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3.99 / 5 based on 230 reviews
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Roberta G
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Geology, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
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Personal comments
At the begging I passed some bad time, I couldn't understand almost anything, but then I have improved my English. Now that I'm not speaking any more as before I'm losing what I have learned, it's a pity. That's why I need to have new experiences aboard.
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alice s
Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
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)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
At the beginning it was difficult to understand the native-english student because of their accent and slang. After a little bit of time, I've learned proper business English and at the same time I was able to speak with every people I met.
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QI Z
The Textile Engineering College of The Beijing United Univer, BEIJING, China
Business Studies, Graduate, Independent
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before:
My level after:
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
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Personal comments
at the university, communication for us is alright, we can understand each other and chat smoothly. but outside the campus, communication sometimes became a problem because of the local accent.
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Sylvie M
Sciences Po Paris, Paris, France
European Studies, Graduate, Independent
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
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)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
I needed some time to fully cope with academic English. But the amount of research work , essays and presentations I was asked to do helped me a lot to quickly improve my language skills .
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Bogdan I
Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France
Economics, Graduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
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)
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
I had the chance to speak english at all levels, and both with natives and foreigners. But the foreigneirs are a bit more open to communication than the english.
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Nuria G
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Political Science, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Social
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Personal comments
The beginning was pretty diffiult due to I didn't speak the language before going but after 3 months the situation started to change and became more relax for me
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