Languages - Reviews of Växjö Universitet | Sweden

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fhumbert

ESCEM Tours-Poitiers, Tours, France
Management Science, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

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Swdish people are very good at english and it'srare to find somebody who can't speak english, hence it was easy to go everywhere and to be understood, the language was far from being an obstacle to communication.

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alesnas

Universita degli Studi Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Management Science, Undergraduate, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your English?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

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everybody speaks english. you don't really need to speak swedish. their level in english makes you learn english in a country where the local languag eis another one. Most tv programs are in english as well.

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anonymous

Hogeschool Holland, Diemen, Netherlands
Communication and Information Sciences, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

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Personal comments

There were no problems in managing to live and study here. Maybe my English sometimes got worse because some people understand you better if you leave some words out of you sentences while speaking..

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Sol T

Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Economics, Undergraduate, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your English?

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

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

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I choosed Sweden because I knew that the language of instructions was in english and I din't know more than basic words. After my Erasmus year I was able to speak in english without problems.

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nwatters

Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
management accounting and informations systems, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

There was a language course, which wasn't paticularly good and finished too early in the semester. Swedes are more than willing to speak english, even to other swedes when you are among them

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Aude M

Université Bordeaux I Sciences et Technologies, Bordeaux, France
Computer Science / IT, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your English?

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

How much did you improve your Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

in any cases, you improve your skills... there are students from every country and speaking every kind of english...french people are the worse english speaker at the beginning , i think.

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