Languages - Reviews of Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR) | Netherlands

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jbnomis

Université de Montpellier I, Montpellier, France
Law, European Community/EU, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

It is obviously a good experience! When you have to deal with people from more than 30 countries, and so from different cultures, it gives you so much.

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Dominika Z

Ekonomická Univerzita V Bratislave, Bratislava, Slovakia
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

I chose that country mainly because of English. People there, even they are dutch they speak English and I wanted to be in it every day. What also happend. It helped my English so much.

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wolff_r

Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden
and economics, Graduate, SOCRATES

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: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Since I have lived and studied for a year in the United States and half a year in Israel I did not experience any trouble with studying in English.

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drako

Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
Informatics, Graduate, MSc

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: Did not speak it

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Everybody speaks english so no prob with that. Dutch sounds hard and EUR asks for 450 euros per trimester to teach you!!! I wanted to but 1400 euros for one year is TOO much for me

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