Languages - Reviews of Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | Belgium

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Tiago T

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Porto, Portugal
Economics, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

Not knowing french can be really annoying in a place like this. But the interation with local students, professors eases allot the learning of french. So in a couple of months the language left to be a problem.

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anonymous

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

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

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

It would be better to choose courses in the local language to benefit from synergies; however the challenge of mixing languages is also enriching as long as a (local) language course is pursued additionally.

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Anna K

Szkola Glowna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Warsaw, Poland
Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I gained knowledge of environmental vocabulary in the areas of the courses that I took. I improved as well my general knowlegde of english language because of international student environment.

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Sergej K

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I took a course in French language which is normally reserved to Belgian students who ae in their last semester. This course was a great experience from the language point of view. Apart from that a spoke French a lot as was living together with people from Belgium and France.

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Morena B

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Business Studies, Graduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: French

Was learning French a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my French

How much did you improve your French?

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I knew pretty well french before and I improved technical and business language skills. I followed some course in english and that helps me to improve my skills

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Andreas K

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, Graduate, CEMS

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

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

A good advice is to get to know a lot of belgian people; Do not stick with all the Erasmus people, try to improve your language by speaking with the Belgians.

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