Many people choose to travel abroad to learn a foreign language instead of studying in their home town. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this?

Some people think that learners must speak
native
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speaker
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speakers
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for studying
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to study
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any foreign (other) languages and others think
opposite
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the opposite
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side.
While
you study other languages
your
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in your
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city , it is very cheap for you and there is no culture shock. But
skill
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the skill
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of speaking
find
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success with native speakers. On the one hand, studying abroad tends to be quite expensive and pressure on
familyʼs
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families
finances. Maybe your family come across difficulties if it is
budget
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the budget
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of
average
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the average
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family
,
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because visa application is very expensive .
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students
have
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lack life experience.
Then
they have culture shock and homesickness because they live alone and they come across unfamiliar
culture
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cultures
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.
For
example
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example,
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my teacher A.R.
in
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apply
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2022 entered
an
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university
of
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in
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United
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the United
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Kingdom but he had homesickness and he
canehis
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home.
On the other hand
, many people think that students travel
to
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abroad. They are exposed to different cultures and customs. By
enteracting
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interacting
entering
and communicating with native speakers. They enhance their foreign language skills and they broaden their outlook.
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qualifications open the door to better job opportunities because they have excellent foreign language skills.
For
instance
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instance,
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Doctor D can speak 6 types of language. So he
travel
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travels
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and
learn
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learns
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a new cure
of
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for
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illness over the world and he is very famous not only
our
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in our
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city but
also
other
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in other
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countries. In conclusion,
however
studying abroad is very expensive,
it
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but it
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has
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very beneficial. I think
traveling
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travelling
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abroad is good
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broaden
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broadening
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horizons, learning new things
and
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apply
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etc.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Linguistic immersion
  • Cultural integration
  • International network
  • Conversational proficiency
  • Financial burden
  • Homesickness
  • Pedagogical differences
  • Culture shock
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