Critically evaluate Linn, 2009. Is it true that an international student must learn a new way of thinking and writing when they come to study in a UK-type academic environment?

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“Critically evaluate Linn, 2009.  Is it true that an international student must learn a new way of thinking and writing when they come to study in a UK-type academic environment?”

NONG PHUONG THAO

Student Number: 129031079

Date: 2nd August 2012

Project Tutor: KYRI KYRIACOS

NUMBER : 798 words

Study abroad is faced with many challenges; international students will be faced with new environments, new life-styles and a new language. According to Linn (2009): Learning how to acquire the new method will help overseas student overcome language barrier, especially with international students study in UK. For that reason, learning a new method in new country seems to be one of the most difficult problems that people have to face in modern world. So, international students have to try leaning new things in UK-type academic environment. It is clearly that the most common reasons are preparing for study abroad or a jobs or to gain new experiences and to increase their knowledge of themselves. This project will focus on the necessary to learn new method of thinking and writing with overseas students in academic environment.

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To begin with, studying abroad is becoming increasingly popular and a language barrier becomes the biggest problem for international students. According to Linn (2009: p1) it is difficult to describe thoughts related to "Academic Argument" because the differences between cultures and performances in native languages.

In addition, Culture is the most difficult thing when learners want to study another language because overseas students have some problems with speaking in fluency or organization of writing, Learners do not know how to choose sentence, what to choose to support their main ideas (Benda, 1999). Moreover, each country will have their own ...

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