Languages - Reviews of Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) | Spain

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Ramin G

Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
Engineering, Electronic, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Catalan

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning Catalan a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Catalan

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

How much did you improve your Catalan?

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

How much did you improve your Spanish?

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

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Improved my spanish and learned a lot of catalan. People are very friendly and openminded so there's no problem to start a conversation anywhere.

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Ana V

Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Communication and Information Sciences, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Catalan

Was learning Catalan a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Catalan

How much did you improve your Catalan?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations

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Learning new languages is a wonderful thing to me. I would like to say, although the language of instruction and the language of the city are both catalan, a lot of people there speek spanish and you have no problems at all if you don't know catalan (only in some classes, nut they let you write your exams and your works in spanish). I didn't learn much catalan, but my spanish improved A LOT!

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Alexandra P

University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

How much did you improve your Spanish?

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

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Catalan was a problem occasionally. Teachers decide on which the language teaching. Hence I enrolled in a catalan course of 80 hours.

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zhenhua z

jiao tong, shang hai,china, Spain
Public Health, Undergraduate, Independent

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

How much did you improve your Spanish?

My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

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in Barcelona the spanish is not local language but generaly the people can speak it so I can find many opportunity to practise .

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Leona S

Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

How much did you improve your Spanish?

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

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Due to the existence of the Catalan language in Barcelona,sometimes it could be annoying because one couldn't understand it.However it actually was of benefit because hearing the catalan language allows one to be able to learn a new language quite similar to spanish and french.Overall my experience in learning spanish could not have been better.

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marcoes

Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Public Relations / Publicity / Advertising, Graduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Spanish

Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Spanish

How much did you improve your Spanish?

My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

When I got to Barcelona, I already spoke spanish. Barcelona is a bilingual city - spanish and catalan. Most problems occur with catalan, but since everybody speaks spanish and classes were in spanish too, no problem at all. I can also follow a conversation in catalan, I understand almost everything, but I don't feel comfortable speaking.

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