留學保證失敗的三大雷區
The Chinese student who simply tries to memorize all the information from a course in a North American school will be frustrated when less studious classmates achieve higher scores. This is because some students are able to write papers or exams in ways that reveal deeper understanding of principles. In North America, two different students might compose very different answers to a given exam question but achieve the same scores. Often such students are able to apply relevant evidence from extra knowledge gained through personal reading or through superior recognition about which information more strongly supports a point of view。
Second way to fail: be a passive learner
In Western countries there is a stereotype about the typical Chinese student who sits quietly in class, always does his homework and can achieve at the top of his class in math and science courses. This student however, however, does much less well in literature, history, psychology and other subjects where the written course content requires each student to approach the information with a personal point of view and to form opinions and interpretations。
One of the main differences between the two clusters of subjects is the requirement that students develop their understanding through open discussion and debate, by skillfully and politely challenging the views of other classmate and teachers. North American students have been developing the confidence to function in this manner since elementary school. Furthermore, North American students have been functioning in learning groups from an early age. By this approach, students produce reports, displays and other types of results using teamwork just as they might have to do as part of a production team in a company later in life。
Unfortunately, the stereotypical Chinese student is often seen as a burden rather than an asset by such groups because his skills are not suitable for contribution to the development of the product in a relevant way. The Chinese student who takes personal risks and develops his social and academic skills will find himself more easily accepted by classmates and will achieve higher scores。
Third way to fail: isolate yourself from the host culture
A different stereotype has emerged about the modern Chinese student. He has a lot of money to spend and draws attention to himself by buying an expensive car (BMW, Mercedes, etc。). Local North American students hate this. It tells them that this student doesn’t care about learning to function with local students but wants to achieve status within an overseas Chinese population。
Another aspect of this mentality is the tendency for this student to spend a lot of time with Chinese friends, speaking Chinese and going to Chinese restaurants and clubs. This will allow the student to have a comfortable cultural lifestyle but it means he is not learning to interact with students from the host country and other cultures。
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