Languages - Reviews of Universiteit Maastricht (UM) | Netherlands

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Cristina A

Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Economics, 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: Basic phrases

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Personal comments

i really like the fact that i could learn two langages at the same time, but actually it was not really necessary because everybody speaks english and i had no need to learn dutch at all.

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Bernhard L

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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: 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

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Personal comments

Corporate language of Universiteit Maastricht is English. No problem to communicate with Dutch university staff or with locals in general. Every Dutch seems to speak English perfectly.

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Emanuele P

Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
Business Studies, Graduate, Erasmus

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 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:
My level after:

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

dutch is not worth it to spend a lot of time on it. On the contrary they speak an excellent English, which of course enabled me to further improve my language skills.

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chaggart

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Undergraduate, University of California -EAP

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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

How much did you improve your the local language?

My level before: Did not speak it
My level after: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

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Personal comments

Difficult to get an opportunity to speak Dutch, since the Dutch themselves are mostly all fluent in English and usually two or three other languages as well. Good for them, but bad for my Dutch language ability.

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Giulia D

Università Degli Studi Di Roma - Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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 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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations

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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Personal comments

Learning english in Maastricht depends on the interaction with other international students not only on the studies, because dutch people only speak dutch among themselves, and all the signs etc. are in dutch...

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alh201

Pennsylvania State University, State College, United States
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Undergraduate, University Agreement

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 the local language a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my the local language

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

Overall

Personal comments

I was somewhat disappointed that it was not mandatory to learn Dutch. Even though all classes were taught in English I really think we should have been mandated to at least try to speak the country's language.

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