Comments on: Early study abroad students in young adulthood

By: KyKy

KyKy — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 09:32:16 +0000

This article tries to explore the pros and cons of foreign country in order to gain proficiency in English. It argues that initially, on the surface, it may seem like an obvious advantage to study in an English speaking country, where you can be immersed in the language and social interactions on a daily basis. However, it appears to be the case that separation from the home country’s education system, as well as a shallow understanding of the English language used in everyday conversation resulted in a lack of high level proficiency in either English or their native language.

By: Ngoc Hiep Nguyen

Ngoc Hiep Nguyen — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:29:45 +0000

This popular case of linguistic acquisition in South Korea – early study abroad of young adults is also widely witnessed in other countries, especially in the countries where English is not the first language. There have been more and more parents who want to send their young adults abroad or domestic language schools for linguistic learning. Besides the positive results, there are not few cases in which consequences are seen. The case of my son is a good example in point. He is 5 years old and he can speak a little Vietnamese and English as well. However, in comparison with his peers at the age of 5, his Vietnamese competence is lower. In my opinion, one of the reason for this incompetence is that his first language (Vietnamese) is negatively influenced by his English learning. When even his Vietnamese has not been fully achieved, English may be a distractor.

By: Xinyue Ji

Xinyue Ji — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:42:29 +0000

I agree with the point that early study abroad or inundated English monolingual education in the English environment seems to be underdeveloped and this causes a confusion. I remember when I talked with a Chinese father who sent his son to Australia twelve years ago. At that time, his son was only six and seldom had chance to make friends with native speakers. In addition, his son needed to learn English to adapt to the new environment. Then he laughed and said: look, now his English is not good and also have difficulty talking with us in Chinese.

By: N

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:54:29 +0000

I think studying in higher education everyone may encounter the problem of terminology. As i have talked to my classmate who is Australian, she said that it is hard for her to understand the lesson too because there are many terminologies that we have to learn and find out what do they mean.
Even for me, I went to study aboard for about 2 years, every time i went back to my country, there were many new words such as slangs and idioms that i would not understand too. So, I think it is normal for people who live aboard for so long. 🙂

By: Nidhi

Nidhi — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 03:37:30 +0000

This article shows the fact of dominance of English and obsession of people to get grip over English language especially in Asian countries like India and china. It also compares the pros and cons of studying abroad from very early age. Moreover, the problems migrant students face due to gap between spoken and academic language as mentioned very well as being late study abroad student I can relate the problems author faced being international student to the challenges I face in understanding lectures in university.

By: Marouane

Marouane — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:26:35 +0000

14. English fever exists in not only South Korea but other countries include Vietnam, too. Sending children to foreign countries like Australia at such early ages has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, children will have a chance to live independently as well as to gain proficiency in English which provides great helps for their learning. However, it is obvious that even if they have opportunities to settle in an English-speaking environment, not everyone achieves proficiency in all language skills. On the other hand, students can easily loose direction when they are left alone in a different country when they are too young. Thus, children should only be sent overseas when they are ready.

By: Nguyen Thien Duyen Ngo

Nguyen Thien Duyen Ngo — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:35:24 +0000

This article is very helpful to show the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad at the young age. It is very good to study at the English native speaking country to improve language and communication skills. Moreover, living independently will give the students the real life experiences. However, living away from family at the young age will have many difficulties. Besides, living independently in a different culture at the crucial of growing up and shaping characteristics and identities is an important factor that parents should take into consideration.

By: Salam Moussa Oghli

Salam Moussa Oghli — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:47:51 +0000

During the US war on Iraq in 2003, a lot of Iraqi families fled to my country Syria to seek refuge. Some Iraqi students enrolled at my school and even though we had Arabic as a common language, they suffered with the curriculum and with the taught material. Moreover, my Iraqi classmate found it difficult to integrate with the rest of the class and could not make friendships. Korean and English are totally different languages and cultures and I can only imagine how difficult it must be for a Korean student to socialize, make friends, succeed in learning the language and the taught material. My cousins who moved from Syria to Sydney at a very young age attended an Armenian school but they still suffered socially and academically and until this day, they find it difficult to talk about their school experiences.

By: v

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:53:45 +0000

This article literally shows to the advantages and disadvantages of students studying abroad from youthful in a Western cultured nation like Australia. I would feel that it is a decent experience for learners to figure out how to live confidently in a western refined nation with individuals around the world. Despite what might be expected, students would experience serious difficulties to instruct themselves on how their seniors experience childhood in their nation of origin in light of the fact that their encounters would be extraordinary and subsequently their stances and thinking would be not quite the same as others.

By: Tamanna Habib

Tamanna Habib — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:19:08 +0000

This article is really very interesting. If children go to abroad at very early stage, their English proficiency will be reach in a high level. They also got to know the culture of other countries. If the country will be like Australia, where different ethnic people live, they will able to know about more cultures. At the early age people can adjust more easily. But there will be some problems as well. Sometimes, young people in foreign countries feel very lonely and they suffer from depressions. It also happens that children’s English proficiency becomes a barrier in using their first language. As a result, they can not communicate with their country people even with their parents fluently. Gradually, they start to lose their culture and ethnicity.

By: tting

tting — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 12:06:43 +0000

Study abroad students are faced with acculturative stress by virtue of encountering differences in assumptions, values, and expectations of
daily living in their host culture. Three general categories in which study abroad sojourners in a foreign culture may react to the acculturation. The first effect is most related to stress, coping, and psychological well-being. The second one is the behavior, focusing primarily on those overt actions and skills that may indicate that a study abroad student is “fitting in” with the host culture. The third one is Cognition which focuses specifically on a study abroad student’s social identification

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 02:09:45 +0000

Being a fluent English speaker, I believe, is most of the L2 students’ wishes. To be a smart student in a particular field, on the other hand, might be another different thing. I agree with a notion that language is just the medium of communication and it might not completely reflect someone’s intelligence. This is because some people may have language aptitude but not science or math. Some people may be born with a specific talent that, to some extent, enables him or her to acquire a knowledge faster than other people. However, to be literate in other fields may also require more than just talent but practices and strong motivation and continuing support from other people and a lot of sacrifices.

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:22:38 +0000

This article explicitly represents the pros and cons of students who study abroad from young in a Western cultured country like Australia. I would think that it is a good experience for the students to learn how to live independently in a western cultured country with people worldwide. On the contrary, students would have a hard time to educate themselves on how their elders grow up in their home country because their experiences would be different and therefore their opinions and thinking would be different from others. Hence, even if the students want to go back to their home country for good in the future, they would have a hard time to fit in the society.

By: Shaher Mohammed Shaher Asiri

Shaher Mohammed Shaher Asiri — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 14:46:32 +0000

Hello everyone,

This article is providing interested ideas that sending children to a country where English is spoken may have positive or negative results. Currently, many individuals think that sending young children English country would provide significant progress for acquiring English. This is sometime true. Those who went to English countries have achieved high level in English for communication; however; others may not achieved English for academic study. For example, I have a friend who lived in U.S for 8 years. He speaks English fluently. when he enrolled to university in U.S, he faced many difficulties for understanding and doing assignments so that he decided to withdraw and come back to his home and studied Bachelor degree there.

By: yym

yym — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 12:57:10 +0000

As mentioned in the article, most overseas students say that due to the influence of 挑我different languages, the courses are under-developed, especially in academic learning. Some specific texts, grammar knowledge are easy to be confused because students need to receive two different structures and culture of language. As the example of Jenny, she often fails to understand the theme of the discussion. That is because she always ignores the focus of controversy, or put forward unrelated ideas.

By: Fern

Fern — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 12:34:07 +0000

It is interesting how early study abroad learners echo a kind of ‘submersion learning’ where they learn the content in English and this practice results in ‘subtractive learning’ where the content knowledge is not grasped as efficiently as when they were learning it in their mother tongue. And this is the price these early study abroad learners pay in order to master near perfect English. However, I believe there are other factors that contribute to the hindrance of gaining knowledge in them. They are acculturation, isolation in a new environment and a loss of motivation that make these learners not as sharp as their counterparts in the home country. Additionally , this trend has created other social issues such as teenagers from overseas attending high schools cooped up in share houses without adult supervision because these ‘helicopter parents’ (rich parents of these kids) send their children to countries such as Australia to ‘fix their English’ or ‘fix their lives’ for that matter. This trend has detrimental effects on the lives of these young learners.