Languages Reviews
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Sarah J
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
My university courses enabled me to improve my listening skills and learn academic language. Making friends with local people meant that my spoken language skills improved very quickly.
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rik009
Languages
Language of instruction: Spanish
Was learning Spanish a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Since there were virtually no Dutch people communication in Spanish was necessary. With or without preparation, Spanish is an easy languag to learn, although academic Spanish is something else than talking about football in a bar.
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scottduncan
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: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I was unaware that the course was aimed towards American Student Programmes therefore due to the number of English speaking students i have found it difficult to speak as much Spanish as i would have hoped.
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seanj2001
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I started in DCU, Ireland with no Spanish at all and am about to finish now with proficient Spanish, this is largely due to the year abroad.
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anonymous
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
watching TV and talking to the local population helped me a lot. Besides, after the semester, I've lived one month in a Colombian family
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DonalCarroll
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
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Most people there didnt speak english so that was a big help as regards learning spanosh. However the amount of english speaking students worked against this
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