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RUBEN B

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Law, International, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

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Belgians are quite reserved people, as most of francophones, so you are expected to speak the most of your French with other foreign students. If you have the oporunity, make "interchange" of languages in order to improove your language and meet people.

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Enrique J

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Economics, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

French speakers, no matter if they´re belgians, french or wathever, are not very opened to foreigners, specially to the ones who don´t speak well their language, so if you manage to have many local friends, think that that is not the usual thing.

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Christina W

Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Undergraduate, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

At the beginning it was very hard to communicate in french, but it was getting better every day at university. The problem was that the most we - the Erasmus people - spoke English, because some did't understand french.

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Francesca M

Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
European Studies, Graduate, Master

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

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

It was a very good experience for my education also becasue I think that foreign languages, English in particular, are fundamental today if you want to find a good work. at the end, i think that to know and speak foreign languages can help you to understand the other cultures

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anonymous

Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Engineering, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I didn't have big problems about communication. There were a lot of people from Spain, so sometimes it was difficult to speak in the local language.

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Elisabet P

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

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

Learning french was one of the most important aspects in my choice of coming in Brussels. I can say that I'm really satisfied about that. My level when I arrived was not specially good and now I'm capable of talking about anything. I'm really happy with my evolution.

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