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| Elizabeth_rb Diglot Groupie United Kingdom polyglotintraining.b Joined 4646 days ago 54 posts - 84 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: GermanB1 | Message 1 of 6 21 September 2012 at 8:40pm | IP Logged |
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Can I please ask those who have language degrees a couple of questions? This is research
for a book. Did you have a year abroad studying/living during your degree studies? What levels did you start and finish your degree at (approx CEFR/ILR levels will be fine)? Lastly, what language was it and what country was the university (i.e. I'm French, but I did my degree in Chinese and Spanish in the UK, etc). Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| StarcrazyAngel Triglot Groupie China Joined 6009 days ago 47 posts - 61 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 2 of 6 21 September 2012 at 9:14pm | IP Logged |
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Hello,
I did Spanish, Italian and Catalan at a UK university. I started Italian as A1 or ab-initio, Spanish as B2 and Catalan A1. I finished with a C1 in Spanish and Italian and B1 in Catalan. I spent my year abroad in Bologna, Italy and then 2 months in Barcelona and Seville. I hope that helped you. Good luck with your book. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6713 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 6 22 September 2012 at 1:13am | IP Logged |
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I studied French in the 70s at the University in Århus, Denmark, but while I was there I could also follow courses in other languages, partly courses for students of French, partly regular courses for students of other languages (but only part of their curriculum). I participated in one single short study tour (a week or so), but never studied abroad. I have no idea what CEFR/ILR a main subject ('hovedfag') at a Danish university officially is supposed to correspond to, but with a decent note it must be C2. I was probably at B1 in conversation when I started, but better at reading. Edited by Iversen on 22 September 2012 at 1:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| gales87 Pentaglot Newbie Spain Joined 4779 days ago 12 posts - 20 votes Speaks: Welsh, English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French Studies: German | Message 4 of 6 22 September 2012 at 6:06pm | IP Logged |
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I did Spanish Studies in the UK. I started the degree with a good B1 level and finished with C1+. I did a whole year abroad in Seville where I studied and passed the B2 and C1 language classes.
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| Leurre Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5435 days ago 219 posts - 372 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Korean, Haitian Creole, SpanishC2 Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 6 22 September 2012 at 6:19pm | IP Logged |
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I just finished a degree in Korean.
I studied for one year in the U.S and one year in Korea. I started at a 2 on the ILR scale, and finished testing in at a 4 on the same scale. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5474 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 6 of 6 23 September 2012 at 1:24am | IP Logged |
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I studied German and Russian at a Scottish university. I also studied Polish there for the first two years. I
spent nine months in Vienna and three months in Yaroslavl, Russia (which I extended to six months on my own initiative, but the course requirement was three months). I also spent a total of six weeks in Warsaw, which were funded by the university but not compulsory (unthinkable these days, I would imagine!) I started university ab initio in Polish, around high A1/low A2 in Russian, and maybe high B1/low B2 in German. I quit Polish after two years somewhere around A2, I reckon, and graduated at C1 in both German and Russian. All these are just personal estimates, though, since the CEFR categories were either non- existent or little known at that time (1991-1996). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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