Uppsala Universitet (UU)

Swedish people know there languages and speak English very well. That is why I did not have many problems with communicating. I did follow a course in Swedish and was enthousiastic in the beginning, but the course went too slow and I llost interest. Better said my interest shifted to other more interesting things to do.

Almost all the Swedes can speak without problem in english, so even if i hav learned just a few words in swedish, i have had no problem in the every day life, neither in the academic life. the presence of many international students that are native englissh speakers helped me to improve this language. The same happened with the large spanish "community" that forced me to speak in spanish and to improve also this language.

As the courses as well as my interactions with other foreign students were mostly in English, my knowledge of this language improved. Obviously I also had a lot of opportunities to speak Swedish (which is a language I grew up with) and I got a lot of practice in speaking it.

It was quite easy to get along with people there because lmost everybody spoke english fluenetly so I could improve my english quickly to reach a really good level after 5 months spent there.Nonetheless, I have one regret because I didn t learn much abouty swedish.

I studied Swedish in Australia before going to Uppsala. I wanted to improve my social Swedish during my time there, but found it difficult because it was easier to speak English with Swedes. I needed to make a better effort to speak Swedish from the outset.

I went to Sweden and I learnt mostly english because it was my instruction language.The native people in general was nice because even if I was in Sweden they spoke to me in english. I felt sorry for them and for me because I didnt learn the local language