As the world now become a global village, the proportion of students study abroad has increase a lot recent years due to many possible reasons such as family immigration, exchange programs, job requirements, financial ability and etc. In 2007, there were about 262,000 American students studied abroad; where as only 114,000 US students studied abroad a decade ago. Study abroad has become a trend since many people believe that in order to get a head start before others, it is one of the significant factors. This belief is reliable because as a result of studying abroad, students get the ability to gain the global view in early age, get better thoughts for their future life, and obtain more opportunities for career.
Students study abroad often gets the global view in early ages because they would see the trend of our world and societies by spending years of time in other countries learning their languages and cultures, and getting to know other people. The first thing students study abroad is to know and learn the country’s language. In the society today, lots of people are bilinguals; therefore, learning a second language or a third language is important and even seemed to be essential as time goes on. While learning the language of the country, students are also learning the culture there. Culture always has a significant impact towards people. For example, here in United States, people usually put their shoes on at home where most countries in Asia would wear indoor slippers at home; in Thailand, it is considered very rude to touch others head; in India, pork is prohibited…etc. Thus, students need to be aware of the cultural differences in order to get along with people in the country. Students could also get to make friends from all over the world. Making international friendships are one of the major parts to success in our modern society due to the human resource significance. Making bonds with the globe and the society is