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Studying abroad has both advantages and disadvantages related to educational and emotional conditions. The advantages include gaining wider experience in different cultures that helps develop understanding of the world. Studying abroad also provides opportunities to improve foreign language skills and learn how to get along with different types of people. However, there are also disadvantages like feeling loneliness when living in a new environment away from familiar places and people. Studying abroad can also cause psychological confusion in personal identity for some, especially young students. Managing the disadvantages requires being prepared to adapt to the new foreign environment.
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- 1. The advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad 1346013 Heerim Suh Today, compared to the past, it is common for people to go abroad to study what they want. Although many people from young students to grown up adults fancy studying abroad, there are not only advantages but also disadvantages of studying abroad. The advantages and disadvantages of studying away from home country are closely related to educational and emotional condition. The advantages contribute to educational and interpersonal benefits. First, studying abroad brings wider and deeper educational effects. People can study and experience other culture which is different from that of their countries. Wider experience in different cultures helps develop peoples general understanding and insight into the world. Furthermore, as with the prevailing purpose for studying abroad, people can have a good chance to develop their foreign language skill since they get to speak practical language with native speakers in a suitable environment. Second, by contacting with a variety of people from other cultures, people can teach themselves how to get along with different types of people. Exposure to the bigger world will help people to manage challengeable situation well. For example, people who have experienced various cultures and people are more likely to adapt to a new environment easily. However, there are also numerous disadvantages that keep people from focusing on study in a foreign country. First, loneliness comes to reality when living and studying with new people. It is obvious that people would feel lonely and strange when they face a new situation away from the familiar. Even though the period of feeling loneliness varies case by case, it is a serious emotional burden. Sometimes, loneliness distracts people from concentrating on what they have to do such as studying and getting along with new friends and neighbors. Second, studying abroad can bring about psychological confusion in peoples own identity. Having an identity crisis has a serious impact especially on young children who are in a critical stage of establishing their own identity. Identity crisis can occur when living in an unfamiliar environment which includes speaking foreign language, eating foreign food, and sharing thoughts with new foreign people and these activities are different from those of their home country to which they used to belong. If this develops into a serious confusion, it can be a big obstacle in studying for a desirable purpose. The advantages of studying abroad provide people with wider and deeper insight, experience and interpersonal relationship as well as language skill. On the other hand, the disadvantages of emotional distractions such as loneliness and identity crisis can undermine the advantages if one is not fully prepared to fit himself into the new environment.