Languages - Reviews of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | Portugal

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Elisabeth D

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Economics, 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: At ease in most situations

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

the teachers english was quite good, we had some problems with portuguese students, some of them hardly speak a word english, which was quite difficult in group works

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Herbert M

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Portuguese is quite hard to learn if you don´t know any latin language. But after a while you can get along pretty well and many portuguese speak english anyway.

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anonymous

Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Most Portuguese speak English, so it is easy to get around. Portuguese is a difficult language, but I took a language course.

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Marian M

Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden
Political Science, Undergraduate, free-mover 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: Did not speak it
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: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Everyone face difficulties facing new language and culture, however its important that the people are friendly to help.

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Nathalie P

IEP- Sciences-Po, Paris, France
Development Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: Portuguese

Was learning Portuguese a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Portuguese

How much did you improve your Portuguese?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Pretty well. Courses in the Host university helped and social interaction with portuguese students as well as erasmus.

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Hannelore K

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, 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: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

The language skills of most of the teachers was pretty good. The english skills of the students was quiet excellent.

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