Languages - Reviews of Universität Freiburg (UNIVERSITé DE FRIBOURG) | Switzerland

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Ernult D

Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Public Relations / Publicity / Advertising, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

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it was not so complicated for me cause Fribourg is two languages city (German and French) then one the two language is my mother tongue. then for all administrative stuff I could manage it in my mother tongue. about the germen the problem is that in fribourg, swiss people don't speak the "real" german" but the Swiss German which is really hard to understand

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Thaisbcn

Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Economics, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your French?

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

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Fribourg is just at the border between the French speaking and German Speaking aere. For me the election of Fribourg was in part because of this duality of languages. I could follow my courses in French and enjoy whithout pression my Deutch lessons. I think is a good option. The University is bilingual, every student has the option of choosing the language.

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sabjob

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Physics, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

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Switzerland is a perfect country for learning many languages. Most of the people there speak both Germanand Franch and at least people at the University are also fluent in English. On the street Swiss German can be a problem even if you are a german native speaker but everybody can speak also German properly.

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wvandersypen

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Law, European Community/EU, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

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The fact that both the town and the unversity have an almost 50/50 mix of French/German speakers, make it an interesting and challenging experience. I did find myself speaking English a lot as well with the international crowd.

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jordiescriba

Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Economics, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

Language difficulties

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Before I began my Erasmus in Fribourg my level of French was high, but after spending a year there my fluidity and surety on French has become better. I also tried to learn German, but i'm not able to say a lot of sentences at the moment.

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