Languages - Reviews of Linköpings Universitet (LIU) | Sweden

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cmtl00

Panepistimio Pireos, Piraeus, Greece
Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

The 90% of swedish people speak english fluently so i hadn't serious problems in communication, but the attedance of the courses was a little bit difficult for me.

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Imke M

Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
Management Science, Graduate, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

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

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

Swedish people can speak very very good English. From the beginning on I didn't have any problems with the communication. Most of the time the people recognized that I am a foreigner with only basic knowlegde of swedish and they immediately spoke English with me.

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Liesbeth B

Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Business Studies, Graduate, 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 Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

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 Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I speak English, also before going there and the university was pretty English oriented, which made it harder for me to motivate myself to learn the local language. I tried however with an intensive language course at the beginning of the semester

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vitus

university of mumbai, mumbai, maharashtra state, India
Medicine, Graduate, residency

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Local language was: Different than language of instruction

Was learning English a key decision factor?

No, it wasn't.

Was learning Swedish a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my Swedish

How much did you improve your Swedish?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

as far as my experience in areas of language proficiency goes, i am quiite adept at learning languages , in fact i am learning swedish right now and i think what with my background with english in a few more month i should have a good grasp .

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