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We all go through certain challenges in our lives which help us growing as a person. Those challenges help us in learning that how we can change ourselves for betterment of our personalities and to adjust in certain environments. Coming to America is one of the major social and academic challenges for an international student but there are some sub-challenges associated with it and if a student deals with those challenges efficiently, he can deal with any problems in his life. It is important that we learn the skill of dealing with challenges because life is a journey which brings a lot for us and we have no idea what is it bringing next for us (Polanco, 2010). Studying in abroad is a major challenge because a person has to live his life without …show more content…

It is very difficult because the accent is difficult to understand when you are communicating with some local person. Secondly, when you are in class, it is very difficult to understand the lecture because teacher speaks very fast and you cannot follow the class notes. In that case, one should adapt a habit of reading books and newspaper (Wendroff, 2013). I also kept an English dictionary in my earlier days in US so that I can understand and learn English without getting into any trouble someday. Learning English is important because it makes a person understand about the new culture in a better ways. I got a chance to interview one of American friend of my friend here and I asked him all the questions that I had in my mind about social and academic challenges that I was going through in the US. He told me that it is easy to overcome those challenges and all that I would need is self-motivation. He told me that if I feel difficulty in understanding to professor says, then I should start watching English movies or listen to English songs as it will help me to learn about the English accent and slowly, I will develop understanding towards English

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