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Why Study Abroad?: Speaking Practice

Study abroad provides numerous benefits for students. It is the optimal way to learn a language through immersion in the local culture. Students have opportunities to travel, get to know other cultures firsthand, and develop important life skills by adapting to unfamiliar situations. Studying abroad also allows students to make friends internationally, gain new perspectives on themselves and their home culture, and enhance their career opportunities through experiences living in a foreign country. Overall, studying abroad is a life-changing experience that can make a student's degree more valuable.

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Why Study Abroad?: Speaking Practice

Study abroad provides numerous benefits for students. It is the optimal way to learn a language through immersion in the local culture. Students have opportunities to travel, get to know other cultures firsthand, and develop important life skills by adapting to unfamiliar situations. Studying abroad also allows students to make friends internationally, gain new perspectives on themselves and their home culture, and enhance their career opportunities through experiences living in a foreign country. Overall, studying abroad is a life-changing experience that can make a student's degree more valuable.

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WHY STUDY ABROAD?
10 reasons why you should study in a
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language Lhan Lo be lmmersed ln a culLure LhaL speaks Lhe language you are learnlng. ?ou're surrounded by
Lhe language on a dally basls and are seelng and hearlng lL ln Lhe proper culLural conLexL. Language learnlng
happens mosL qulckly under Lhese clrcumsLances.
2. Study abroad prov|des the opportun|ty to trave|. Weekends and academlc breaks allow you Lo venLure
ouL and explore your surroundlngs - boLh your lmmedlaLe and more dlsLanL surroundlngs. Slnce sLudylng
abroad ofLen puLs you on a compleLely dlfferenL conLlnenL, you are much closer Lo places you mlghL
oLherwlse noL have had Lhe opporLunlLy Lo vlslL. Some more sLrucLured sLudy abroad programs even have
fleld Lrlps planned ln or around Lhe currlculum.
3. Study abroad a||ows you get to know another cu|ture f|rst-hand. CulLural dlfferences are more Lhan
[usL dlfferences ln language, food, appearances, and personal hablLs. A person's culLure reflecLs very deep
percepLlons, bellefs, and values LhaL lnfluence hls or her way of llfe and Lhe way LhaL s/he vlews Lhe
world. SLudenLs who experlence culLural dlfferences personally can come Lo Lruly undersLand where oLher
culLures are comlng from.
4. Study abroad w||| he|p you deve|op sk|||s and g|ve you exper|ences a c|assroom sett|ng w||| never
prov|de. 8elng lmmersed ln an enLlrely new culLural seLLlng ls scary aL flrsL, buL lL's also exclLlng. lL's an
opporLunlLy Lo dlscover new sLrengLhs and ablllLles, conquer new challenges, and solve new problems.

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meeL noL only naLlves Lo Lhe culLure ln whlch you are sLudylng, buL also oLher lnLernaLlonal sLudenLs who
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6. Study abroad he|ps you to |earn about yourse|f. SLudenLs who sLudy abroad reLurn home wlLh new
ldeas and perspecLlves abouL Lhemselves and Lhelr own culLure. 1he experlence abroad ofLen challenges
Lhem Lo reconslder Lhelr own bellefs and values. 1he experlence may perhaps sLrengLhen Lhose values or
lL may cause sLudenLs Lo alLer or abandon Lhem and embrace new concepLs and percepLlons. 1he
encounLer wlLh oLher culLures enables sLudenLs Lo see Lhelr own culLure Lhrough new eyes.
7. Study abroad expands your wor|dv|ew. ln comparlson wlLh clLlzens of mosL oLher counLrles, Amerlcans
Lend Lo be unlnformed abouL Lhe world beyond Lhe naLlon's boundarles. SLudenLs who sLudy abroad
reLurn home wlLh an lnformed and much less blased perspecLlve Loward oLher culLures and peoples.
8. Study abroad g|ves you the opportun|ty to break out of your academ|c rout|ne. SLudy abroad ls llkely
Lo be much unllke whaL you are used Lo dolng as a sLudenL. ?ou may become famlllar wlLh an enLlrely new
academlc sysLem and you wlll have Lhe chance Lo Lake courses noL offered on your home campus. lL's also
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9. Study abroad enhances emp|oyment opportun|t|es. uld you know LhaL only 4 of u.S. undergraduaLes
ever sLudy abroad? ?eL, Lhe world conLlnues Lo become more globallzed, Amerlcan counLrles are
lncreaslngly lnvesLlng dollars abroad, and companles from counLrles around Lhe world conLlnue Lo lnvesL
ln Lhe lnLernaLlonal markeL. 1hrough an employer's eyes, a sLudenL who has sLudled abroad ls self-
moLlvaLed, lndependenL, wllllng Lo embrace challenges, and able Lo cope wlLh dlverse problems and
slLuaLlons. ?our experlence llvlng and sLudylng ln a forelgn counLry, negoLlaLlng anoLher culLure, and
acqulrlng anoLher language wlll all seL you aparL from Lhe ma[orlLy of oLher [ob appllcanLs.
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