71 Languages Reviews
4.09 / 5 based on 429 reviews
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anonymous
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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
Wanted to learn the basics of the host language, but we didn't have the possibilities, there was no course in norwegian. You could speak English with everybody in the country. It helped to improve the knowledge. I never had communication problems.
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Nikolaj N
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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
In Norway virtually everybody speaks English, even in the supermarkets. Therefore it was not really worth the trouble learning Norwegian, when you don't have that as a target.
The level of Enlish of the teachers was not always very good.
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RebekkaV
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Knowledge of the local language is not necessary at all. Local people speak English very well, communication with the other exchange students is a good practice, if you don't feel very confident about it.
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Camille G
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
As Norwegian is not a common language in Europe, it was not so easy to learn it. But a good point was that almost every Norwegian is fluent in English. This way, it was very easy to communicate everywhere in Bergen , even in supermarkets, transports,etc... with local people.
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anonymous
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
It was very good, because you are used to speak a foreign language... I came back in Greece and I had the feeling that I had to speak English and not Greek,
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Petra H
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
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
Language of instruction was English - so was no problem! It was not necessary to speak the local language - really every Norwegian speaks English
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