Languages - Reviews of Universitetet i Oslo | Norway

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Diego F

Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Philology, 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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations

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I must say that most of the international students take courses in English only. I took courses in 3 languages, namely English, Norwegian and German. This means that you can choose among a much wider range of courses. Ask someone about the teachers, if you speak the language ask someone about the teachers, cuz there may be written "taught in Norwegian" on the website but then you find a teacher speaking an impossibile dialect from southern Sweden, which the local understand, but it may sound obscure to you...

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Oscar P

Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Chemistry, Graduate, 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: 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

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I was worried in the begining, but I could learn some Norwegian, and improve a lot my English by reading, studying and speaking all day long in this language.

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sofie l

Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium
Language, Graduate, summer course

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.)

Language difficulties

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I took an intensive course, and we had to work for it! But i almost learned more norwegian in six weeks than for example portuguese in six months or hindi in four years, and that wasn't because of me, but because of the teacher and the way of teaching!

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Marta L

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your Spanish?

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

How much did you improve your the local language?

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

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

Exchange always gives us a great opportunity to improve our english. As pretty much everyone in Norway speaks english, I didn't have many incentives to try to speak norwegian outside the "Norwegian classes"

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benjamin T

University of Tours François Rabelais, Tours, Norway
Law, International, Graduate, 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

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

The local language (norwegian) is not so easy to learn also because english is mostly used both by norwegian and foreigners. For this reason, I improved a lot my english and didn't really learnt norwegian.

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