Languages - Reviews of Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (EHSAL) | Belgium

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Viktorija K

Universitetas Vilniaus, Vilnius, Lithuania
Business Studies, 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 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

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As Belgium has two official languages it is even more difficult, because I don't know any of them. On average, some misunderstanding appeared quite often in public places. In university no problems occured, as mostly everybody speaks very good English.

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Robert H

Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Informatics, Graduate, Independent

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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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I came to learn French. However, most people spoke English or wanted to so I ended up not improving my French very much. There was a large presence of Italian students So now I am learning Italian and will move there soon an hopefully become fluent.

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Sedat B

Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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 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: 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

Brussels is a biligual country. That's why if you know French or Dutch it would help you in daily life and of course in education. But if you know English you can face with some little difficulties but no more than this.

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spezzino

Universita di Parma, Parma, Italy
Financial Management, 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 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: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

The english experience has been perfect, studying throughout one year economic texts it gave me the technical vocabulary I lacked.Now I am also able to recognize different accents of foreigners in english. I had the opportunity to learn french, being brussels french/dutch speaker. I studied it first at EHSAL, then I took a 120 hours course at Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, obtaining a diploma.

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Karin G

Fachhochschule Hof, Hof, Germany
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

French I knew before and Dutch I had a crah and a follow uo course. That was quite helpful. As all courses and all administration was in English I had no problems. On the streets my French did very well.

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Linda H

Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Swedish

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Was learning the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

The courses were held in english which does not presebt a problem for me. Brussels is of course french and flemish. I had some courses and a sufficient knowledge of the languages to get around

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