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Communication skills challenge Saudi students (part 2 of 3)
Two students talk about struggle to learn English in America
Rachel Crews
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
"When technological advancement came, everyone decided to move to the city to live the good life rather than staying in this very traditional life," Alsharmah said. "Everyone wanted a house and to cook food. It was a good choice for us to go to the city and be educated."
What surprised Alsharmah the most, while staying in the U.S. was a different family dynamic he witnessed among the students and their parents.
The main difference he saw between the two cultures was a lack of communication between parents and children.
Alsharmah also discovered that children are essentially kicked out of the home once they're 18, where in Saudi Arabia children live with parents their whole life.
Both Alsharmah and Alnakhli saw their stay in the U.S. as a great opportunity to learn about American culture as they study at OSU.
The teachers at the English Language Institute would say they are learning just as much from their students as they are teaching.
"We've learned a lot," said Donna Shaw, a teacher at ELI, "I think every teacher here would tell you we've learned tremendous amounts about Saudi Arabian culture just from being around our students."
What surprised Alsharmah the most, while staying in the U.S. was a different family dynamic he witnessed among the students and their parents.
The main difference he saw between the two cultures was a lack of communication between parents and children.
Alsharmah also discovered that children are essentially kicked out of the home once they're 18, where in Saudi Arabia children live with parents their whole life.
Both Alsharmah and Alnakhli saw their stay in the U.S. as a great opportunity to learn about American culture as they study at OSU.
The teachers at the English Language Institute would say they are learning just as much from their students as they are teaching.
"We've learned a lot," said Donna Shaw, a teacher at ELI, "I think every teacher here would tell you we've learned tremendous amounts about Saudi Arabian culture just from being around our students."
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Nancy J. Reece
posted 4/19/07 @ 10:31 AM PST
I understand the difficulty coming to the United States to go to school and struggling with the language barrior, but they chose to do so and the choice is the difference. (Continued…)
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posted 4/22/07 @ 4:40 AM PST
www.mindrs.com is a blog focused on providing its audience with a database of most of soft skills & human development related resources from around the world. (Continued…)
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