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ESL/SPANISH/FRENCH/FOREIGN STUDENTS
The United States has a long history of accepting great numbers of foreign students into its universitues to pursue higher education. Those students generally come to gain skills or knowledge at a more advanced level
than is available in their home universities. Part of the problems that these foreign students face in common is in adjusting to this new cultural environment.
Needs and Problems of Foreign Students
Various authors have discussed the needs and problems of foreign students oce they are living in their new environment. For example, a study made of Mexican students in the United States found that the greatest problem was caused by trouble with the English language. Other problems mentioned were lack of transportation and money, problems with university red tape, and the high degree of competitiveness ammong American students. Furthermore. a Japanese student studying in the United States wrote the following paragraph ;
What I had to learn painstakingly throughout my three years of stay in the United States was the way of life in general : eating, buying, taking a bath, getting on a bus or train and above all, getting along with the people in this strange land called America that constantly bewilders a man ...
This statement illustrates the difficulties faced by many students upon arrival in a new environment. So important are cultural factors in educational exchange that the value of a student sojourn abroad may depend upon the help he is given not only in finding the education he seeks but in learning how to deal with initial problems of adjustment and continuing problems of adaptation during his stay. To meet this need, a growinng emphasis is being placed by organizations and institutions concerned with educational exchange on some form of " orientation " : on making accessible to the international students the linguistic and cultural tools he needs to profit most from his educational experience.
This Article was Written & Published by : Prof. MARIO ALEXANDRE, Esl/Spanish/F&rench/ Foreign Students Specialist. Orlando, Florida 4/27/2010
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The United States has a long history of accepting great numbers of foreign students into its universitues to pursue higher education. Those students generally come to gain skills or knowledge at a more advanced level
than is available in their home universities. Part of the problems that these foreign students face in common is in adjusting to this new cultural environment.
Needs and Problems of Foreign Students
Various authors have discussed the needs and problems of foreign students oce they are living in their new environment. For example, a study made of Mexican students in the United States found that the greatest problem was caused by trouble with the English language. Other problems mentioned were lack of transportation and money, problems with university red tape, and the high degree of competitiveness ammong American students. Furthermore. a Japanese student studying in the United States wrote the following paragraph ;
What I had to learn painstakingly throughout my three years of stay in the United States was the way of life in general : eating, buying, taking a bath, getting on a bus or train and above all, getting along with the people in this strange land called America that constantly bewilders a man ...
This statement illustrates the difficulties faced by many students upon arrival in a new environment. So important are cultural factors in educational exchange that the value of a student sojourn abroad may depend upon the help he is given not only in finding the education he seeks but in learning how to deal with initial problems of adjustment and continuing problems of adaptation during his stay. To meet this need, a growinng emphasis is being placed by organizations and institutions concerned with educational exchange on some form of " orientation " : on making accessible to the international students the linguistic and cultural tools he needs to profit most from his educational experience.
This Article was Written & Published by : Prof. MARIO ALEXANDRE, Esl/Spanish/F&rench/ Foreign Students Specialist. Orlando, Florida 4/27/2010
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