Languages Reviews
4.17 / 5 based on 217 reviews
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Sergio L
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
If you don't try to meet English people and you just go out and be with people who speak your language you are not going to learn anything. You must try to be with English people and don't be shy.
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Jose C
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I could speak before going there, so it was a great opportunity to improve and learn many new things.It was also interesting learning to understand many different accents of spoken english
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tisba
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Geordies do have a pretty strong accent, close to the Scottish one. Their slang is very tough too. But you get used to it and teachers and students usually are not from the area.
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tatimar
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: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
i improved a lot in my spoken english and i had no problems in understanding English people.however,i found quite difficult to understand the accent of the local people(gordy accent)at the beginning.even my English friends found it quite hard!
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Bala Y
Anna University, Chennai, India
Telecommunications, Graduate, Independent
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
Language is not at all a problem while at University but found a little difficulty when speaking to local people as their accent is different
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Sol A
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: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
The accent in Newcastle is very difficult to understand but there was no problem to understand the university classes
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