future generations to be interculturally competent? Study abroad opportunities in higher education are a key method to achieving global awareness and preparing students for their future in this interconnected world. In the 2009/2010 academic year 270‚604 U.S. students participated in study abroad programs (SAP) - but is that enough (Institute of International Education/ii.org)? Students are faced with many obstacles when choosing to study abroad (SA): location‚ finance‚ language and social issues
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Do you know one third students are going to abroad for obtaining better education background? In this essay‚ I will discuss both sides of argument but also state why I believe that students who are going abroad are helpful to them. On one hand‚ students go abroad are not only to learn academic knowledge but also to cultivate their ability. In terms of learning‚ they have better language environment to learn fast. Also‚ they can develop their interpersonal skills with other foreign students during
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Nursing and Study Abroad In a changing‚ globalized world‚ it is becoming increasingly important for nurses to develop a global nursing ethic and take into consideration a plethora of cultural factors. This global ethic is based on an in-depth knowledge of what it means to be human‚ regardless of ethnic‚ cultural‚ religious‚ political‚ economic‚ gender and age differences (Santa Clara University 2010). According to a book written by Tschudin and Davis called The Globalisation of Nursing‚
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thought twenty as a sophomore was weird‚ but that is the average age for a sophomore. I find it really cool how you got the chance to travel to Grease for a study abroad program‚ but I’m jealous due to the fact that you stayed three minutes away from the Aegean Sea. I can only imagine the view from your apartment must have been beautiful. Studying abroad is something I want to do when I go to college. I only have one question‚ though. How was it staying with 13 other people? Was it a party every day or
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Admittedly‚ he’s not much of a doctor; officially‚ all the certification he has is his high school diploma‚ and although he graduated with enough honors to garnish the paper with silver‚ gold‚ and bronze seals‚ that’s not worth much of anything in the medical field. He supposes his three years of college education is valuable‚ but not many medical doctors major in English. Well‚ it’s not as if he intended on this career path‚ he muses‚ mind wandering as he dabs rubbing alcohol onto the girl’s arm
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Increasingly Chinese students study abroad As we know‚ a lot of cities have China town in the western countries‚ and I can find so many Chinese people go abroad and immigrate into western countries. Every Chinese citizen loves own country‚ but they still want immigrate into other countries for their kids. Increasingly Chinese students study abroad even they have to pay great number of money tuition fee and cost of living because Chinese exam-oriented and monopolistic education give students too
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One day I was at home finishing my chores sometime early last school year. My parents went out for the day and I wasn’t expecting much to happen. Later that day I receive an email from my marine biology teacher stating that there is an internship for me to go to Washington State to expand my knowledge in marine biology field. With this internship I could also earn college credit. I notified my parents about it and in a monotone voice they said we’ll talk about it at dinner. Several minutes later
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Does studying abroad always give more opportunities for international students? I strongly think studying abroad presents more disadvantages to international students than advantages. Even though some people believe that studying in another country gives international students unique experiences and opportunities that they may not find in their own country‚ I do not support this opinion. While I was in Australia for two years‚ I experienced culture shock and suffered from homesickness. In addition
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experiences offered by foreign travel‚ sometimes for no other reason than curiosity to explore foreign places. One consequence of this new perception of the planet has been an increase in the number of students travelling abroad to study. 2. Students who travel to another country to study derive many benefits. Living overseas gives young people the chance to gain information about another culture and way of life; finding out about ordinary things like clothes‚ food‚ or even just a different climate can
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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
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