Exchange Student Essay

It was August 2011, when I was watching television together with my family. We sat together in the living room like we usually do. There was nothing special in the news so I didn’t really pay attention about what was going on, I kept reading my book and talked to my mom. A little while after that I heard the newscaster say about the war what was happening in the Middle East between the countries there (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, etc.) and United States of America. I already knew that they

age of 14, I had my first determination in my life. I wanted to be an exchange student. I love to learn new things such as languages and cultures. And being exchange student seemed to be a perfect idea. At the age of 15 - when I was a 10th-grade student - I became an AFS exchange student going to Hungary. I have my best experience there. I have 2 lovely host families and a lot of friends from around the world. Being exchange student gave me an opportunity to learn a new language which is Hungarian.

Richard Hartshorne and Jennifer Baucom (2007), entitled, “Issues Affecting Cross-Cultural Adaptation of International Graduate Students Richard,” published at the Multicultural Learning and Teaching Journal, the issues or challenges that international graduate students related to cross-cultural adaption were investigated. The main idea of the study was that international students need to cope and adjust themselves to a new culture in order to make their learning experiences more meaningful, and in order

Introduction Around 300,000 American students are able to partake in studying abroad each year (Klebnikov, Sergei). With over 7 billion people spread throughout the world we may think that experiencing places in our own county is seemingly impossible. However, today we have so many opportunities to travel the world as young people. Iowa State University has focused on giving students of all different backgrounds the ability to go out and experience the world. Analysis of Mission Iowa State University

Richard Hartshorne and Jennifer Baucom (2007), entitled, “Issues Affecting Cross-Cultural Adaptation of International Graduate Students Richard,” published at the Multicultural Learning and Teaching Journal, the issues or challenges that international graduate students related to cross-cultural adaption were investigated. The main idea of the study was that international students need to cope and adjust themselves to a new culture in order to make their learning experiences more meaningful, and in order

Thesis statement: Osaka University is one of the best universities in Japan that provides many facilities to support the students. Japan has many famous universities, one of them is Osaka University. Handai Daigaku or Osaka University is a national university that located in Osaka, Japan. It is the 4th best ranked higher education institution in Japan in 2016 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Osaka University is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College

the need to deal with the millions of pieces of war surplus equipment that remained overseas after the war. II. The Historical Context Exchange of Scholars in early U.S. Higher Education There is no record of any state or federally funded scholar exchange program until the twentieth century. However, it wasn’t uncommon for American students and scholars to study in educational institutions abroad even early in the history of U.S. higher education. German universities were usually the

foreign students in China Rupesh Regmi*, Zhang Zhuo College of Economics and Management Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China Email: regmi@nuaa.edu.cn Abstract The Belt and Road Initiative was proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, with the main aim of promoting economic and cultural ties between China and countries in Asia, Europe and Africa, apart from cooperation in infrastructure building, finance, it also focuses on cultural exchanges within

with this globalization, students, in all over the world, should be opened to other countries and cultures which exceed the boundary of their nation. Studying abroad, which means leaving the homeland country and pursuing the education in another country ( Dervin&Byron, 2008), could be one of the ways for the students to explore this globalized world. It has been mentioned by the Institute of International Education (IIE) that in the last two decades the number of students studying abroad worldwide

As Brazilian society draws from multiple cultures, it will be particularly important to understand the interaction of these cultures in creating intercultural barriers, and how to utilize conflict strategies to overcome them when proposing a student exchange program to Brazilian dignitaries. With a low individualism score of 38 out of 100