Many people travel to other countries, where they can learn a new language. However, when international students study English in Canada, they can face many challenges. For me, traveling to Canada to learn English was the biggest decision I have made in my life. I made my decision to study aboard because of my cousin who finished his degree in England. One day, my cousin came back from England with his degree, so his family did a party for him in their house. They invited all the people who were related to him, and his friends as well. There was a cake, music, and we as his family were proud of him. Then, I knew if my cousin had done it, I could do it too. From that moment, I decided to go to Canada to study and get my degree there. Eventually, …show more content…
After a long flight, which was almost 24 hours, I was exhausted. I arrived Vancouver at 2:00 a.m. It was dark and raining cats and dogs, and I was looking for someone who had a sign, which was my name on it, but I could not find it. I was waiting in the airport for 1 hour, until I realized that I had my homestay address with me all the time. I went outside of the airport building to look for a cab. Then, I found an expensive cab, which at that moment I had to decide between the expensive cab and the normal cab. Even though I was on a tight budget, I decided to take the expensive cab. When I arrived to my homestay, I could not stay up any longer, so I slept. The next morning, while I was having breakfast with my homestay family, I was not able to communicate with my homestay. When my homestay was talking to me, I understood what they were telling to me, but I could not reply back to them. I struggled a lot with my English, yet after a few months I was able to speak to English speakers and to reply back to them. Nowadays, I know what are the main challenges that international students will face, which is making a big decision, saying goodbye to their families, not knowing what to do in an airport, and communicating with English speakers. However, there are many challenges international students will face, but they will learn from
Salutation: Good afternoon and many thanks to all the UN General Assembly members for taking the time to evaluate Canada’s capability on maintaining responsible international involvement. I hope you all will agree with me in terms of Canada being given this esteemed position.
As technology develops, and politics continues to evolve, it is extremely important for Canada to recognize that the world is now more globally connected than ever before. However, this connection can take affect on Canada whether it is positive or negative, which is why Canada should continue to engage itself in global politics and organizations. In order to protect Canadians well-being now and in the future, it is vital that Canada involves itself with outside politics about trade, security and environment. Global involvement in organizations about these three topics only makes Canada's economy, safety, and environment improve, therefore furthering the well-being of Canadians.
Life was hard, everyone had to endure hardships in order to meet the daily challenges of survival. Most people (those who weren’t rich) had to start from scratch with nothing but uncultivated land, only the crown and the church had the already cultivated valuable land. Why did people come here? They came here because they were promised with a better life in Canada. Though this was the case for many colonists, they still had to put a lot of effort on to not only their land, but also on their families for the sake of surviving. Most men worked outside, usually either constructing, farming, hunting, chopping trees, chopping wood (for warmth near the fireplace), or just simply managing their own lands. They had to use nothing but their hands and
2006. That's the year I moved to Canada. It was a big change, for an eight-year-old, moving to a different continent. The language was different, the culture was different, and the history was different. I like to think that this big move, and integration into Canadian culture, has allowed me to expand my perception of the world. To me, global citizenship is educating myself, knowing what is happening all around the world, whether or not it directly affects me. After all, you can’t solve a problem if you don’t know it exists.
July 1st 1867 marks the date of Canada’s birth, the day Canada became a country. Since its birth, Canada has been the greatest country to exist. Don’t agree? There are some reasons where you can argue with my opinion, but here are just 3 of many reasons why Canada is the greatest/best country to live in. Those 3 reasons being Canada’s amazing healthcare plan, the economy in Canada, and the safety in the country.
Second, although globalization has severe implications for developing nations, it produces social and economic benefits for developed continents such as North America. 11 Globalization has made it possible for students from other countries to travel to various national and geographic locations in order to receive an education. 11 Canada has an advanced education system, and enrols more students than any other country in the world. 11 Its citizens enable the progression of the schooling system because they value education and have the economic means to support the costly institution, which accumulates $50 billion dollars from Canadian residents each year. 11
In addition to spending more on the actual education and university fees, the international students also have to spend on boarding and food. Finding a place to stay that is conveniently near to the university and other places of interaction, is affordable, accepts immigrants, and suits the basic requirements - is hard, sometimes impossible. A compromise on at least one criterion of the above is required to sustain in the new country.
When Bono stated that “The world needs more Canada”, he was referring to increased need for Canadian identity. Identity is defined as the condition of being oneself or itself, and not another. As individuals, we show our identity through name, attire, or belief. Canadian identity was often labelled as a popular discussion among social scientists and historians, due to the inability to procure a time when Canadian identity prospered. Canadian identity is often easily distinguishable from others, due to its flag and historical achievement. This is because, it was the time when Canada established its independence and assembled formidable achievements. In other words, more Canada, equals a better world.
In the article “An (ESL) Student’s Perspective on Internationalizing the Canadian Campus” by Stephanie Hobbis (2013), the author experienced the problems caused by ESL students in Canadian universities’ class as an ESL student, and now strongly criticize the Friesen’s negative perspective about internationalizing in the Canadian campus as a current ESL instructor. Her main perspective is that ESL students could do better jobs in an academic environment than native students, and I fully agree with this. In fact, ESL students have greater advantages than native speakers because most of ESL students are trained on academic skills like research paper and essay writing which local students did not, before get into undergraduate classes. We have
As you know my name's Nora. I am from Saudi Arabia. My English language is not very good to start college, because of that I had to start from zero and rebuild everything ,and the first step to set my goal is by studying at YUELI.
Canada as a country has done much to help in the field of environmental sustainability. Additionally, Canada continues to develop more programs to decrease the detrimental impacts of humankind on the environment. Moreover, our government aims to recognize problematic activities, analyze their impacts on the future, and invest in recovery strategies.
Going to study in a new country can be a stressful experience, from learning the culture norms to new foods. Culture shock is common with international students. Culture shock can include, meeting new people, language barriers, social behaviors, and a sense of community. A students comfortability with the culture of their new home can determine their learning experience. It can be an emotional rollercoaster, being so far away from family and friends. American culture is difficult to understand. International students find Americans to be confusing. Social norms vary depending on the part of the country a person is in.
According to Maureen Snow Andrade (2006) in the article “International students in English-speaking universities”, this article is about adjustment issues and factors for international students, and how this led to adjust academically and socially in the new environment and the new educational techniques. Andrade states that international or foreign students face many limitations and challenges to fit academically and socially in university life and the new culture. In addition, according to Andrade (2006) “Adjustment challenges are primarily attributable to English language proficiency and culture” (p. 131). Students face many adjustment issues like loneliness, homesickness culture shock, lack of English proficiency and lack of participation
There is nothing quite like traveling, going someplace new and finding out more about the world and yourself. Anyone can become a traveler it just takes a little bit of faith and courage. Traveling across the world or even across the country is a learning experience. When you are a traveler you see how people live and how different cultures work. It is the best educational experience you could give yourself. You see how the world works in a way no one can teach you. Seeing different cultures and people help build the person you want to be. If you are a traveler the world influences you, because when traveling, you see the good and the bad, and you learn from the right and the wrong. I am very lucky that I am able to be a traveler and see this
In today’s global society, the option to travel abroad, to obtain real world educational experiences, only further enhances a student’s education, and makes the student more competitive/marketable in our globally minded world.