Monthly Archive for: "July, 2019"

Once you arrive in the USA, you may experience what many international students and newcomers to the country experience – culture shock. Although this promises to be one of the most [...]

Studying English as a second language in the US will benefit you in many ways. Research into the benefits of bilingualism, whether it is English or any other language, has shown that there are [...]

ESL abroad was a surprising experience of another culture.  You learned that despite thinking you knew all about the US and Americans from what you’d heard and read your whole life, you were [...]

In our blog about the importance of mental preparedness to lessen the effects of  culture shock, we offer some fundamental tools that you can use to help you adapt to your new life studying [...]

There are a lot of preconceptions of the US, American culture, and individual Americans.  Once you return home from ESL study in the US, you can share your personal experiences, and teach others [...]

Wherever you are going to study abroad, it’s important to know that you’ll experience some discomfort and this is why it’s important you know how to deal with culture shock.  Culture shock is a [...]

English language learners have to grasp the many essential idioms and their meanings that are used in everyday English. Idioms are phrases which have emerged from a specific cultural, historical [...]

Cross-cultural friendships can be a challenge to form.  Different values, beliefs, and religions mean you might have little in common at the start.  But, if you were able to overcome, or better [...]

When you pack for your study abroad trip, don’t forget to include miscellaneous items such as few coat hangers, or travel accessories you might need – a sleep-sack, a travel water bottle or items [...]

America, and the culture of the US are so very different from your own country and it’s culture.  Different, especially America’s idea of different, can be pretty dazzling.  I’m sure you still [...]