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Question:As a part of education, students should spend a period of time living in another country to learn its language and culture. Do you agree or disagree?
Answer:
In the across-cultural setting of modern life, and the easy mobility of the technology era these days, the trend in which students are studying in other countries has become popular. Many people claim that it is of vital importance for students to go abroad in a short period of time, living there while learning the host country’s language and traditions. In my opinion, it is a positive tendency in educational requirements.
To begin with, studying another language seems to be a demand in the students’ future jobs. In the globalization landscape of market these days, employers have been recruiting for their companies’ vacancies someone who is not only professional but also speaking bilingual in order to cope with their business expand worldwide. Europe is a good example in this kind of course when the universities in this continent incorporate language studying into academic performance, enabling their graduates to have the opportunity to get access to companies in different countries, making their choice of career overseas easier than ever.
In addition to benefits that students gain when participating language courses, studying for a short period of time in another country is a valuable opporturnity of learning different cultures. Travel makes a young man, so gaining knowledge about other customs and traditions, as well as interacting directly with different cultures help students widen their horizon. This also can make them become more understanding, more responsible, especially in the case of students from developed counties to the developing host ones. In the cultural learning process, they learn to respect cultural heritages, and appreciate the hand-down values in different cultures.
However, someone may argue that such inadequate academic learning is a wasting of time and money as students have to travel, and what they actually conceive is just a fun experience which is not beneficial their future career. They may also point out that their academic performance can be failed due to the cultural shock and homesick, which are familiar with studying and living abroad. Nevertheless, they forget that students will be more self-reliant because this experience will sharpen their body and their mind when they live totally independently.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that the time students live in other countries for their language and cultural learning bring many advantages to students regardless of some drawbacks. If students can be given this priceless chance and under a good supervise from their universities, this type of study will enhance students’ academic ability.