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Sook Y
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Studying in Australia gave me more opportunities to learn other languages such as German and French.In Malaysia,we are able to speak multilanguage such as Chinese, Malay , Hokkien,Cantonese, Hock Chew,English and etc.Overall, i find it very advantageous to me cause i'm able to communicate with people who does speak using one of the languages mentioned.By learning other languages it means that i do appreciate other peoples' culture and will ease my communication skills with others.
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Sercan Y
Gazi Üniversitesi, Ankara, Turkey
Engineering, Computer, Undergraduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: Apartment/House
Arranged by: Home university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
I want to live the campus life... I wanna meet more friend in this shape...
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Personal comments
My university is best Public of Ankara univesity in the third university. The education is very very good. Every teacher is prof. or dr. teacher. Every body hot people. My university have all sport team and enter the all sport legue. My negative personal comment my university have much expancive the education school prize the other study part.
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Liouba C
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my English
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)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Even though I had a decent knowledge of English before comming to Australia, it has improved dramatically since I live in Sydney. The first weeks were obviously a bit hard because one needs time to ajust to the local accent, slang... At university it took also a couple of months to be completely comfortable with the fact that everything was in English. Indeed an international student has to cope with the difficulty of the class itself but also with language difficulties. Reading in a foreign language is something that takes a lot of time to improve because at first one has to read every single word to be able to have an understanding of the document but after a relatively long time one manages to improve and to quickly grab the main information out of a text to have a general understanding. I spent 2 years in Australia and I can really see an incredible improvement. Some people even ask me if I am local which is always a compliment.
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Andrea B
Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Independently - I had no other choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
The rooms in the UTS accomodation have the perfect location, you have the opportunity to live with people from all over the world. However, if you wish to live a bit outside the city center, looking for an own appartment is a nice alternative, too.
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Personal comments
There are big differences between the three university houses. However, even the rooms in the oldest house are pretty nice.
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Andrea B
Academic
Course recommendations
The level is not as high as in Switzerland, but you have to do much more. For every subject I had to submit an essay, work on a team-project with presentation and final exam.
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My academic experiences
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
Personal comments
I did not have to many Australian students in my classes, as most of them did their graduate courses in the evening, while me and the other international students chose classes during day time.
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My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
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renato v
Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
during my exchange period, the war on irak drove the dollar up, so, overall, australia was quite expensive in comparison with chile. but for europeans or northamericans, australia shuold be rather accesible, if not cheap.
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Overall, Nightlife, Travel:
was more expensive than at home.
Housing, Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
going to australia means doubtlessly an interest in travel. virginblue.com is great web site. if you plan ahead, you can get really cheap fares.
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