All college and university students would benefit from spending at least one semester studying in a foreign country.
The practice of studying in a foreign country for a semester or more, also known as Foreign Student Exchange program, has been in place for a long time. It is considered to be a life-altering experience and there are many advantages of this arrangement, for a college or university student.
Firstly, students going to a different country are exposed to an entirely different culture than what they are accustomed to. This exposure tends to make them more tolerant towards other cultures, religions and ways of life. The experience they gain helps to broaden their perspective on life itself. There is admittedly, a bit of culture shock, which may be due to a variety of factors ranging from different social norms to different cuisines. But that's the very thing the students get to overcome in staying abroad, which leads to an enhanced acceptance of the diversity of the world. The non-believers in this system also often question the purpose of sending students to foreign countries if the education in the home country is at par with that of the host country. The answer to that lies in the cardinal aim of such exchanges. The students are mainly sent to learn different cultures, to learn to adjust, more than to learn any subjects.
Because of what the students face in an unknown environment, most of the time, they find it easy to break out of their comfort zone; they learn to do things on their own- managing finances, learning a new language, conversing with the locals, travelling on their own and making new friends. All of this prepares the students for the upcoming challenges in life that come from living independently. They are better prepared when posed with any adverse situations.
On coming in contact with their peers from another country, students get firsthand knowledge of how different the education system in other parts of the world is. One particular advantage for college and university students is that they get to know how differently the profession they are studying is practiced in another country. They can take this knowledge to their home country and even help to improve the pedagogy. For instance, if one student finds Physics to be hard, but learns in his exchange program that there are many novel and fun ways to understand the difficult concepts of Physics; on going back to home, he can inform the teacher to employ the same ways to teach the subject.
Having said all of this, there are a few reasons that can be given against foreign education. One of them being that the student becomes homesick and is not able to adjust to new surroundings. But this tendency cannot be generalized. Also, to ensure that it does not happen, good organizations (public or private) that provide foreign student exchange programs, have a proper system to ensure that the foreign student gets all the support and care he needs from the host family. The organizations also conduct a background check on the host families prior to assigning any student. The CSIET (Council on Standards for International Educational Travel) in the USA has established a set of rules and guidelines, which need to be adhered to by such organizations.
Another factor may be financial. There are many students who find it difficult to enroll in a student exchange program, because of the sheer amount of money needed. The tuition fees and living expenses may be hard to bear for many. Health insurance is another essential cost that is to be borne by the students. Good news is that many organizations like Rotary, provide scholarships to students going abroad for study. Although they do not cover costs like health insurance, travel expenses or visa, they help lessen the burden. Students may also be able to find part-time jobs, depending on the country they are going to.
While it is clear that studying abroad for some time for college and university students is beneficial, at the same time, the problems mentioned here about this system can be mitigated to a great extent with increased government and private funding, and increased regulation. Thus, despite all and any odds, we cannot deny the benefits a student gets from studying for at least a semester in a foreign college or university.
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- Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and to disobey and resist unjust laws. 50
- In order for any work of art- for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song- to have merit, it must be understandable to most people. 54
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, if, may, so, thus, while, as for, at least, for instance, to a great extent
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.5258426966 179% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 18.0 11.3162921348 159% => OK
Pronoun: 50.0 33.0505617978 151% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 105.0 58.6224719101 179% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3511.0 2235.4752809 157% => OK
No of words: 712.0 442.535393258 161% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93117977528 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.16559078211 4.55969084622 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70546561068 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 328.0 215.323595506 152% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.460674157303 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1088.1 704.065955056 155% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 10.0 4.99550561798 200% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 8.0 4.38483146067 182% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 32.0 20.2370786517 158% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 64.5899248988 60.3974514979 107% => OK
Chars per sentence: 109.71875 118.986275619 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.25 23.4991977007 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.1875 5.21951772744 61% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.83258426966 228% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.258406551581 0.243740707755 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0651116243449 0.0831039109588 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0848236423824 0.0758088955206 112% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145675855371 0.150359130593 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0863070718606 0.0667264976115 129% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 48.8420337079 118% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.61 12.1639044944 95% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.21 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 157.0 100.480337079 156% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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