My Three Challenges For International Students

How to be a successful student? Different people may have different understandings about the definition of 'successful student'. I personally believe a successful student must be good in all aspects. A student who does extreamly well in math or physics but cannot write, read and use his own language and pass the necessary examination then he is not successful, vice versa. Moreover, if a student can pass all the examination on all subjects with high marks but doesn't have a healthy body, then he or she cannot be called as successful. The reason is simple. We have to use the knowledge we learn at school in our work. If we cannot work due to a poor health then all of the high marks will become meanless.

Why does international students tend to group themselves away from American students? What are some possible aspects that cause difficulties for international students to make American friends? In Karin Fischer’s article, she used the online questionnaire that professor Elisabeth Gareis conducted on international students in America to answer those questions proposed above. This survey’s result claims that cultural and regional differences affect international students to have difficulties when trying to make American friends. This research was conducted on various non-American students with different genders, cultural backgrounds and circumstances. Not even half of the participants responded that they have a good friendship with American students. Karin argues that students’ home region, university’s location and language differences took critical roles which made a barrier between international

As the widespread population of teenage international student body growth, many more promising and upstanding students came to America to develop their better selves. When the first year they come, the very different environment would be a challenge for this young generation of student who just left the protection of their parents and familiar teachers and friends. The adjustment of academic will be a fundamentally challenging for them in many different aspects.

Freedom of speech in America is important to everyone who lives here.People in other countries do not have freedom to do what they like. They can not be free to do what they want,like we can her in America. Thanks to our government and our laws,people are allowed to speak about their government without punishment,and can express themselves in whatever way they choose to.

Every year there are around 435,000 international students enrolled in universities around the UK (UKCISA). Studying abroad for a lot of these students is a privilege, however it can be a stressful experience for various reasons. There are plenty of challenges, other than language barrier, that these students face, like major culture shock, homesickness, and financial difficulties.

I came from China to America in 2015. Because I was new to here and can’t speak English very well, my parents advised me to go to college to improve my English. At the beginning, I was so confused about everything around me. The new environment was unfamiliar to me, and besides, I also felt very scared, since I didn’t know what kind of life would be in front of me. Having no other choice, I decided to start with going to college. In the first semester, I took the math and sociology class, totally 8 units. Because I was unfamiliar with the system how America students choose the class, I dare not to take so many classes. In the process, I got to know that the education in America is quite different with that in China. Students can ask questions

Americans at all times assumed that individual effort can triumph over circumstances. Therefore, U.S. students decide to isolate themselves from socializing with international students or other things such as having lunch with them, enjoying at parties or night clubs that they consider a disturbance because some think, Why waste time with new people? In Rebekah Nathan’s book “My Freshmen Year”, she claims that international students saw individualism and independence as a characteristic in American students. Nathan enlightens how she saw very little collaborations between families and friends in American students. Rebekah Nathan claims that international students find it blurred when they attempt to recognize and associate with American students.

In Nathan’s article, she keeps her principal focus on how foreign students interact with American students and the distinctive type of relationships that they build. It is quite strange to some of the foreign student’s that Nathan has interviewed about how non-committed American students are to the foreign students because American 's students do not socialize as much, and tends to spend more time alone. Furthermore, they will make small talk rather than being close friends or let it evolve into more. At that point, Nathan turns her center towards the difference between a relationship and a friendship between American and foreign students. She also discusses with different foreign students with different background and how they interact with their American roommates, and the relationship that they bond. In addition, American student’s family is a distinct subject from school but for international students, it is something naturally integrated into their social lives, which is why they care so much about their parents (Nathan 73). Furthermore, she discusses how many foreign students make comments about how different students look and the lack of attention that they give their professor compared to in their home country. Nevertheless, the social life and making companions in American can be quite troublesome for any foreign students. However, once you become acquainted with American students and get to be

“In 2006 to 2007, according to the data compiled by the Institute of International Education, 582,984 students from all over the world were enrolled in American colleges and universities in a wide range of fields” (Carter, Paragraph 2, 2008). The United States has the highest number of students who are coming to study abroad than any other countries. Each year, the number of international students coming to the United States to obtain degrees is increasing by thousands, and home countries of these students are primarily India, China and Korea, all located in the whole different continent. But what are the motives of students who are crossing the sea to study? Their goal of studying abroad is to experience diversity and to adapt attitudes

In the article “Academic culture shock” author Godwin A. Kara discuss about the American academic institutions and the culture shock faced by the international students and scholars in the academic system. In the opening lines the author states “There is a gradual increase in the number of international students and scholars every year in United States”. The author also points out the differences in the academic traditions. He highlights the adjustments and challenges the international students face in American institutions. The issues faced by the international teaching faculty are also discussed. The author tries to point out that the cultural shock faced by the international students affects their academic success and that the American academic institutions should recognize and support the international students.

International students face many different challenges when studying abroad. This is due to many factors. First, they are living in a country very far away from their own. The country they are studying at has a very different way of life than theirs. Further more, the laws in that country are much different than the laws in their own country. Due to that they face a lot of problems trying to adapt to this new culture. Me personally as an international student in the US studying at ASU, have faced three particularly difficult challenges that I was able to overcome through time. In this essay I will explain how international students can overcome tough challenges and situations.

Most of the students are inexperienced in living away from their home, so this is their first experience in an unfamiliar environment with different culture and traditions, trying to adapt and co-exist with the others. Evidently at the beginning they can face problems such as culture shock and the difficulties in communication. Two general issues are very popular for most of the international students which are finance managing and making/finding/building friendship. This essay will define three very popular problems that international students may face.

In a research article written by 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 to achieve this some barriers must be overcome. The main purpose of the study, therefore, was to recognize the diverse barriers that face the international students and then propose ways of overcoming these barriers efficiently. In a much broader sense, the objectives of the study are two-fold: to identify and understand the barriers for inter-cultural adaptation and then provide recommendations on how to lessen or overcome such barriers with the different stakeholders in mind. The revealed that such barriers are a result in differences in the international students’ home culture and the new or host culture, the differences in learning environments, and personal uniqueness or the “self.” Nevertheless, there are also similarities among these four factors. The authors noted that the similarities can be improved and the barriers can be minimized if some initiatives are to be taken. The authors were able to give five initiatives: give them time to

In a research article written by 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 to achieve this some barriers must be overcome. The main purpose of the study, therefore, was to identify the diverse barriers encountered by international students and then propose ways of overcoming these barriers efficiently. In a much broader sense, the objectives of the study are two fold: to identify and understand the barriers for inter cultural adaptation and then provide recommendations on how to lessen or overcome such barriers with the different stakeholders in mind. The revealed that such barriers are a result in differences in the international students’ home culture and the new or host culture, the differences in learning environments, and personal uniqueness or the “self.” Nevertheless, there are also similarities among these four factors. The authors noted that the similarities can be improved and the barriers can be minimized if some initiatives are to be taken. The authors were able to give five initiatives: provide

As the world continue to advance, traveling around the world has become common among people lives. In the past, traveling was not as important as in today’s life. People, nowadays, go abroad to find a better quality of life, such as a higher education, well-paid jobs, different places of entertainment, or maybe they need medical assistant not available in their country. According to that, recent studies have shown that the number of international students who are enrolled outside their countries has increased worldwide in the last decades. Almost all of them will face a phenomenon as soon as they go far away from their hometown, which is called cultural shock. However, learning the phases of cultural adjustment will aid to deal with the culture shock that many people have faced it in different ways, including Chinese, myself, and other international students.