The Hague University (HHS)

Morocco is a bi-lingual country (French, Arabic)where languages are taught everywhere (specialised centers, university). In Holland, it is pretty the same. It is a small country that makes big impressions thanks to the openess of its people towards people, cultures and languages (most of the Dutch speak English, French, Italian, German...!!). When I came first to Holland, my English was not bad though very formal. After meeting other people from different countries such as Great Britain, USA, Sweden as well as watching movies in English etc my spoken and written English improved very much. Now, I am happy to declare myself almost trilingual!

I decide to apply for The Haagse Hogeschool because the language of intruction is in English and it has an iternational atmosphere. Both things have help me to improove my english.

I did learn Dutch as a part of my course, and found this challenging. This was due to the fact that the majority of Dutch people use English, therefore there were not that many opportunities for me to practice. However, I did try to use common courtesies in most situations, in the native language. I did not find communication a barrier at all. The fact that I lived with other foreign students also exposed me to other languages which I enjoyed. I had studied French at school and so living with some French students allowed me to improve. I have also taken up French lessons upon my return to Australia.

Normally I had never had any problems with languages becuase most of the people knew how to speak in English, and you needed learn Dutch, there were Dutch modules for foreingers.

It wasn´t clean but the environment was pretty nice, I mean, the relation between the people who was living in the same building was great.

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