第一篇:國外留學(xué)、考研之流程參考
國外留學(xué)、考研之流程參考
首先,讓我們來幫助你確定一下你的自費(fèi)留學(xué)資格。申請(qǐng)個(gè)人自費(fèi)留學(xué)一般不受國家規(guī)定的名額和國別限制,出國條件比較寬松,但申請(qǐng)者必須要具備以下基本條件:
1.申請(qǐng)者必須通過正當(dāng)、合法手段獲得足夠的自費(fèi)留學(xué)經(jīng)費(fèi),即持有受到所去國家認(rèn)可的由其親屬提供的經(jīng)濟(jì)擔(dān)保證明書,用以維持自己在國外的學(xué)習(xí)和生活費(fèi)用;或持有國外院校、科研機(jī)構(gòu)或基金會(huì)等提供的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金或資助證明;
2.具有相應(yīng)的學(xué)業(yè)成績和學(xué)歷證明;
3.具備相應(yīng)的外語水平;
4.身體健康,品行良好。
如果你具備以上條件,就可以進(jìn)入下一個(gè)話題了——來看看辦理自費(fèi)留學(xué)都包括哪些步驟。
留學(xué)流程圖
其實(shí),自費(fèi)留學(xué)的辦理過程并不復(fù)雜,歸納起來,可以分為以下16個(gè)步驟。其中,關(guān)鍵是要獲得理想的國外學(xué)校的入學(xué)通知書和辦理簽證,這是最基本的兩個(gè)支點(diǎn),支撐起你的整個(gè)留學(xué)計(jì)劃,不可或缺,否則,你的留學(xué)“大廈”就無法成立。
十六個(gè)步驟逐一分析:
一.尋找學(xué)校,索取資料
所謂尋找學(xué)校,就是在做出自費(fèi)留學(xué)的決定后,以你所期望達(dá)到的留學(xué)目標(biāo)(拿一個(gè)什么樣的文憑、讀什么課程)和到哪個(gè)國家留學(xué)為選擇的標(biāo)準(zhǔn),結(jié)合自己現(xiàn)有的文憑水平和學(xué)習(xí)能力,在你所鐘情的那個(gè)國家找到能夠接受你的一所學(xué)校。
這部分工作主要是查詢留學(xué)信息,即根據(jù)個(gè)人的基本情況和設(shè)想,進(jìn)行留學(xué)信息的收集整理。內(nèi)容大體包括:
1.對(duì)留學(xué)意向國家的政治、經(jīng)濟(jì)、文化背景和教育體制、學(xué)術(shù)水平進(jìn)行較為全面的了解;
2.全面了解和掌握國外學(xué)校的情況,包括歷史、學(xué)費(fèi)、學(xué)制、專業(yè)、師資配備、教學(xué)設(shè)施、學(xué)術(shù)地位、學(xué)生人數(shù)等,要特別注意該校國際學(xué)生有多少,其中有多少中國學(xué)生在讀。此外,還要落實(shí)該學(xué)校頒發(fā)的文憑是否受到我國的承認(rèn);
3.該學(xué)校的住宿、交通、醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)情況如何;
4.該學(xué)校在中國是否有授權(quán)代理招生的留學(xué)中介公司;
5.留學(xué)簽證情況;
6.該國政府是否允許留學(xué)生合法打工;
7.本專業(yè)在該國的就業(yè)情況;
8.畢業(yè)之后可否移民。
你需要在了解以上基礎(chǔ)的情況下對(duì)就讀國別、學(xué)校和專業(yè)進(jìn)行初步確定。此外,建議你不要先入為主,要多方選擇、比較和鑒別,只有通過比較,才能做出最佳選擇。要注意搜集其他國家學(xué)校信息和我國的相關(guān)法律法規(guī),包括:我國關(guān)于自費(fèi)留學(xué)的基本政策;留學(xué)中介機(jī)構(gòu)的認(rèn)證;還有哪些國家和院校接受你的專業(yè);它們的教育現(xiàn)狀和教育制度怎樣,文憑是否受到我國認(rèn)可,學(xué)制是多長,學(xué)費(fèi)和生活費(fèi)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)怎樣,招生條件如何;其他國家的自費(fèi)留學(xué)簽證情況;是否允許留學(xué)生打工,母語是什么,地理和氣候條件怎樣;畢業(yè)生的就業(yè)走向如何,等等。
留學(xué)信息的查詢可通過國際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)訪問國外院校網(wǎng)站,或者到相關(guān)國家在華教育中心,向國內(nèi)專業(yè)、合法從事自費(fèi)留學(xué)咨詢服務(wù)的機(jī)構(gòu)進(jìn)行索取和咨詢。此外,定期參加國際教育展覽也是與國外院校直接溝通的好辦法。
一旦找到了比較理想的學(xué)校,你就可以用寫信或者發(fā)電子郵件的方式和他們?nèi)〉寐?lián)系,簡明扼要地告訴對(duì)方你的基本條件,包括:年齡,性別,所在國家,已經(jīng)或者正在讀什么課程;你希望學(xué)習(xí)他們的什么課程。繼而,你就可以向?qū)W校索取該專業(yè)的入學(xué)條件和申請(qǐng)資料。國外每一所招收留學(xué)生的學(xué)校都有專門的人員負(fù)責(zé)解答此類咨詢信函,所以,不用擔(dān)心你的咨詢沒有回音。當(dāng)然,有時(shí)候報(bào)名和咨詢的人太多,老師會(huì)忙不過來,所以,一旦你的咨詢在合理的時(shí)間內(nèi)沒人理睬的話,就應(yīng)該馬上補(bǔ)發(fā)信函,或者干脆換個(gè)收信人。建議你充分利用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)方便快捷的優(yōu)勢查詢學(xué)校,還可以通過學(xué)校的在線服務(wù)索取更多的資料。具體方法是:直接在學(xué)校網(wǎng)站的首頁找到“Search”服務(wù),然后打上“Request Information”(申請(qǐng)要求)或“Material Request Form”(申請(qǐng)資料清單)或“International Students”(留學(xué))即可馬上找到資料索取方法,填好表格,一般學(xué)校都會(huì)在近日內(nèi)給你答復(fù)。如果學(xué)校的網(wǎng)站上沒有提供在線索取資料服務(wù),可以記下學(xué)校負(fù)責(zé)留學(xué)(International Students)事務(wù)部門的聯(lián)系方法,給他們寫一封英文短信索取。通常,學(xué)校會(huì)很樂意免費(fèi)寄給你資料,只是由于學(xué)校每天要處理大量的類似信件,所以你可能要等很長一段日子才有回信,或者干脆沒有音訊。當(dāng)然,有的學(xué)校需要付費(fèi)才會(huì)給你資料。另外,你要特別注意媒體上關(guān)于國際教育展覽的信息,那可是一個(gè)免費(fèi)收集豐富的學(xué)校資料的好機(jī)會(huì)。當(dāng)然,你也可以利用這個(gè)難得的機(jī)會(huì)直接向國外學(xué)校的代表請(qǐng)教一些問題,不用擔(dān)心語言不通,因?yàn)橹鬓k單位通常都會(huì)在每一個(gè)學(xué)校展位上安排一位助理負(fù)責(zé)翻譯工作。
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------------------怎樣申請(qǐng)國外大學(xué)
二.留學(xué)方案設(shè)計(jì)
留學(xué)方案設(shè)計(jì)是你整個(gè)留學(xué)計(jì)劃的靈魂,也是簽證官用來衡量你留學(xué)是否真實(shí)合理的尺度,決定你的留學(xué)是否會(huì)成功和是否具有最佳經(jīng)濟(jì)效益。如果你對(duì)留學(xué)方案設(shè)計(jì)感到經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足,可以向“過來人”請(qǐng)教,也可以去專業(yè)的留學(xué)中介機(jī)構(gòu)咨詢。具體操作是,在掌握留學(xué)基本信息和國外學(xué)校入學(xué)要求的前提下,結(jié)合自身的年齡、學(xué)歷、經(jīng)濟(jì)能力、外語水平、所學(xué)專業(yè)、個(gè)人愛好等因素,設(shè)計(jì)出適合自己的一套科學(xué)合理的留學(xué)方案,對(duì)留學(xué)國別、院校、專業(yè)、入學(xué)時(shí)間等最終拍板確定。其中,特別要對(duì)留學(xué)的投入和產(chǎn)出“價(jià)格比”和所選專業(yè)的未來就業(yè)前景要有明確的把握。等你設(shè)計(jì)好留學(xué)方案之后,就應(yīng)根據(jù)所選定目標(biāo)的入門標(biāo)準(zhǔn)立即開始全面的“熱身和補(bǔ)充”準(zhǔn)備,包括:語言的學(xué)習(xí)與考試、留學(xué)所需的資
金籌備、個(gè)人資歷證明材料的準(zhǔn)備、身體和精神狀態(tài)的調(diào)整等。一俟時(shí)機(jī)成熟,就可以申請(qǐng)學(xué)校了。
三.入學(xué)申請(qǐng)
收到國外學(xué)校免費(fèi)的報(bào)名表之后,要認(rèn)真完整地填寫,隨同個(gè)人學(xué)歷證明、最近的學(xué)習(xí)成績單、推薦信、個(gè)人簡歷、語言考試成績單等資料寄往所申請(qǐng)的學(xué)校。此時(shí),一般均需同時(shí)交納一定數(shù)量的報(bào)名費(fèi)用。由于中國學(xué)生對(duì)申請(qǐng)學(xué)校往往持隨意的態(tài)度,有的甚至同時(shí)申請(qǐng)多達(dá)7-8所學(xué)校,而學(xué)校開出錄取通知書后卻見不到人來,因而有越來越多的國外學(xué)校傾向于向中國學(xué)生征收?qǐng)?bào)名費(fèi)了。申請(qǐng)表格寄出以后,通常申請(qǐng)正式課程的需要等待1-2個(gè)月的時(shí)間才會(huì)有回信,申請(qǐng)英語學(xué)習(xí)短期課程的則快得多,一般只需2-3個(gè)星期。不過,還得加上郵件往來的時(shí)間,因此,為了給簽證辦理留有充裕的時(shí)間,建議你越早申請(qǐng)?jiān)胶茫话闾崆?年就比較從容,除了短期課程,一般離開學(xué)前6個(gè)月申請(qǐng)就顯得非常倉促了。另外,有些學(xué)校的課程是有年齡和英文程度等限制的,比如,大多數(shù)大學(xué)的語言中心對(duì)申請(qǐng)人都有年齡限制,一般要滿16-17歲才可以,在申請(qǐng)時(shí)一定要注意。
在申請(qǐng)課程的同時(shí),你可以向?qū)W校申請(qǐng)學(xué)生宿舍或寄宿家庭等住宿安排。如果你自認(rèn)為學(xué)習(xí)成績優(yōu)異,特別是對(duì)于那些就讀研究生以上課程的學(xué)生來說,可以一并申請(qǐng)國外的獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金等對(duì)留學(xué)生的經(jīng)濟(jì)資助,說不定會(huì)給你個(gè)驚喜。
一般課程申請(qǐng)所必備的文件有:最高學(xué)歷和成績單,最高學(xué)歷畢業(yè)證書,填寫完整的學(xué)校申請(qǐng)表格,照片,財(cái)力證明,報(bào)名費(fèi);
申請(qǐng)學(xué)士、碩士等正式課程除了上述必備文件外,還要有:托福或雅思成績,教授或雇主的推薦信,工作經(jīng)歷證明,自傳,學(xué)習(xí)計(jì)劃等;申請(qǐng)藝術(shù)類課程的需要提供作品集、音像資料等。
四.辦理因私出國護(hù)照、出境卡和準(zhǔn)備簽證資料
一旦你的入學(xué)申請(qǐng)獲得國外院校批準(zhǔn),就會(huì)向你發(fā)出錄取通知書,收到以后,可持錄取通知書向戶口所在地公安機(jī)關(guān)申請(qǐng)辦理因私出國護(hù)照和出境卡。現(xiàn)在,我國公民因私申請(qǐng)出境的手續(xù)已經(jīng)簡化,一般公民憑本人戶口簿或身份證就可以領(lǐng)取出國申請(qǐng)審批表,申請(qǐng)人只須提交與出國相關(guān)的證明材料即可。出國留學(xué)學(xué)生一般持因私普通護(hù)照。與此同時(shí),你可以著手準(zhǔn)備申請(qǐng)國外入境簽證所需的各種資料,包括個(gè)人學(xué)歷、成績單、工作經(jīng)歷的證明;個(gè)人及家庭收入、資金和財(cái)產(chǎn)證明;家庭成員的關(guān)系證明等。
五.辦理公證
公證就是國家公證人員根據(jù)國家賦予的權(quán)利,按照法定程序,證明特定的法律關(guān)系或法律事實(shí)的行為。我國公民在申請(qǐng)自費(fèi)出國留學(xué)時(shí),必須要辦理公證。這類公證屬于涉外公證范圍。你需要公證的文件有:出生公證書,學(xué)歷、學(xué)位和成績公證,經(jīng)歷證書,親屬關(guān)系公證,經(jīng)濟(jì)擔(dān)保公證。
六.申請(qǐng)簽證
辦理好護(hù)照之后,可立即向擬留學(xué)國家駐華使(領(lǐng))館申請(qǐng)入境簽證。申請(qǐng)時(shí)需按要求填寫有關(guān)表格,遞交必需的證明材料,繳納簽證費(fèi)。有的國家(比如美國、英國、加拿大等)在申請(qǐng)簽證時(shí)會(huì)要求申請(qǐng)人前往使(領(lǐng))館進(jìn)行面試。面試的目的是讓簽證官近距離觀察和判斷留學(xué)申請(qǐng)人的真實(shí)程度,即你是否一個(gè)真正的學(xué)生、你的留學(xué)目的是否純正、你是否具備順利完成留學(xué)的能力(主要看外語水平),你有沒有移民傾向。很多人都是因?yàn)榈搅诉@一關(guān)紛紛被簽證官“挑下馬來”,因此,為了保證不功虧一簣,事先找一個(gè)專業(yè)和經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的留學(xué)咨詢公司進(jìn)行簽證面試指導(dǎo)是很有必要的。
一些國家(如愛爾蘭)可能要求在給予簽證之前匯寄學(xué)費(fèi),對(duì)此務(wù)必要慎重,一定要落實(shí)你手里拿到的是正式的入學(xué)通知書,以及國際匯款賬戶的真實(shí),即是否學(xué)校的專項(xiàng)戶頭。此外,有的學(xué)校要求提出申請(qǐng)就必須交付所有款項(xiàng),所以,要至少在出發(fā)前3個(gè)月匯出。
一般向?qū)W校交費(fèi)的方式有3種:到銀行辦理外幣支票(Check)或匯票(Banker’s draft)郵寄,記得要給自己留一份復(fù)印件;電匯(Bank Transfer),學(xué)校若提供轉(zhuǎn)賬銀行的賬號(hào)、地址和戶頭,不妨用此種方式,記住保存好收據(jù);信用卡(Credit Card),有的學(xué)校可以接受Visa、Master、AE卡等,用信用卡付費(fèi),別忘了要保存收據(jù)。
七.體檢,訂機(jī)票,準(zhǔn)備行裝
出國留學(xué)之前,按照國家有關(guān)規(guī)定需要進(jìn)行身體檢查、免疫檢查和接種傳染病疫苗,以保護(hù)公民的人身健康。另外,有的國家也要求申請(qǐng)人前往指定醫(yī)院進(jìn)行體檢。
訂機(jī)票的時(shí)候,要留意個(gè)別國家城市可能需要轉(zhuǎn)機(jī),訂票之前要與有關(guān)航空公司說清楚,確定時(shí)間、航班和轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)地點(diǎn)。另外,前往有些國家如日本、俄羅斯等可以采用乘船和國際列車方式。
出國其實(shí)不需要帶太多的物品或衣物,通常國外的日常生活用品也是很便宜的,只要避開在觀光地區(qū)購物就可以了。在出國之前,要留給家人一份學(xué)校、住宿地址和聯(lián)系方式資料,以方便家人和你聯(lián)絡(luò)。
八.抵達(dá)
大部分國外院校會(huì)提供到機(jī)場接機(jī)和協(xié)助安排住宿服務(wù),你在走之前一定要與學(xué)校或留學(xué)中介落實(shí)清楚。安頓下來后可對(duì)校園及周邊環(huán)境進(jìn)行初步了解,然后盡快投入到新的學(xué)習(xí)中去。
第二篇:出國留學(xué)國外看重什么
國外名校除了成績大學(xué)還看重什么
近年來,出國留學(xué)人數(shù)每年成倍增長,留學(xué)不算難事,難的是想申請(qǐng)海外名校,什么樣的學(xué)生才能在千軍萬馬的國際學(xué)生申請(qǐng)中脫穎而出?越來越多的人開始意識(shí)到,僅有成績是不夠的。Yoyo學(xué)與您一起探討出國留學(xué),除了成績大學(xué)還看重什么?
社會(huì)實(shí)踐:奉獻(xiàn)、熱情、參與度
國外大學(xué)很重視留學(xué)申請(qǐng)者的社會(huì)實(shí)踐能力,如果在個(gè)人陳述中你有很好的社會(huì)實(shí)踐經(jīng)歷,將會(huì)為自己增色不少。很多申請(qǐng)者雖然專業(yè)成績或者語言成績算不上太好,但是因?yàn)橛兄錾纳鐣?huì)實(shí)踐經(jīng)歷,而被名校錄取。
在申請(qǐng)留學(xué)的個(gè)人陳述中,不少同學(xué)都會(huì)提到社會(huì)實(shí)踐這一項(xiàng)內(nèi)容。資深留學(xué)顧問提醒,招生官員在評(píng)估學(xué)生的社區(qū)工作中,最看中的是三點(diǎn):奉獻(xiàn)、熱情和參與度。例如花10天去災(zāi)區(qū)服務(wù)幫助災(zāi)民的行為價(jià)值大于為災(zāi)民捐款1萬元,因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)人的時(shí)間是金錢無法買到的,更能證明學(xué)生對(duì)該活動(dòng)的誠意。從屬于某組織的一員并沒有什么優(yōu)勢,重要的是自己為社區(qū)付出了多少,是不是自己從社會(huì)某一問題和現(xiàn)狀而自主啟發(fā)的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)。
創(chuàng)造性思維:過程勝過結(jié)果
海外院校十分看重學(xué)生是否是一個(gè)有理想、有抱負(fù)的人,因?yàn)閲獾母叩冉逃切枰囵B(yǎng)研究型的學(xué)生,而這個(gè)過程是非常艱辛的,他們覺得有理想有抱負(fù)的學(xué)生,才能在以后的學(xué)習(xí)生涯中迎難而上。國外的課程,要求學(xué)生有很強(qiáng)的自主學(xué)習(xí)能力和創(chuàng)造性思維。例如數(shù)學(xué),國外與國內(nèi)不同的地方在于,不但要求學(xué)生得出題目的答案,還要求學(xué)生知道怎 么得出的,有哪些方法可以得到,這個(gè)題目在生活中可以解決哪些問題等等。國內(nèi)的學(xué)生可能看到題目就自己埋頭解題,但國外的課堂要求大家一起學(xué)習(xí),一起討論問題,解決問題。這其中,學(xué)會(huì)溝通和分享,學(xué)會(huì)用創(chuàng)新思維思考問題非常重要。
其實(shí)國外教育最強(qiáng)調(diào)的兩點(diǎn),一是天生我才必有用;二是去哪里找到需要的信息。同學(xué)們在申請(qǐng)學(xué)校時(shí)候可以更自信、更積極地展現(xiàn)自己的才華。
個(gè)人特色:讓人“記得住”
耶魯大學(xué)負(fù)責(zé)面試工作的員工Steven表示,一般面試的時(shí)候,能讓學(xué)校“記住”的學(xué)生,通常會(huì)得到較高的印象分。
“我們喜歡回答有創(chuàng)造力、有個(gè)性的學(xué)生,個(gè)性是不能復(fù)制的。比如申請(qǐng)人有哪些優(yōu)勢和特長,還有‘能給學(xué)校帶來什么’。除了標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化考試成績外,課外活動(dòng)成果、社區(qū)服務(wù)等都是學(xué)校評(píng)價(jià)學(xué)生的依據(jù)。”在面試的時(shí)候,他們更傾向于能讓人出乎意料的學(xué)生,喜歡那些非常有趣、充滿活力的學(xué)生。Yoyo學(xué)問題提示:想要申請(qǐng)國外名校的同學(xué)們,一方面要努力提高學(xué)習(xí)成績,另一方面也要拓展自己的社會(huì)實(shí)踐能力,視野,形成個(gè)人魅力。
第三篇:國外留學(xué)的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)
Advantages and Disadvantages of Studying Abroad
In the US, the number of university students who study abroad increased dynamically.154,168 American college students studied abroad from 2000 to 2001 compared to 48,483 students from 1985 to 1986(Rooney 4).The more students study abroad, the more organizations have to work flexible.“The university has tried to track the changing interests of its students and the increasingly global nature of its curriculum by setting up programs in countries that did not attract as much interest a generation ago”(Rooney 2).A decade ago, the only destinations of studying abroad were in Western Europe, but there are many places for students to study abroad all over the world now(Rooney 2).Why students want to study abroad? For the reason, they can experience many amazing things.Studying abroad is not only to participate in classes at university but also to stay in different cultures and languages.To know other cultures is interesting, because bad manners in a country are sometimes normal things in the other.If you can speak more languages, we can talk to many people.Nowadays, it is very important to communicate with people who are from other countries because of businesses and to understand other cultures.This experience will positively affect one’s future.Furthermore, ways of thinking and knowledge will be wide and flexible.Therefore, studying abroad has many benefits.However, most students who desire to study abroad tend to think that they can experience only good things.This thinking relate to pamphlets because they only say good things.A studying abroad pamphlet says, “Learn a language, broaden your perspective, explore your identity, challenge yourself, increase your self-confidence and decision making skills, re-evaluate your priorities, values or goals, and discover a new or family cultural heritage”.If students read this, they will definitely feel like studying abroad, but they have to know opposite side.Besides, the most important thing to remember is why they go overseas.The purpose of studying abroad is, of course, to study.Some foreign students die because of accidents or committing suicide.International students experience not only good things but also many bad situations.However, bad things are rarely showed in public.Actually, a Japanese student was killed in Australia last year, but we did not hear any information after a few days of the first news.Students commit suicide rather than die by accidents.We meet with bad experiences because of the gap of cultures and languages, or we just do not suit the country.We cannot predict until we go to the country and stay.In addition, these bad experiences affect our study.Moreover, the worse situations are, the more we feel homesick.Consequently, everything makes us frustrated.People who want to study abroad have to know both good and bad sides.There are mainly three advantages of studying abroad, which are to be able to learn foreign language, experience fun things, and study much harder than doing in their own countries.On the other hand, three disadvantages are predicaments of communicating with people, getting used to a different culture, and tendency to be with people who are from same country.One of the most beneficial things of studying abroad is to be able to learn foreign languages from daily life.To speak more than two languages is necessity now because we have many chances to talk to people who are from overseas by business and even daily life.Most companies require us whether we can speak another language or not today.It is not unusual that people can speak more than 2 languages fluently any more.It means that borders of each county are getting low, and more people go out from their own countries recently than a decade ago.“We think language proficiency is one of the best things that can come out of study abroad”(Rooney 2).As she mentions, studying abroad equals to learn foreign language.Naturally foreign students can learn another language.The more they improve their language skills, the more they can enjoy their lives and make many friends who are native speakers.What do you expect when you travel abroad? You will expect different experiences from your culture.Of course, you can feel difference, but if you really want to experience different culture, you have to stay there.Otherwise you will not understand the culture in depth.Another advantage of studying abroad is that you can experience many interesting things.For example, there are different religions in
different countries.Mostly, East Asian countries are Buddhism, Middle Asian is Islam, and Christianity is the one of the biggest religions in the world.There are many unique or mixed religions all over the world.If students go to these certain places, they will experience different religious and traditional events.It is also very important to understand other cultures and people.They might feel weird, strange, or even sad, and annoyed, but these feelings help their thoughts wide and flexible because there is no right or wrong culture.My friend, Satoko Kogure, talked about her opinions of studying abroad.“I’m enjoying studying abroad in the US.I met a lot of people, and I could get different opinions and thoughts from them.I sometimes feel tired of this society and culture, but many people encourage me.What makes me really happy is that people try to understand me and they are interested in my culture.I like talking about cultures with people who have different cultures”(Kogure).She appeals to her emotions and characters.She mentions what she got and felt something warm from this country and people.In addition, she said that she was discriminated by American students at university.However, people who discriminated her recovered her.They had not considered her situation when they understood what foreign people feel about staying other countries.Finally, she appealed that, “What we have to do when we communicate with foreigners is not to be ethnocentrism.Everyone is also different even if they are from same country.Thus, we cannot say that this ethnic group is right and others are wrong”(Kogure).There are no bad things to know other cultures.The third advantage is to study much harder.Local students can understand what the teacher talks about during the class, whereas international students have a difficulty of following classes because of the gap of language, so we spend much more time for studying than students who are native speakers.Moreover, international students pay tuition twice as local students pay.It helps us study harder.Therefore, we have to study hard to get good scores and not to waste money.Actually, many foreign students get good grades and scholarships.Moreover, if we do not have a strong will about study, we cannot gain anything from this experience, and even we cannot live in another country.Hence, we are able to have confidence to try something new when
we study harder and harder.On the other hand, however, students who want to study abroad should not forget that they would also experience sad, hard, and bad things.One of the disadvantages is students are always facing difficulty of language.In classes, students sometimes do not know what the teachers talk about, they do not know what to do, and they miss very important information.Besides, they hesitate to ask what the other students are doing.Because of that, people seem to think that international students cannot speak the language at all so that people sometimes misunderstand or even ignore them.Actually, most international students learn the languages before studying abroad, but the native speakers’ speaking speed is totally different from the speed that foreign students learn in their own countries.Moreover, every language has difficult pronunciations.Language teachers can understand what foreigners say because the teachers have already gotten used to listen to foreigners’ speaking.But it is a little bit hard for general people to understand it.Thus, foreign students are disappointed to their language skills.Another problem of communicating with people who speak different languages is there are many words that have same meanings or similar meanings, or even a word has several meanings.Taking exams is hard for international people.First of all we have to understand exactly what the teachers ask about.Even we use dictionaries during the exams, dictionaries make us more confuse.Consequently, it takes more time to finish than local students.It is very interesting to know other cultures, but it is hard to live in another culture.We do feel different and uncomfortable living in different countries.There is a proverb, which is “When in Rome do as the Romans do”.This is true.If you behave as if you were in your country, you will be scorned because what you do might be bad manner or taboo in the country.But we cannot imitate everything local people do, and we sometimes cannot respect what they do.These differences make students annoy and frustrate.In addition, international students are sometimes discriminated because of their race and ethnic groups.Especially, discrimination against Arab people became severe after September 11th 2001.This is an article, which titled, “So, where are you
from”, written by Kristina Lane.This is about the situation of Middle East university students studying in United States of America after the accident happened.Actually, they are in the very difficult situation.They are dealt with in the same way as suspects.Many Arab students were arrested or detained as suspects of the terrorism just because they are from Arabic countries(Lane 5).Even if they were born in the US, and have US citizenships, they are still discriminated because of their race.Unfortunately, my Indian friend was attacked by Americans.We do not know why it happened, but he said that it was because of his race.The author mentions that, “I view it as a clear message that this country does not want Arab students to be in the country”(Lane 2).She appeals emotions, which is what Arab students feel now, and how some Americans feel to them.Not only Arab students but also people from all over the world have been dealt with American government strictly.For example, it is difficult to enter the US now and to get any kinds of visa.We have to be checked more than before at the airports.Even we can enter the US luckily;we have to submit many certificates to the government.Our all data is inputted into the computer.If you had a serious problem in another country, who would you ask to help? You would ask to people who are from same country.You could tell them exactly and they could understand why you are worried.You would better to find someone whom you can trust in another country.However, it is not good to be with someone who is from same country all the time.Once international students find someone who is from same country, they seem to be together anytime.When they feel homesick, they can encourage each other, and it is comfortable to be the people.However, as a result, they tend to restrict ourselves into the small group, and lose the chance to know the more diverse community.It does not make sense because we came to study another language and make many friends who are native speakers.This is just waste of money.In these advantages and disadvantages, there are similarities.In the case of language, if students try speaking a language to people who are the native speakers, they will improve their language skills.However, if they stick to only same ethnic
group, of course, to study abroad does not mean anything.It depends on person’s will whether studying abroad become their benefits or not.As the same as language, what they experience and how they take things will decide worth of studying abroad.Good experiences make them confident, and they will think that studying abroad is worth doing.On the other hand, even if they experience bad things, they will learn something from the experiences, and these episodes will help them think wide and flexible.Either this experience becomes advantage or disadvantage depends on students’ will and endeavor.Nobody can help them, but everyone can encourage them if they try hard.I wondered why I decided to study abroad.When I decided to go to England, I just wanted to learn English.I thought if it spoke English fluently, it could be advantage to get a job.I did not think anything more.However, after staying in England, I realized what I was interested in.I was interested in other cultures, customs, and behave.I was amazed that there were so many unique and unbelievable things all over the world.That is why I decided to study Anthropology in English.Besides, I am interested in Native Americans, too.Nowadays studying abroad programs are very well organized.For example, the program is length and strength;we can choose curriculums, majors, and specializations, “Students body diversity-total size, geographic and cultural representations, professional backgrounds”, “Faculty and program diversity, international diversity of the faculty, and international scope of the curriculum”, and so on(“Guide” 9).We do not have to worry anything about complicated systems in another country.Therefore, my situation at present is perfect for me.However, I experienced many things, which were not only good things but many bad things that were because of cultural differences and language difficulty.A bad experience makes me uncomfortable still now.But if I had not experienced it, my thought would not be wide and flexible.As I said, I also have thousands of good memories.Hence, I would like many students to know that studying abroad has both advantages and disadvantages, but they can make it good way.After considering these things, I want them to study abroad.They will definitely gain something from this experience.
第四篇:國外留學(xué)的利弊
advantages of studying abroad: 出國留學(xué)的優(yōu)勢
1)To practise the ability of independence and solving problems alone on the students who study abroad.出國的留學(xué)生能夠鍛煉獨(dú)立自主和獨(dú)自解決問題的能力
2)The abroad students can learn how to allocate their time better.國外留學(xué)生能夠?qū)W習(xí)如何更好地分配他們的時(shí)間 3)To broaden their horizons 開闊視野和見識(shí)
4)To improve the ability of adapting themselves to a totally new environment and experience cultural differences.提高適應(yīng)全新環(huán)境的能力并有機(jī)會(huì)體驗(yàn)文化差異
5)To be accessible to the advanced teaching methods and better educational systems.可以得到更先進(jìn)的教學(xué)方法和更好的教育體系
6)To improve their ability of learning or mastering a second language(or even a third language)提高學(xué)習(xí)第二門語言的能力或?qū)⑵湔莆盏哪芰Γㄉ踔潦堑谌T語言)7)Have a better chance to find a job abroad to improve practical ability.在國外找到工作的機(jī)會(huì)更大,從而可以使實(shí)踐能力得到提高 Disadvantages of studying abroad: 出國留學(xué)的劣勢 1)Long time being apart from their families may cause several mental problems or even illnesses.長時(shí)間的與家人分離有可能導(dǎo)致心理上的一些問題,甚至疾病
2)Too young to accept or adapt to a new environment after going abroad.年齡太小以至于出國后不能接受或適應(yīng)新的環(huán)境 3)The students abroad who have weak self-control may give in to some certain kinds of bad temptations so that they spend much less time and effort on their major goal-study 自制力差的出國留學(xué)生有可能會(huì)經(jīng)不住一些不良誘惑從而大大減少了他們在學(xué)習(xí)上花的功夫和時(shí)間.4)Sometimes they are possible to be discriminated or abandoned by the foreign students.有時(shí)他們有可能被國外學(xué)生歧視或孤立.5)More and more students begin to choose to go abroad for a further education recently so that the competition among all the abroad students can be tremendous.如今越來越多的學(xué)生開始選擇出國留學(xué)這條道路來獲取更高的教育以至于國外留學(xué)生(海歸)之間的競爭非常激烈.6)Generally speaking,the students who study abroad spend much more money than the students who study internally.So the economic burdens of the abroad students'families are much heavier than the students who stay in their own countries.通常來講,國外留學(xué)生比國內(nèi)的學(xué)生花費(fèi)多很多,所以導(dǎo)致留學(xué)生家庭的經(jīng)濟(jì)負(fù)擔(dān)要比在國內(nèi)學(xué)習(xí)的學(xué)生的家庭重很多
第五篇:澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)之博士申請(qǐng)流程
澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)之博士申請(qǐng)流程
選擇澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)的同學(xué)們很多,澳大利亞確實(shí)是一個(gè)很適合留學(xué)的國度,但是并不是每一個(gè)人進(jìn)行澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)都能成功的。下面是對(duì)于澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)中,博士申請(qǐng)流程的詳細(xì)介紹。希望大家看了之后能夠更加順利的進(jìn)行澳大利亞博士留學(xué)申請(qǐng)。
在了解澳洲留學(xué)申請(qǐng)流程之前先看一下澳洲留學(xué)申請(qǐng)之獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金申請(qǐng)表方面的問題:
留學(xué)專家建議想去澳大利亞留學(xué)讀博士的同學(xué)可以看看申請(qǐng)表里面是否有類似于“Do you want to apply for scholarship? if yes,pleas attach the application form”。如果有的話,就勾選。如果沒有,則需要去ANU查找一下是否有scholorship的申請(qǐng)表,具體需要的材料與offer申請(qǐng)類似,注意尋找一些相關(guān)領(lǐng)域?qū)W術(shù)界的推薦信以及ps一起附上去。
澳洲博士申請(qǐng)材料
留學(xué)專家介紹說,申請(qǐng)澳大利亞留學(xué)讀博士需要提供成績單和學(xué)位證,這些材料要找正規(guī)的翻譯公司翻譯成英文版本并附上蓋章。澳大利亞NAATI認(rèn)可的3級(jí)(專業(yè)級(jí))翻譯在澳大利亞是認(rèn)可的,收費(fèi)大致是普通證件幾十澳幣,成績單要貴些。
國內(nèi)比較好的大學(xué)內(nèi)部都有自身的翻譯配套機(jī)構(gòu),就是為留學(xué)生提供此類服務(wù)的,蓋此相應(yīng)部門的公章即可。研究生處的公章一般也是認(rèn)可的,如果能把譯文放 在學(xué)校函頭紙(如配有中英文的函頭紙,則很標(biāo)準(zhǔn))下面開立翻譯,則認(rèn)可度更高。公證一般是不需要的,但如果學(xué)校不提供此項(xiàng)服務(wù),則最好去公證處辦理。
以上為大家詳細(xì)介紹了澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)中,博士申請(qǐng)的流程,大家看之后都能了解了吧,根據(jù)自己的情況進(jìn)行準(zhǔn)備,從而澳大利亞留學(xué)申請(qǐng)才能更加順利地進(jìn)行。