All college and university students would benefit from spending at least one semester studying in a foreign country.
There is never a one-size-fits-all educational curriculum that would benefit all students since each and every individual learns differently and has different goals in mind. Therefore, the argument takes an extreme stance and it would be more applicable to say that a majority of students will benefit from spending at least one semester studying abroad.
First and foremost, taking a semester to study abroad help to expand the student’s horizon and develop certain invaluable traits and skillsets. Studying abroad will expose students to different teaching styles and international students from diverse backgrounds. For example, an Asian student who participates in a exchange program in the United States will need to adjust his communication skills, gestures and attitude accordingly. Through this exposure, it helps to develop important character traits such as tolerance and accapetance to diversity and ambiguity, communication skills and adaptability. It was also shown in a study that about 60% of employers value international student experience because of the growth and development that the students receive through the exchange program. Hence, this is definitely an advantage as students can benefit through personal development and having better career options once they graduate.
Furthermore, participating in a semester exchange program benefit students through exposure to different teaching styles and different level of advancements in the curriculum. For instance, the education system in India is more triate as compared to United States. In India, students are more focused on questions-and-answers-based evaluation system, whereas in United States, research is of greater importance. There may also be a different degree of advancements in certain aspects. For example, universities in United States may be teaching the most updated programs in some areas as compared to universities in India. In that case, students who goes to US for an exchange program will get the opportunity to be exposed to a different education system and advanced programs that are not available in their home country. This experience not only benefits the students, but can also be used to provide feedbacks to the home universities to improve upon their current curriculum.
In contrast to the statement, there will be instances whereby students do not actually benefit from the semester exchange program. This is especially the case for students who may not have the necessary resources to partake in the program. For instance, the student may be pursuing double-major or undertaking part-time internships. Hence, the student will not have the time to participate in the exchange program since there are other priorities at hand. As a result, enforcing the student to undergo the exchange program will result in detrimental effects, such as delaying his/her graduation.
Nevertheless, a global exposure benefits the students in a multitude of ways. However, nothing should ever be enforced upon the students in our education system. Imposing such restrictions will only impede the student’s learning abilities. It should be made clear to students the importance and potential benefits that the exchange program will provide. Only then, they will be able to make the final decision once they have the full picture of what lies ahead.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, actually, also, but, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, may, nevertheless, so, then, therefore, whereas, as to, at least, for example, for instance, in contrast, such as, as a result, in contrast to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.4196629213 169% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 14.8657303371 128% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2849.0 2235.4752809 127% => OK
No of words: 510.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.5862745098 5.05705443957 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75217629947 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.18758705997 2.79657885939 114% => OK
Unique words: 245.0 215.323595506 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.480392156863 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 900.9 704.065955056 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.2370786517 124% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.2789699429 60.3974514979 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.96 118.986275619 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.4 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.64 5.21951772744 166% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.261394287117 0.243740707755 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.078990737078 0.0831039109588 95% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0787005417973 0.0758088955206 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.173532175679 0.150359130593 115% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.116452747189 0.0667264976115 175% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 14.1392134831 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 34.26 48.8420337079 70% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.5 12.1743820225 111% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.14 12.1639044944 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.93 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 139.0 100.480337079 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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