Languages - Reviews of Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA) | Netherlands

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anonymous

Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Literature, 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: Did not speak it
My level after: At ease in most situations

Language difficulties

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Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

Minor problems at the beginning of the academmic year because I didn't know Dutch yet. Dutch is really easy to learn when you already know German.

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Srividya B

National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Social Sciences, Undergraduate, University Agreement

Languages

Language of instruction: English

Was learning English a key decision factor?

Yes, I wanted to improve my English

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

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

Dutch was a difficult language to learn, not because of the nature of language itself, but because of the fact that it fluent english was spoken in all parts of the Netherlands.

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Abhishek S

Mumbai University, Mumbai, India
Financial Management, Graduate, Independent

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

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

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Personal comments

I am still learning Dutch but overall one can easily stay in Amsterdam without learning dutch because of the cosmopolitan nature of the city.

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Rocco D

Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
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: Basic phrases
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: Basic phrases

Language difficulties

Social

Educational

Administrative / Institutional

Overall

Personal comments

A the beginning it was hard. After one week i knew a lot of people, from all around the world. Whit their help i improved my english in a very easy way, and very fast!

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