Universidad de Sevilla (US)

In the classroom I learned quite a bit of useful information and all the professors spoke the local language. However, as I made friends with the locals I learned a lot more Spanish and that's what made the experience so treasured.

When I first arrived in Sevilla I had a hard time understanding the dialect and accent unique to the Andalucia. After a couple weeks I was at ease and could easily communicate in both social and academic settings.

Since this was my second time studying in Sevilla and I knew the city and the university I had a easier time than most students. I learned well but in Sevilla the spanish speak a lot faster so it was hard at times.

A program that I think is very helpful for both the international student and the students of the home university is the intercambio program, where an international student is paired up with a local student to become somewhat like language instructors but in a more social setting.

I have had Spanish for 1, 5 year at my home University and it was basic when I went to Sevilla. During the 5 months stay in Sevilla it became every time a little bit better. There were especially in the beginning some struggling points where I found it really hard to understand and speak Spanish. This was not always even pleasant but I in the last month there are is a lot of improvement. Now I can understand Spanish and even Sevilliaans good. Written is also basic to good, but my weak point is speaking Spanish. The people understand me and know what I say. So, I can express myself after 5 months but unfortunately it is not totally correct Spanish.

i found that the majority of exchange students cling together and never really try to learn the foreign language and that makes it really hard at first. later i made a stronger effort to get to know more locals, and that´s when i really begin to learn spanish.