What Are The Challenges Faced By International Students

As an international student study abroad, everyone will face lots of challenges when we came to the United States. We should overcome the language problem, loneliness, suit for the local food and etc. Now I have been the United States near two years, and I am going to give some suggestions for freshman to solve these challenges. The language challenge is the most common problem, it include daily talking and academic language. It was really hard for me when I arrived the United States, I cannot say clearly the destination to the taxi driver when I get out of the airport, because of my poor pronunciation and foreign accent. It’s a really hard period before the semester start. I am afraid go to communicated with others. However, my roommate helps …show more content…
He asked me why don’t you make new friends in America? He encourages me to join a mass organization, and do not miss “coffee and conversation” hour with college classmates. We should find every way to learn more cultures to love this country. It’s really helpful for international students to find new friends who have a common goal in the same camp. A number of my friends don’t like American food. It makes us homesick. Most people would have a stomachache if they change the dietary food. It’s such a big challenge for international students, someone needs a long time to suit the food in America. Most traditional Chinese restaurant is far from ASU campus. Also it’s so expensive for students to go to restaurants every day. If we want to cook by ourselves, it’s hard to find the food material in an unfamiliar place. However, it gets much easier if we move out of school dormitory. We may learn to cook the food style of our own country. It’s not hard to cook a meal with three or four dishes from our own. It has a large number of recipes in internet. We can learn how to cook a delicious meal by watching videos, it is clear to teach you step by