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Virginia -. Good morning everybody! I’m Virginia and today I have with me the rest of my group “The Canadian Beaver”. We have with us Rick, a student from the University of Canada who is studying communication .He will tell us some important aspects about universities in Canada.

Virginia -Hello Rick!

Rick -. Hi

Virginia -. First of all, how many days a week do you go to university? Here in Spain students usually go to university from Monday to Friday. Is the same in Canada?

Rick -. Well it's the same in Canada we go to  school from Monday to Friday just as in same in Spain

Virginia -. And how many hours a day do you spend at university?

Rick -. Well usually I spend like six hours a day at university

Virginia -. Oh! In Spain students usually spend four or five hours

Giulia -. Listen Rick we wanted to ask you something, for example in Spain there is a special festivity which is called the “Feria de Abril”. It's a week of practically party in Seville, we  wanted to know are there any particular days or holidays in Canada that you celebrate?

Rick -. Well the big one is the first of July when we celebrate our independence so it’s a very nice thing because we celebrate and we party a lot.

Giulia -. Another question Rick on average how many students are there in a class? In Spain It depends maybe on the lessons and on the cities as in a big City there are more students and in a smaller city there are less students that go to university and in Canada?

Rick -. Well it depends on the classes as well but it can go up to one hundred people in a class

Giulia -. Yes in Seville maybe it's something less than 100 maybe 60 or 50

Giulia -. Do you think that being many students in a class affects the quality of the lesson or not ?

Rick -. No what affects the quality of the lesson is the behavior of the students and if they behave quietly and silently there is no problem at all.

Giulia -. Thank you

Carmen-. Do you often have many team works and how useful do you think they are?

Rick -. Yea, we have a lot of team works and I can think they are useful because that's what we are gonna do in our future. We use team works in our jobs.

Carmen-. Which is the most common foreign  language studied in Canada?

Rick -. Well, it's French because of French Canada.

Carmen-. In Spain people study English but also French.

Carmen-. Are most universities in Canada public or private?

Rick-. Well, there are both of them, and both are exceptional due to our public system.

David-. Which are the most important universities in Canada?

Rick-. The most important ones are the University of Quebec and the University of Toronto.

David-.  Ok, How many years do people usually spend finishing a degree?, In Spain there is a Plan Bolonia which establishes that degrees must last between four and six years. Its depends on the kind of degree.

Rick-. Depends of the curse you are taking but usually it’s like four years of college.

David-.  Finally, do you think that there is anything that should be improved in Canadian Universities?

Rick -. Not at the moment, I believe Canada is one of the strongest countries in the world and it’s because of their education system.

David-. Well Rick. That’s all for now, thank you very much for coming