Languages - Reviews of Universität Basel | Switzerland

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Juan C

Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
Pharmacy, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Was learning German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

How much did you improve your German?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I experienced difficulties in the situations descrived above at the begining as I could speak just a bit of german. But I managed to learn the language pretty good and after some months I had no problem. The dialect in the german switzerland is really hard to understand but fortunatelly the academic language is the normal german and every german swiss can speak "high german" without any problem.

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Denise T

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Philology, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

I was so busy committing to my studies I did not have the chance to enroll in German courses. I know I wouldn't have acquire much in three months, though, so I was satisfied with getting used to hearing the language and the local dialect about me. It will certainly help me absorb the language easier if I decide to seriously take up the language some day.

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