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1、AdvantagesandDisadvantagesofStudyingAbroadIntheUS,thenumberofuniversitystudentswhostudyabroadincreaseddynamically.154,168Americancollegestudentsstudiedabroadfrom2000to2001comparedto48,483studentsfrom1985to1986(Rooney4).Themorestudentsstudyabroad,themoreorganizationshavetoworkflexible.“Theuniversityh

2、astriedtotrackthechanginginterestsofitsstudentsandtheincreasinglyglobalnatureofitscurriculumbysettingupprogramsincountriesthatdidnotattractasmuchinterestagenerationago”(Rooney2).Adecadeago,theonlydestinationsofstudyingabroadwereinWesternEurope,buttherearemanyplacesforstudentstostudyabroadalloverthew

3、orldnow(Rooney2).Whystudentswanttostudyabroad?Forthereason,theycanexperiencemanyamazingthings.Studyingabroadisnotonlytoparticipateinclassesatuniversitybutalsotostayindifferentculturesandlanguages.Toknowotherculturesisinteresting,becausebadmannersinacountryaresometimesnormalthingsintheother.Ifyoucans

4、peakmorelanguages,wecantalktomanypeople.Nowadays,itisveryimportanttocommunicatewithpeoplewhoarefromothercountriesbecauseofbusinessesandtounderstandothercultures.Thisexperiencewillpositivelyaffectonesfuture.Furthermore,waysofthinkingandknowledgewillbewideandflexible.Therefore,studyingabroadhasmanyben

5、efits.However,moststudentswhodesiretostudyabroadtendtothinkthattheycanexperienceonlygoodthings.Thisthinkingrelatetopamphletsbecausetheyonlysaygoodthings.Astudyingabroadpamphletsays,“Learnalanguage,broadenyourperspective,exploreyouridentity,challengeyourself,increaseyourself-confidenceanddecisionmaki

6、ngskills,re-evaluateyourpriorities,valuesorgoals,anddiscoveraneworfamilyculturalheritage”.Ifstudentsreadthis,theywilldefinitelyfeellikestudyingabroad,buttheyhavetoknowoppositeside.Besides,themostimportantthingtorememberiswhytheygooverseas.Thepurposeofstudyingabroadis,ofcourse,tostudy.Someforeignstud

7、entsdiebecauseofaccidentsorcommittingsuicide.Internationalstudentsexperiencenotonlygoodthingsbutalsomanybadsituations.However,badthingsarerarelyshowedinpublic.Actually,aJapanesestudentwaskilledinAustralialastyear,butwedidnothearanyinformationafterafewdaysofthefirstnews.Studentscommitsuiciderathertha

8、ndiebyaccidents.Wemeetwithbadexperiencesbecauseofthegapofculturesandlanguages,orwejustdonotsuitthecountry.Wecannotpredictuntilwegotothecountryandstay.Inaddition,thesebadexperiencesaffectourstudy.Moreover,theworsesituationsare,themorewefeelhomesick.Consequently,everythingmakesusfrustrated.Peoplewhowa

9、nttostudyabroadhavetoknowbothgoodandbadsides.Therearemainlythreeadvantagesofstudyingabroad,whicharetobeabletolearnforeignlanguage,experiencefunthings,andstudymuchharderthandoingintheirowncountries.Ontheotherhand,threedisadvantagesarepredicamentsofcommunicatingwithpeople,gettingusedtoadifferentcultur

10、e,andtendencytobewithpeoplewhoarefromsamecountry.Oneofthemostbeneficialthingsofstudyingabroadistobeabletolearnforeignlanguagesfromdailylife.Tospeakmorethantwolanguagesisnecessitynowbecausewehavemanychancestotalktopeoplewhoarefromoverseasbybusinessandevendailylife.Mostcompaniesrequireuswhetherwecansp

11、eakanotherlanguageornottoday.Itisnotunusualthatpeoplecanspeakmorethan2languagesfluentlyanymore.Itmeansthatbordersofeachcountyaregettinglow,andmorepeoplegooutfromtheirowncountriesrecentlythanadecadeago.“Wethinklanguageproficiencyisoneofthebestthingsthatcancomeoutofstudyabroad”(Rooney2).Asshementions,

12、studyingabroadequalstolearnforeignlanguage.Naturallyforeignstudentscanlearnanotherlanguage.Themoretheyimprovetheirlanguageskills,themoretheycanenjoytheirlivesandmakemanyfriendswhoarenativespeakers.Whatdoyouexpectwhenyoutravelabroad?Youwillexpectdifferentexperiencesfromyourculture.Ofcourse,youcanfeel

13、difference,butifyoureallywanttoexperiencedifferentculture,youhavetostaythere.Otherwiseyouwillnotunderstandthecultureindepth.Anotheradvantageofstudyingabroadisthatyoucanexperiencemanyinterestingthings.Forexample,therearedifferentreligionsindifferentcountries.Mostly,EastAsiancountriesareBuddhism,Middl

14、eAsianisIslam,andChristianityistheoneofthebiggestreligionsintheworld.Therearemanyuniqueormixedreligionsallovertheworld.Ifstudentsgotothesecertainplaces,theywillexperiencedifferentreligiousandtraditionalevents.Itisalsoveryimportanttounderstandotherculturesandpeople.Theymightfeelweird,strange,orevensa

15、d,andannoyed,butthesefeelingshelptheirthoughtswideandflexiblebecausethereisnorightorwrongculture.Myfriend,SatokoKogure,talkedaboutheropinionsofstudyingabroad.“ImenjoyingstudyingabroadintheUS.Imetalotofpeople,andIcouldgetdifferentopinionsandthoughtsfromthem.Isometimesfeeltiredofthissocietyandculture,

16、butmanypeopleencourageme.Whatmakesmereallyhappyisthatpeopletrytounderstandmeandtheyareinterestedinmyculture.Iliketalkingaboutcultureswithpeoplewhohavedifferentcultures”(Kogure).Sheappealstoheremotionsandcharacters.Shementionswhatshegotandfeltsomethingwarmfromthiscountryandpeople.Inaddition,shesaidth

17、atshewasdiscriminatedbyAmericanstudentsatuniversity.However,peoplewhodiscriminatedherrecoveredher.Theyhadnotconsideredhersituationwhentheyunderstoodwhatforeignpeoplefeelaboutstayingothercountries.Finally,sheappealedthat,“Whatwehavetodowhenwecommunicatewithforeignersisnottobeethnocentrism.Everyoneisa

18、lsodifferenteveniftheyarefromsamecountry.Thus,wecannotsaythatthisethnicgroupisrightandothersarewrong”(Kogure).Therearenobadthingstoknowothercultures.Thethirdadvantageistostudymuchharder.Localstudentscanunderstandwhattheteachertalksaboutduringtheclass,whereasinternationalstudentshaveadifficultyoffoll

19、owingclassesbecauseofthegapoflanguage,sowespendmuchmoretimeforstudyingthanstudentswhoarenativespeakers.Moreover,internationalstudentspaytuitiontwiceaslocalstudentspay.Ithelpsusstudyharder.Therefore,wehavetostudyhardtogetgoodscoresandnottowastemoney.Actually,manyforeignstudentsgetgoodgradesandscholar

20、ships.Moreover,ifwedonothaveastrongwillaboutstudy,wecannotgainanythingfromthisexperience,andevenwecannotliveinanothercountry.Hence,weareabletohaveconfidencetotrysomethingnewwhenwestudyharderandharder.Ontheotherhand,however,studentswhowanttostudyabroadshouldnotforgetthattheywouldalsoexperiencesad,har

21、d,andbadthings.Oneofthedisadvantagesisstudentsarealwaysfacingdifficultyoflanguage.Inclasses,studentssometimesdonotknowwhattheteacherstalkabout,theydonotknowwhattodo,andtheymissveryimportantinformation.Besides,theyhesitatetoaskwhattheotherstudentsaredoing.Becauseofthat,peopleseemtothinkthatinternatio

22、nalstudentscannotspeakthelanguageatallsothatpeoplesometimesmisunderstandorevenignorethem.Actually,mostinternationalstudentslearnthelanguagesbeforestudyingabroad,butthenativespeakersspeakingspeedistotallydifferentfromthespeedthatforeignstudentslearnintheirowncountries.Moreover,everylanguagehasdifficu

23、ltpronunciations.Languageteacherscanunderstandwhatforeignerssaybecausetheteachershavealreadygottenusedtolistentoforeignersspeaking.Butitisalittlebithardforgeneralpeopletounderstandit.Thus,foreignstudentsaredisappointedtotheirlanguageskills.Anotherproblemofcommunicatingwithpeoplewhospeakdifferentlang

24、uagesistherearemanywordsthathavesamemeaningsorsimilarmeanings,orevenawordhasseveralmeanings.Takingexamsishardforinternationalpeople.Firstofallwehavetounderstandexactlywhattheteachersaskabout.Evenweusedictionariesduringtheexams,dictionariesmakeusmoreconfuse.Consequently,ittakesmoretimetofinishthanloc

25、alstudents.Itisveryinterestingtoknowothercultures,butitishardtoliveinanotherculture.Wedofeeldifferentanduncomfortablelivingindifferentcountries.Thereisaproverb,whichis“WheninRomedoastheRomansdo”.Thisistrue.Ifyoubehaveasifyouwereinyourcountry,youwillbescornedbecausewhatyoudomightbebadmannerortabooint

26、hecountry.Butwecannotimitateeverythinglocalpeopledo,andwesometimescannotrespectwhattheydo.Thesedifferencesmakestudentsannoyandfrustrate.Inaddition,internationalstudentsaresometimesdiscriminatedbecauseoftheirraceandethnicgroups.Especially,discriminationagainstArabpeoplebecamesevereafterSeptember11th2

27、001.Thisisanarticle,whichtitled,“So,whereareyoufrom”,writtenbyKristinaLane.ThisisaboutthesituationofMiddleEastuniversitystudentsstudyinginUnitedStatesofAmericaaftertheaccidenthappened.Actually,theyareintheverydifficultsituation.Theyaredealtwithinthesamewayassuspects.ManyArabstudentswerearrestedordet

28、ainedassuspectsoftheterrorismjustbecausetheyarefromArabiccountries(Lane5).EveniftheywerebornintheUS,andhaveUScitizenships,theyarestilldiscriminatedbecauseoftheirrace.Unfortunately,myIndianfriendwasattackedbyAmericans.Wedonotknowwhyithappened,buthesaidthatitwasbecauseofhisrace.Theauthormentionsthat,“

29、IviewitasaclearmessagethatthiscountrydoesnotwantArabstudentstobeinthecountry”(Lane2).Sheappealsemotions,whichiswhatArabstudentsfeelnow,andhowsomeAmericansfeeltothem.NotonlyArabstudentsbutalsopeoplefromallovertheworldhavebeendealtwithAmericangovernmentstrictly.Forexample,itisdifficulttoentertheUSnowa

30、ndtogetanykindsofvisa.Wehavetobecheckedmorethanbeforeattheairports.EvenwecanentertheUSluckily;wehavetosubmitmanycertificatestothegovernment.Ouralldataisinputtedintothecomputer.Ifyouhadaseriousprobleminanothercountry,whowouldyouasktohelp?Youwouldasktopeoplewhoarefromsamecountry.Youcouldtellthemexactl

31、yandtheycouldunderstandwhyyouareworried.Youwouldbettertofindsomeonewhomyoucantrustinanothercountry.However,itisnotgoodtobewithsomeonewhoisfromsamecountryallthetime.Onceinternationalstudentsfindsomeonewhoisfromsamecountry,theyseemtobetogetheranytime.Whentheyfeelhomesick,theycanencourageeachother,andi

32、tiscomfortabletobethepeople.However,asaresult,theytendtorestrictourselvesintothesmallgroup,andlosethechancetoknowthemorediversecommunity.Itdoesnotmakesensebecausewecametostudyanotherlanguageandmakemanyfriendswhoarenativespeakers.Thisisjustwasteofmoney.Intheseadvantagesanddisadvantages,therearesimila

33、rities.Inthecaseoflanguage,ifstudentstryspeakingalanguagetopeoplewhoarethenativespeakers,theywillimprovetheirlanguageskills.However,iftheysticktoonlysameethnicgroup,ofcourse,tostudyabroaddoesnotmeananything.Itdependsonpersonswillwhetherstudyingabroadbecometheirbenefitsornot.Asthesameaslanguage,whatt

34、heyexperienceandhowtheytakethingswilldecideworthofstudyingabroad.Goodexperiencesmakethemconfident,andtheywillthinkthatstudyingabroadisworthdoing.Ontheotherhand,eveniftheyexperiencebadthings,theywilllearnsomethingfromtheexperiences,andtheseepisodeswillhelpthemthinkwideandflexible.Eitherthisexperience

35、becomesadvantageordisadvantagedependsonstudentswillandendeavor.Nobodycanhelpthem,buteveryonecanencouragethemiftheytryhard.IwonderedwhyIdecidedtostudyabroad.WhenIdecidedtogotoEngland,IjustwantedtolearnEnglish.IthoughtifitspokeEnglishfluently,itcouldbeadvantagetogetajob.Ididnotthinkanythingmore.However,afterstayinginEngland,IrealizedwhatIwasint