Languages - Reviews of Universidade do Minho | Portugal

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Mathilde B

Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers, France
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, 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

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There are two points; I met some Potuguese people at the University, or somewhere else, who allowed me to practice and to improve my Portuguese. However with the erasmus students I mostly speak English because only few of them can speak Portuguese; but we sometimes try and help each other in improving our skills.

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Hasan G

Istanbul Teknik Unversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey
Engineering, Mechanical, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

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Portuguese is really hard to learn in 5 months. the best option is to take a beginners course before you come to Portugal. There you can improve easily in two months by practice. And most of the Portuguese people don't speak Enlish so do not trust in you English Skills.

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Jorge D

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Law, International, Graduate, 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: Basic phrases
My level after: At ease in most situations

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It was so great to me cause i started to improve two languages, english and portuguese, thanks to the people from other countries and the local people. Grateful experience

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Indre s

Law University of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Law, 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: At ease in most situations

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Strange, but portuguese people almost doesnt speak english...

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karin_kakkie

hogeschool edith stein/oct, Hengelo, Netherlands
Education, Primary, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

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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The luanguage-course I followed war really hard, but that was becouse of my co-students, they were spanish and Italian, so the language was a little more easier for them. I learned a lot, but it was not easy.

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