Eun Sup Lee (Kenny)
ALP 4C
November 4, 2007
ALP 4C
November 4, 2007
The Advantages of Studying Abroad
Every year students studying abroad are increasing. These days, there is a lot of competition over the world because of globalization. If someone does not want to be behind other people, they should go to foreign countries to study. A lot of people think that foreign countries have many things better than their home country. Particularly, many of them go to North America and Europe to fulfill their dream. Studying abroad has three major advantages. These include that to learn different culture, to study in better educational environment, and to make many friends.
The first advantage is to learn different culture. A lot of people who are from different countries live together in North America and Europe. As you know, every country has a unique culture, so people can share their own culture in society. These days, a lot of parents want to send their children to foreign countries to studying language because people never forget a memory when they learn in childhood. One day, I saw a television program that was story about children studying English in foreign countries. It said that studying English in foreign countries would be influenced in childhood. Because of that if a child goes to a foreign country, he or she would stay in a native speaker’s home. Then they would learn not only a language but also a country’s culture. Moreover, studying abroad would make a person’s world view different from other people. If someone studies in a foreign country, they would have many kinds of experience. For example, a friend of mine studied for six months in the Great Britain. During that time, he had many kinds of experience. Actually, he used be a soccer player in high school, so he had a wish that someday playing soccer with other country’s people in a country where has a lot of famous soccer team. A few years later, he decide that studying English in the Great Britain. When he went to London, there were a lot of ball grounds, so he tried to play with foreigners. Then he could not speak English, but he could join with them through playing soccer. After that, he could improve playing skill as well as he speaks English well.
The second advantage is to study in better educational environment than home country. Every year a lot of students come to the United States to study because there are many prestigious schools. According to the research the United States government spends a half trillion dollars on education in a year. If someone graduated from prestigious school, he or she would get job easily and desirable position. In addition, there are different from their home country’s teaching method, resources, and materials. American college’s teaching method is totally different with Asian college’s teaching method. According to the research Asian’s classes are more informal than the classes in the United States schools. Students are placed in groups, which allow a great deal of movement and ask many questions to professor during a class.
The third advantage is to make friends through studying abroad. A friend is very important in life, so an author said a friend is fortune of life because it is very important in life.
In conclusion, studying abroad brings a lot of benefits. A person’s life could be changed through studying abroad because they will get a lot of ability.
