Environmental Factors Influence On International Students

Today, more and more people study abroad in America in order to make their dream come true. Some people want to broaden their horizon; while, others want to study more on their professional field. However, before achieving the desire, there are many environmental influences, such as social interaction and education system. For realizing the difficulty of international students, the experiences may help the students cross the native and non-native gap easier. I am also an international student in American college, so I am interested in relevant articles. As for me, I concur with Leong’s (2015) belief that environmental factors influence international students than individual factors. Following, I will discuss three aspects: relationship between faculty and students, academic resources, and financial challenges, to explain the environmental challenges and support what Leong proposed.
I want to summarize the Leong (2015) prior to discussion with my factors. Her study describes adapting …show more content…
The external barriers of relationship, professional resources and financial problems can explain international students’ challenges. Pursuing success, international students should seize chances to perform well. Besides, it is important that students should make a good relationship with professor and faculty, because they provide advantages and influence students a lot. In terms of expert material, students should use it efficiently, thus they would have a great performance in learning. As for financial challenges, international students should manage their money or ask supports from school if they have problems. Ultimately, no matter what the results of the international students are positive or negative, students need to find the solutions to live in America. On the other hand, a big hand from native students and professors would encourage international students to cross the span of