Study Abroad

It's one thing to see a photo of other cities, or to read a travel memoir about the bustling streets of those cities. Visiting foreign lands in person, however, is an entirely different experience. When you study abroad, you participate in the day-to-day life of a new locale, gaining a first-hand understanding and new appreciation of the culture.

WHY SHOULD I STUDY ABROAD?

Experience a Foreign Culture

Pursue an Activity You Wouldn't at Home

Studying abroad is achance for you to be adventurous, explore the unknown, and try your hand at activities that may not be offered in your area of residence. It's sure to be an unforgettable experience.

Learn How to Be in Touch Across Cultures

It's important to acquire the skills to communicate across cultures- and this means understanding more than just a different language. Studying abroad helps you become familiar with the customs and traditions of the country in which you are studying, in addition to the language. By interacting with locals, you can develop an appreciation for the culture and its differences from your own.

Benefits of gaining a new perspective on the world

Connections for Your Future Life

Study Abroad programs take students through a cultural and academic experience from the inside out. Students explore issues related to globalization,development, poverty, and social inequity from manydifferent perspectives. When they returnto the US, students almost alwayssee things differently: They can put themselves in someone else's shoes more easily and have a more nuanced understanding of the world.

The programs have strong qualities and components, particularly in the areas of experential, feild-based learning; deep cultural immersion; and community relations.

Consult your school to see whether they help you find internship placements abroad. Sometimes, you can even get credit from your home institution. Upon completion of studying abroad, be sure to ask for a certificate to testify that you studied abroad, and to add your college application.

ACADEMIC BENEFITS OF STUDY ABROAD

Experience another culture. Learn inside and outside the classroom. See historical monuments, works of art in person. Experience academic system of another culture or country.

Studying abroad will help ypu reach ypur goal. The benefits to learning a foreign language abroad versus in the U.S. include:

Complete language and cultural immersion is considered the best way to learn a language
Endless opportunities to practice the language inside and outside the classroom

Proffesors will be native speakers of the language.

When you study abroad your education grows exponentially faster than if you stay home. You live and learn in your host culture 24/7. Your experience will translate into tangible benefits later in life.

When you study abroad, you gain many skills, such as:

Prepare to adapt to unfamiliar environments
Able to learn from different teaching styles
Effective Communication among diverse groups
Willingness to challenge yourself and your comfort zones
Knowledge of a foreign language

By studying abroad you show initiative and eagerness to chieve personal and academically challenging experiences.

PERSONAL BENEFITS OF STUDYING ABROAD

For many students study abroad is a life changing experience. Students come back from studying abroad more independent, confident and eager to take on any challenge, academic, proffesional or personal.

There are many personal benefits to study abroad. Some of these benefits include:

Increase in self-confidence
Gain independence and maturityGrow your global network of friends
Gain better appreciation of other cultures as well as your own
Be prepare to face challenges in the future
Learn to creativelysolve problems
Better understandyour personal strengths and weaknesses

Studying abroad is a challenge. Why?

You will be removeed from your comfort zone and placed in a foreign environment
You will be exposed to new traditions and social and academic customs
You may not speak the language of the host country
You have to make new friends

Studying abroad is full of amazing experiences, from learning a new culture and language to making new friends from diverse ethnic and national backgrounds. In the end you, like most students, will return with a new sense of independence and more confidence. That will equuip you to face new challenges presented by the real world during college and in your proffesional career or during university.

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