Major Challenges Encountered by Students While Studying Abroad

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Major Challenges Encountered by Students While
Studying Abroad
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Many international students experience a number
of different challenges unique to their life
abroad.

We are not here to discourage you from problems,
but we are preparing you to be ready and face
them bravely.

In the following post, you will find the few
challenges that students often find in a foreign
nation.
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1. Language Barriers
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Did they serve you duck eyeballs when your order
was a chicken dish? Did you board the train to
Spain and ended up in Russia?

People might be using the local slangs and local
words for a particular thing that might be alien
to you.
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The best thing is to practice more before the
start of your studies.

Do not be afraid of asking local people to
pronounce words again. They are usually very keen
to help you.

To fight with such barriers, make the best use of
the translator app.
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2. Homesickness
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When something goes wrong around, you can really
feel what loneliness is. Your family and friends
will be hundreds of miles away.

You will be going to get homesickness and its
very natural. But it is just a phase, and slowly
but gradually it will pass.
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This issue is likely to appear only during the
first a few months before you have built up a new
social circle and get used to the unknown city.

To beat this phase, get involved in new
interests, adventure or any activity to be part
of the mainstream.
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3. Fear of Missing Out
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Fear of Missing Out or FOMO is another common
problem faced by people living in their own
country, but it gets triple when you are in a
foreign country thousands of miles away from your
people and your comfort zone.

FOMO is more or less a byproduct of doing
something instead of something else.
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Minimize the time you spend cruising around the
internet and spend some time to explore the
place..

When you look at the big picture, your night out
in foreign country probably outdid the exciting
things happening to your friends back home.
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4. Cultural Differences

In one country handshake, is considered as a kind
gesture and normal while in another country it is
considered offensive and impolite.
It is important to recognize that people from
different cultures have are different in a
variety of ways, including
different ways of looking at things
different ways of dressing
different ways of expressing personality/goodness
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Immerse the culture, and norms with open arms.
Try to embrace the beauty of culture and act like
local to be part of the group.

It does take effort to establish and cultivate
meaningful relationships, especially across
cultural boundaries so make friends with at least
1 local.
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5. Time-Zone War

When you are new to a country, the challenge is
to keep a track of the time zone.

There will be situations where you have to
respond to the Skype call of your bank back in
the country at midnight or mommy calling in the
middle of a college lecture.
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Keep track of the time zone on a smartphone.

Add all the relevant time zones in your
timekeeping applications.

Try to remember the time difference by memory.
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Enjoy the study phase of life. Take the journey
of education abroad as a mission of life, and
things will fall in place.
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