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Andrei Z

Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marketing and Sales Management, Graduate, Summer school based on scholarship from WU Wien

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: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

Most of the students, professors and other academic staff I have interacted with had good knowledge of English. Some of the normal people, especially aged ones, wouldn't understand English. WU Wien provided intensive GErman courses throughout the program, which I have attended with pleasure.

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anonymous

Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Business Studies, Undergraduate, JOSZEF

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Was learning German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

How much did you improve your German?

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

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

We were all exchange students so we were pretty at the same level of language. We really didn't have any problems with communicating with others: professors, local students etc. If we had some problems with expressing ourselves in local language, we could explain the problem in English.

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anonymous

Fundação Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Business Studies, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Was learning German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

How much did you improve your German?

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

Language difficulties

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Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I spoke german and english before going there, but acctually you don´t use german that much as exchange students are always talking in english.

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Alina M

Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Was learning German a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

Living in a dormitory supposed to be mainly for exchange students, interacting everyday with local people and the fact that I chose mainly german courses at the university helped me improve my language and communication skills both in german and in english.

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cristina a

Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

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

You will always find people talking english and many people speaking spanish. The problem are people above 60 or the cleaning women :)

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Mihaela C

Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
Business Studies, Undergraduate, Erasmus

Languages

Language of instruction: German

Was learning German a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my German

How much did you improve your German?

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 think an exchange semester in a foreign country is the best way to improove language abilities and communication. At the beginning I've experienced some troubles in communicating because of the cultural differences but I got used to it.

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