Languages - Reviews of Högskolan i Skövde (HIS) | Sweden

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Alberto J

Universidad de Málaga, Malaga, Spain
Engineering, Mechanical, 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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Personal comments

I met a lot of people from countries from the US to France. Therefore, I learnt not only English from native people but also from people from other countries, then you see how each one pronounce English.

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Rytis_B

Lietuvos Zemes Ukio Universitetas, Kaunas, Lithuania
Engineering, Mechanical, 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
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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Personal comments

Mostly all host students had been speaking english so I didn't experience any dificulties

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R P

Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your Swedish?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

swedish isn't that difficult to learn, but their english is very good. So why bother? ;-)

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Lorena D

Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Business Studies, 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: Did not speak it
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: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

It's quite difficult at the begining but everything was fine in the end

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Joseph S

Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
Informatics, Graduate, International Masters Program

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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I never had communication problems as everyone spoke english. Swedish was an interesting language, but I couldnt dedicate enough time for learning it.

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