What are problems that overseas students might have to face when studying abroad? What are solutions?

QUESTION TYPE: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

4 criteria:

- Task response- Coherence and cohesion- Lexical resource- Grammatical range and accuracy

Introduction: Introduce the topic; answer the question

TOPIC: overseas students studying abroad

QUESTION: PROBLEMS? SOLUTIONS?

There is an increasing number of international students who want to spend some time studying in a foreign country. There are some major problems that overseas students might have to cope with, and a wide range of solutions can be taken to deal with these problems/issues.

Body 1: PROBLEMS:

TOPIC SENTENCE: introduce the topic; answer the first question.

When studying abroad, students might have to overcome many obstacles/difficulties.

SUPPORTING IDEA 1 (PROBLEM 1):- The first problem is that- Firstly, - Students might feel homesick during the first week being

in a totally new living environment/being away from what they are accustomed to.

EXAMPLE of problem 1- They might have to do things that they might never have

done before; cooking, cleaning, shopping, paying bills and doing the laundry themselves; and it would depress them easily.

SUPPORTING IDEA 2 (PROBLEM 2): - Secondly,- The second problem is that- Besides,- Another problem that students might have to face with- Besides, many students who used to be high achievers

come to a new university with high expectations, and if things do not go as planned, they might receive low grades, leading to a low self-esteem and an inferiority complex, hindering them from enjoying their lives.

SUPPORTING IDEA 3 (PROBLEM 3)

- Language barriers; culture shock

- Finally, language barrier sand culture shock would prevent students from enjoying their lives/hinder students from discovering a new country/would make students find it difficult to acclimatize to a new environment/would make students find it difficult to mingle with a new society/community in which they can broaden their horizon.

Body 2: SOLUTIONS

TOPIC SENTENCE: Introduce the topic; answer the second question.

However, there are some measures that can be implemented to address the above problems/issues as students studying overseas.

SUPPORTING IDEA 1 (SOLUTION 1)o Firstly,o The first solution is thato The first solution is for students to do …o The first remedy is for the governments to …o The first measure would be that…o Firstly, to lessen the feeling of homesickness,

students should/could make friends with others who

come from their own countries to make them feel more at home.

o Firstly, it is worth for students to make friends with other people from their own countries so that they can feel more at home.

EXAMPLE: For example, when I was studying in the USA, I joined the Vietnamese Student Association in which there were many students from my own country who I could share opinions and experience in life.

SUPPORTING IDEA 2 (SOLUTION 2) The second solution is for students to develop skills for

different styles of learning and be realistic to what they might be able to achieve, so (SO THAT) they would be ready for challenges thrown at them.

The second solution is for students to develop skills for different styles of learning and be realistic to what they might be able to achieve, so (SO THAT) they would be ready for every challenge that they might have to encounter during their new academic life.

SUPPORTING IDEA 3 (SOLUTION 3) Finally, to cope with culture shock and language barriers,

students should be prepared; joining language classes/courses to master their language skills and discovering new cultures in advance.

Finally, to cope with culture shock and language barriers, students should spend some time discovering new cultures and mastering/honing their language skills.

Conclusion: Reintroduce the topic; re-answer the question

In conclusion, a number of problems can be anticipated as students study abroad, and some solutions can be taken to tackle these problems.

- Problems = issues = troubles = obstacles = difficulties- Solve = resolve = overcome = deal with = cope with =

tackle- Solution = implement measure = remedy = take action- Solutions to these problems- A number of problems can be predicted/anticipated as

students study overseas, and there are some solutions to these problems.

- Some measures can be implemented- Governments can take action to deal with these problems.-