To what extent does being in a new culture enhance the university experience?
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Introduction
• There are lots of people studying abroad.
• Different country’s university has different education system and academic backgrounds, student can gain different experiences during their overseas studying.
• Thesis statement: Studying abroad can improve student study skills and can broaden horizons
I. Main Idea #1: Studying abroad which means students can contact with different culture that can rich students experience.
A. Supporting points:
• Being in a different culture and academic backgrounds can influence on students’ intercultural adaptation and how can develop their independent learning.
• Individuals
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• Restate Thesis: Studying abroad can improve student studying skills and broaden horizon.
In recent years, more and more people studying abroad, international students are one important part of university classes. The increase in international student numbers reflect the importance of student studying overseas(Hellstén and Prescott. 2002). Different country’s university has different education system and academic backgrounds, student can gain different experience during their overseas studying. The internationalization of education need student adaptation and changing their aspect to improve self-dependent and cultural awareness, most students travel to a lot of country when they stay at foreign university and contact as much as possible with native person to enhance language skills and cultural communication. So, studying abroad can improve student academic learning as well as broaden their horizons. There are some benefits of being different culture for university experience.
First of all, studying abroad which means people can contact with different culture that can rich student’s experience. Staying at another cultures and different academic background provide an opportunity for international students, which can develop their independent learning and influence on students’ intercultural adaptation(Qing, Michele and Christopher, 2010). For most international students, “Going to university is a further step on a journey of self-discovery in which they are
The need for higher education has prompted many students to seek further studies in international colleges outside their countries and Australia has become an academic hub for international students who mostly come from developing nations in Asia and Africa. The students, once they secure a place in this schools, they are subjected to a new environment which comes with different challenges. International students in Australia have become an integral part of the society both social and economical. However the students face a myriad of challenges before fully adopting to the new learning culture. In
I believe that Australian students do not realize to a full extent how difficult it can be for those coming from different cultural environment. One of the symptoms Oberg described was a sense of loss. Conversation with Ben demonstrated that this is one of the first confusion an international student goes through – the world he used to live in and felt comfortable is no longer the same and there is no one to guide him. No wonder that at the beginning the majority feels depressed. The universities do not analyze social aspect of the international students’ problems. Without finding their place first, they are not able to succeed in their learning process. In most cases, culture shock is difficult to avoid especially if these are not just two different countries but two different continents. Each student needs an introduction to this new world, but he faces too make challenges to cope with them on his own. This is often one of the major explanations why they fail courses or even semesters. It should be reminded that social adaptation is vital for further curriculum progress. Otherwise, they feel detached from the environment. Thus, any further studies considering the experience of international students should be devoted to psychological and social aspects of adaptation as these are the key factors of their acculturation. I can select three of the leading trends that require deeper analysis. Firstly, the study of acculturation changes in the behavior of international students. Secondly, the study of acculturation stress - emotional changes the international students go through. And finally, the third area is the study of acculturation attitudes, i.e. attitudes and values that the individual form under the influence of new cultural environment. Thus it can be seen that student’s adaptation is a much more complex issue that it might
With an increase in student mobility around the world, there are many positive outcomes related to learning a different set of education from their home country and obtaining intercultural experiences with a global mindset. On the other hand, students may struggle with different challenges, which they may have unexpected to encounter.
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