them are very impolite, strange and reserved. I have never seen so many fights in my life and did not experience so much rudeness before.

I did not choose a univeristy housing.

You get used quite quickly to the British English, the most important thing is to meet with a lot of British people, watch local TV and especially listen to the radio.