Study Abroad: Learning Through Engagement
In the course Study Abroad: Learning Through Engagement, I was required to write a reentry report depicting how studying abroad changed me and my perspective on the world. In my report I made the claim that, “Studying abroad is an integral part of higher education.” According to Wayne C. Booth (et al) this claim, though vague, is a practical claim because it first addresses a problem, “caused by some condition in the world,” it contains an ‘undesirable consequence’, of that condition, and to avoid this problem, a call to action for my readers (53-54).
As mentioned in the above paragraph my claim was very vague, and similar to the t.v. claim made on page 122. It does not contain a qualifying cause, or a reason clause, however by adding these