University of Wales Swansea

My English was already fluent when I decided to have this experience abroad, but my English has certainly improved after this studying period at Swansea. I was able to learn specific vocabulary related to Business studies, and I had the opportunity to talk in English most all the time I spent in the UK, which made my speaking much better and gave me the possibility to learn some slang. I also improved my French because there were lots of French speakers studying in Swansea.

Communication was unexpectedly halted after I had been in Wales only five days, due to the events of September 11. But, looking beyond that, communicaton was fairly effective at Swansea. We were able to learn a little Welsh and, more over, were able to get a sense of the tones and accents of our fellow Welsh, English, Scottish and Irish students.

I'm doing international studies in the Netherlands, so I have to speak english anyway when I'm at the University, therefore my English was already pretty good before I went. however, I have learned some slang, And I think that generaly I was a bit more comfortable with speaking english at the end of the period than at the beginning.

At the beginnig I had some problems in understanding the english spoken by native welsh people but after a couple of month I was fine with it. When I started understanding and speaking a good English it hasn't been hard to interatct also with English students

My English had already improved through living and studying in Nottingham for half a year. Therefore, the language was no problem for me this time. I felt confident and never had the feeling that I had troubles writing essays or understanding lecturers.

My English was good when I came to Swansea and it was excellent at the end of my stay, thanks to my flatmates who tought me English through casual conversation . Reading the paper regularly also helped a good deal to learn formal English,.