We have many memories from the exchange and communications the past year. Here are some thoughts from our students:
Question: How did you feel about using English?
- It was very okay. It was nice to refresh my English. After some time, I became very comfortable speaking English.
- I recognized that my English was not as good as I thought, but after some time I felt I improved my English.
- It was no problem to speak English, but I had to look up a fem words in my dictionary.
Q: What is your opinion of your Catalan friend's English?
- In the beginning, my Catalan friend was working hard speaking English, but she became much better after short time. She told me that she became better because she had to speak English with me all the time.
- We had several Catalan students living together in the same hause in Harstad, and they helped each other in English. When we talked about things, we always used English, but when we had language difficulties, the guest students helped each other. My guest became much better in English during the stay in Harstad and during our time in Barcelona. In Barcelona we lived just the two of us together, then we had to use google translate if we had language problems. I improved my English, but I believe my Catalan friend improved her English more.
