International Students in America
Lucas Wegehaupt
WRI 1100 A-4FYS
Research Essay-Final Draft
12/2/2012
Teachers Dealing With International Students
Our academic society has and is still thriving on the shoulders of teachers. Teachers show students methods of how to succeed and how to fail. Although the majority of the teachers in the United States are open minded to whomever their students are, there are many teachers in college who teach without this mentality. There is a growing population of international undergraduate students who are frustrated that education in the U.S is seldom adjusted to foreign circumstances. Many academic institutions harbor teachers who don’t have the training to deal with international students who’s language, culture, and perspective is different than theirs. Whether it is an Asian, Hispanic, European, or Indian that is beginning college in the United States, undergraduate teachers need to learn better ways to adaptively teach these unique and newly incoming students in order to instill a positive and meaningful educational experience.
To begin, the world is comprised of a fast growing university student population. This includes students from all around the world. Let’s put the United States into perspective. An article in USA Today recently stated, “the number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges climbed 6% to a record 764,495 last year” (Marklein, 2012). This report stated that there is an increasing amount of international students coming to United State schools. If this rate keeps rising, it will soon be inevitable for teachers who teach undergraduate courses within American universities to encounter these unique college students. The teachers that are being referenced are those who teach general education courses because these beginning courses consist of newly inducted international students. These are students who are beginning to learn American culture, English language proficiency, and comprehensive interactions with their teachers and
WRI 1100 A-4FYS
Research Essay-Final Draft
12/2/2012
Teachers Dealing With International Students
Our academic society has and is still thriving on the shoulders of teachers. Teachers show students methods of how to succeed and how to fail. Although the majority of the teachers in the United States are open minded to whomever their students are, there are many teachers in college who teach without this mentality. There is a growing population of international undergraduate students who are frustrated that education in the U.S is seldom adjusted to foreign circumstances. Many academic institutions harbor teachers who don’t have the training to deal with international students who’s language, culture, and perspective is different than theirs. Whether it is an Asian, Hispanic, European, or Indian that is beginning college in the United States, undergraduate teachers need to learn better ways to adaptively teach these unique and newly incoming students in order to instill a positive and meaningful educational experience.
To begin, the world is comprised of a fast growing university student population. This includes students from all around the world. Let’s put the United States into perspective. An article in USA Today recently stated, “the number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges climbed 6% to a record 764,495 last year” (Marklein, 2012). This report stated that there is an increasing amount of international students coming to United State schools. If this rate keeps rising, it will soon be inevitable for teachers who teach undergraduate courses within American universities to encounter these unique college students. The teachers that are being referenced are those who teach general education courses because these beginning courses consist of newly inducted international students. These are students who are beginning to learn American culture, English language proficiency, and comprehensive interactions with their teachers and
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