Languages - Reviews of Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU) | Norway

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sandra r

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Telecommunications, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

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The reason to choose norway attended to academic matter rather than local language improvement. As everybody there speaks english it wasn't a problem to communicate but at the same time made it more difficult to learn norwegian. I arrived pretty late to start any course as well, so in the end it was a pitty that i wasn't able to learn it, just some phrases, technic language related to my studies and very basic gramatic rules

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Cristian F

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

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Norwegian people, and in particular at higher education life, have good skills in english and so that, comunnication has been quite pleasing. However, comunnication potential is strongly increased if one of the speakers is using his mother tongue. That is the reason why, in my opinion, they should reinforce the resources available for foreigners to learn norwegian, wich exist but could be improved.

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Estévény E

Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Amiens, France
Engineering, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning French a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

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All the courses in English All the interactions with exchange students, and even local students in English I had a course to gain basic knowledge in the local language at the beginning of my stay... and I pass the exam. Not really useful since everybody speaks English to you, but interesting to have some basic knowledge

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Erica P

University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Engineering, Mechanical, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Was learning Norwegian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Norwegian

How much did you improve your Norwegian?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

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Most courses that i took were mainly taught in english but some were in norwegian of whiich i had no instruction. Theses however were available with english books, notes and self learning of the language required.

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gdasco

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Engineering, Computer, Undergraduate, Erasmus exchange and Free Mover

Languages

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Was learning Norwegian a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

How much did you improve your Norwegian?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after:

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At the beginning it was quite hard, and the fact that everybody speaks English doesn't help to learn Norwegian, but if you want, just don't speak Enlgish and try with Norwegian!

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mrcmrc

ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Indusrial Engineering, Graduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: Norwegian

Was learning Norwegian a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Norwegian

How much did you improve your Norwegian?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations

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There are intensive Language courses during the summer... they give you a basic knowledge ... then there are also courses during the study periods... forget them, learn by doing ... furthermore don't tell anyone that you speak english, since even rednecks are fluent in english ... and you might never learn as you theoretically don't really need it ...

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