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1、_Advantages and Disadvantages of Studying AbroadIn the US, the number of university students who study abroad increaseddynamically. 154,168 American college students studied abroad from 2000 to2001 compared to 48,483 students from 1985 to 1986 (Rooney 4). The morestudentsstudy abroad, the more organ

2、izationshave to work flexible.“Theuniversityhas tried to track the changinginterestsof its studentsand theincreasingly global nature of its curriculum by setting up programs in countriesthat did not attract as much interest a generation ago”(Rooney 2). A decadeago, the only destinationsof studying a

3、broad were in WesternEurope, butthere are many places for students to study abroad all over the world now(Rooney 2).Why students want to study abroad? For the reason, they can experiencemany amazing things. Studying abroad is not only to participate in classes atuniversity but also to stay in differ

4、ent cultures and languages. To know otherculturesis interesting,becausebad mannersin a countryare sometimesnormal things in the other. If you can speak more languages, we can talk tomany people. Nowadays, it is very important to communicate with people whoare from othercountriesbecauseof businessesa

5、nd to understandothercultures. This experience will positively affect ones future. Furthermore, waysof thinking and knowledge will be wide and flexible. Therefore, studying abroadhas many benefits. However, most students who desire to study abroad tendto think that they can experienceonly good thing

6、s. This thinkingrelate to精品資料_pamphletsbecause they only say good things. A studyingabroad pamphletsays, “Learn a language,broadenyour perspective,exploreyour identity,challenge yourself, increase your self-confidence and decision making skills,re-evaluateyour priorities,valuesor goals,and discovera

7、 new or familycultural heritage ”. If students read this, they will definitelyfeel like studyingabroad, but they have to know oppositeside. Besides, the most importantthing to remember is why they go overseas. The purpose of studying abroad is,of course, to study.Some foreign studentsdie becauseof a

8、ccidentsor committingsuicide.Internationalstudentsexperiencenot only good things but also many badsituations.However,badthingsare rarelyshowedin public.Actually,aJapanesestudent was killed in Australialast year, but we did not hear anyinformation after a few days of the first news. Students commit s

9、uicide ratherthan die by accidents. We meet with bad experiences because of the gap ofcultures and languages, or we just do not suit the country. We cannot predictuntil we go to the country and stay. In addition, these bad experiences affectour study. Moreover,the worse situationsare, the more we fe

10、el homesick.Consequently,everythingmakesus frustrated.Peoplewho wantto studyabroad have to know both good and bad sides.There are mainly three advantages of studying abroad, which are to beable to learn foreign language, experience fun things, and study much harderthan doing in their own countries.

11、On the other hand, three disadvantages are精品資料_predicaments of communicating with people, getting used to a different culture,and tendency to be with people who are from same country.One of the most beneficial things of studying abroad is to be able to learnforeignlanguagesfrom dailylife.To speakmor

12、ethan twolanguagesisnecessity now because we have many chances to talk to people who are fromoverseas by business and even daily life. Most companies require us whetherwe can speak another language or not today. It is not unusual that people canspeak more than 2 languages fluently any more. It means

13、 that borders of eachcountyare gettinglow, and more people go out from their own countriesrecently than a decade ago.“We think language proficiency is one of the bestthings that can come out of study abroad ”(Rooney2). As she mentions,studying abroad equals to learn foreign language. Naturally forei

14、gn studentscan learn another language. The more they improve their language skills, themoretheycan enjoytheirlivesandmakemanyfriendswhoare nativespeakers.What do you expect when you travel abroad? You will expect differentexperiences from your culture. Of course, you can feel difference, but if your

15、eally want to experience different culture, you have to stay there. Otherwiseyou will not understandthe culture in depth. Another advantageof studyingabroad is that you can experience many interesting things. For example, thereare different religions in different countries. Mostly, East Asian countr

16、ies areBuddhism,Middle Asian is Islam, and Christianityis the one of the biggest精品資料_religions in the world. There are many unique or mixed religions all over theworld. If students go to these certainplaces, they will experiencedifferentreligious and traditional events. Itis alsovery important to un

17、derstandothercultures and people. They might feel weird, strange, or even sad, and annoyed,but these feelings help their thoughts wide and flexible because there is noright or wrong culture.My friend, Satoko Kogure, talked about her opinions of studying abroad.“Im enjoying studying abroad in the US.

18、 I met a lot of people, and I could getdifferent opinions and thoughts from them. I sometimes feel tired of this societyand culture, but many people encourage me. What makes me really happy isthat people try to understand me and they are interested in my culture. I liketalking about cultures with pe

19、ople who have different cultures”(Kogure). Sheappeals to her emotions and characters. She mentions what she got and feltsomething warm from this country and people.In addition, she said that shewas discriminated by American students at university. However, people whodiscriminated her recovered her.

20、They had not considered her situation whenthey understood what foreign people feel about staying other countries. Finally,sheappealedthat,“Whatwehavetodowhenwecommunicatewithforeigners is not to be ethnocentrism. Everyone is also different even if theyare from same country. Thus, we cannot say that

21、this ethnic group is right andothers are wrong ”(Kogure). There are no bad things to know other cultures.Thethirdadvantageisto studymuchharder.Localstudentscan精品資料_understandwhattheteachertalksaboutduringtheclass,whereasinternational students have a difficulty of following classes because of the gap

22、of language, so we spend much more time for studying than students who arenative speakers.Moreover,internationalstudentspay tuition twice as localstudents pay. It helps us study harder. Therefore, we have to study hard to getgood scores and not to waste money. Actually,many foreign studentsgetgood g

23、rades and scholarships. Moreover, if we do not have a strong will aboutstudy, we cannot gain anything from this experience, and even we cannot livein another country. Hence, we are able to have confidence to try somethingnew when we study harder and harder.On the other hand, however, students who wa

24、nt to study abroad shouldnot forget that they would also experience sad, hard, and bad things. One ofthe disadvantagesis studentsare alwaysfacingdifficultyof language.Inclasses, students sometimes do not know what the teachers talk about, theydo not know what to do, and they miss very important info

25、rmation. Besides,they hesitate to ask what the other students are doing. Because of that, peopleseem to think that international students cannot speak the language at all sothat peoplesometimesmisunderstandor even ignore them. Actually,mostinternationalstudentslearn the languagesbeforestudying abroa

26、d,but thenative speakers speaking speed is totally different from the speed that foreignstudents learn in their own countries. Moreover, every language has difficultpronunciations.Languageteacherscanunderstandwhatforeignerssay精品資料_becausetheteachershavealreadygottenusedtolistentoforeigners speaking.

27、 But it is a little bit hard for general peopleto understandit. Thus,foreign students are disappointed to their language skills.Anotherproblemofcommunicatingwithpeoplewhospeakdifferentlanguagesis there are manywordsthat havesame meaningsor similarmeanings,or even a word has several meanings.Taking e

28、xams is hard forinternationalpeople.First of all wehave to understandexactlywhattheteachers ask about. Even we use dictionaries during the exams, dictionariesmake us more confuse. Consequently, it takes more time to finish than localstudents.It is very interesting to know other cultures, but it is h

29、ard to live in anotherculture. We do feel differentand uncomfortableliving in different countries.There is a proverb, which is“When in Rome do as the Romans do”. This istrue. If you behave as if you were in your country, you will be scorned becausewhat you do might be badmanner or taboo in the count

30、ry. But we cannotimitate everything local people do,and wesometimescannot respect whatthey do. These differencesmakestudentsannoy andfrustrate.In addition,international students are sometimes discriminated because of their race andethnic groups. Especially, discrimination against Arab people became

31、severeafter September 11th 2001. This is an article, which titled,“So, where are youfrom ”, written by KristinaLane. This is about the situationof MiddleEastuniversitystudentsstudyingin United States of Americaafter the accident精品資料_happened. Actually, they are in the very difficult situation. They

32、are dealt within the same way as suspects. Many Arab students were arrested or detainedas suspects of the terrorism just because they are from Arabic countries (Lane5). Even if they were born in the US, and have US citizenships, they are stilldiscriminatedbecauseof theirrace.Unfortunately,myIndianfr

33、iendwasattacked by Americans. We do not know why it happened, but he said that itwas becauseof his race.The author mentionsthat, “I view it as a clearmessage that this country does not want Arab students to be in the country”(Lane 2). She appeals emotions, which is what Arab students feel now, andho

34、w some Americans feel to them.Not only Arab students but also people from all over the world have beendealt with American government strictly. For example, it is difficult to enter theUS now and to get any kinds of visa. We have to be checked more than beforeat the airports. Even we can enter the US

35、 luckily; we have to submit manycertificates to the government. Our all data is inputted into the computer.If you had a serious problem in another country, who would you ask to help?You would ask to people who are from same country.You could tell themexactly and they could understand why you are wor

36、ried. You would better tofind someone whom you can trust in another country. However, it is not goodto be with someone who is from same country all the time. Once internationalstudents find someone who is from same country, they seem to be togetheranytime. When they feel homesick, they can encourage

37、 each other, and it is精品資料_comfortableto be the people.However,as a result, theytend to restrictourselves into the small group, and lose the chance to know the more diversecommunity.It doesnot makesensebecausewe came to studyanotherlanguage and make many friends who are native speakers. This is just

38、 wasteof money.In these advantages and disadvantages, there are similarities. In the caseof language, if students try speaking a language to people who are the nativespeakers, they will improve their language skills. However, if they stick to onlysame ethnic group,of course, to study abroad does not

39、 mean anything.Itdepends on person s will whether studying abroad become their benefits ornot. As the same as language, what they experience and how they take thingswill decide worth of studying abroad. Good experiences make them confident,and they will think that studying abroad is worth doing. On

40、the other hand,evenif theyexperiencebadthings,theywilllearnsomethingfromtheexperiences, and these episodes will help them think wide and flexible. Eitherthis experiencebecomes advantageor disadvantagedepends on students will and endeavor. Nobody can help them, but everyone can encourage them ifthey

41、try hard.I wonderedwhy I decidedto study abroad. When I decided to go toEngland, I just wanted to learn English. I thought if it spoke English fluently, itcould be advantage to get a job. I did not think anything more. However, afterstaying in England, I realized what I was interested in. I was interested in