中英文国内外学习的差异

Topic area: Higher Education in China

Topic: Differences between studying at home and abroad

Part I. warm-up questions

1. Which course do you think has benefited you most at university?

2. Would you like to go to work or continue your studies after graduation? (please give your reasons)

3. Have you ever thought of studying abroad? (give your reasons)

4. Do you think a university education is essential to finding a good job? Why?

5. Is it important to develop higher education? Why?

Part II. Discussion & Cards/pictures

Discussion: Do you agree on the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad Card 1: Compare the differences between studying at home and abroad with regard to the following aspect: enrollment requirements/tuition fees入学要求和学费

Card 2: Compare the differences between studying at home and abroad with regard to the following aspect: the language barrier/ teaching facilities, etc语言障碍教学设施

Card 3: Compare the differences between studying at home and abroad with regard to the following aspect: future job opportunities/ career development, etc.未来的就业机会/事业的发展

Card 4: Compare the differences between studying at home and abroad with regard to the following aspect: campus life/making friends校园生活，交友

Part III. Last Question

1. During the discussion why did yo u say that …?

2. Do you think it's good for young children to study abroad? Why?

3. Do you think it's essential to study abroad in order to get a good job? (why/ why not?)

4. Now some universities are inviting foreign teachers to teach. Do you think it's

a good idea? Why?

5. Why do you think more and more graduates from universities abroad are coming back to China?

C1:与在国内学习相比，出国留学一般比较昂贵，除了高昂的学费还有必需的生活费，一般家庭很难承受，但是还有另外一种出国渠道：依靠全额奖学金，这种方式则基本上不会给家里带来经济负担，有时还可能有富余。对于入学要求，国内普遍只注重文化课成绩，近几年才开始逐渐关注体育成绩，即身体素质，不过由于还处于起步阶段，作用显得十分微小，而国外更注重学生的综合素质，有的学校还会考虑家庭背景等因素。

Comparing with studying in China, going abroad to study is more expensive in general. In addition to the high tuition, the necessary living expenses are hard to afford for ordinary families. But there is another channel to go abroad: relying on a full scholarship. This kind of means won't bring economic burden to families basically, and sometimes the school even gives you more than needed so that you can sent some to your parents. As for the requirement for admission, the domestic universities generally only pay attention to the scores of classes. In recent years, in order to s trengthen teenagers’ bodies, they have begun to focus on sports gradually, but as they are still in the initial stage, the function is very small. However foreign universities pay more attention to the students' comprehensive quality,they request students to have the practice ability, strong living ability, independent thinking and creativity. Some schools will also consider other factors such as their family background.

C2:想要在国外生活首先要学好当地的语言，起码要能完成日常基本交流，而要想在国外学习则对语言有更高的要求，比如学习物理学，你必须理解老师所说的每一个专业名词才能了

解那些符号和公式的意义，进而学着使用它们。而学习历史类学科，则还要掌握很多当地的历史背景。由于科技发展存在差异，国外的教学设施一般比较先进，比如图书馆，国外的实用性更强，使用率更高，而国内的图书馆一般比较冷清。在实验室方面，国内学校的实验室基本上只用于教学，很少有对学生自由开放，可供学生做科学研究的，比较特别的是，哈佛大学的实验设备全部是最原始的装置，据说这有利于开发学生创新思维。

If someone wants to live abroad, he should learn the local language firstly, at least be able to make the daily basical communication. What’s more, if he wants to study abroad enough professional words are necessary. Taking learning physics as an example, to understand the significance of the symbols and the formula, you must know each specialized word the teacher says, so that you can learn to use them. In addition if you study history abroad, you also need to master much local historical background. As for teaching facilities, due to the differences between the development of science and technology, foreign ones are generally more advanced. For instance, the foreign libraries are more practical, and have a higher utilization rate, but domestic library is desolate.In the laboratory, the ones in domestic school basically only used for teaching, there are few free and open ones for students to do scientific research. On the other hand, in the experiments of Harvard University, all the equipments are primitive, it is said that this helps to develop students' creative thinking.

C3:我认为，对于就业和未来发展，两者各有优势。因为，如果你想进入大型外企工作，出国留学有很大帮助，通过留学，你不仅可以强化自己的口语，还会更加了解国外的文化，学到很多外企工作需要的技能，便于和外企里的同事们交流合作。但是，如果你想进入国企，或者做一名公务员，出国留学就显得多余了，因为这些领域更注重对国内行情的了解，在国外学习的知识很难有用处，即使可以用，效果也不理想，而且习惯了与外国人交流，与中国同事会很难相处，出国留学的几年间，国内可能会发生很大变化，当你回国参加工作会有些力不从心。

In my opinion, for future job opportunities and career development, studying at home and abroad both have their advantages. I mean that if you want to get into large foreign company later, studying abroad helps a lot. In this way, you can not only strengthen your oral English, but also understand more about the foreign culture and learn a lot of skills needed in foreign firms. And they are useful in the communication and cooperation with foreign colleagues. However, if you want to enter the state-owned firms, or do a civil servant, going abroad to study is unnecessary, because these fields usually pay more attention to the understanding of the domestic market, the knowledge you studied abroad is very difficult to use, even if it can be used, the effect is not ideal. And being used to communicate with foreigners you may feel hard to get along with Chinese colleagues. During the several years studying abroad, our country may change greatly, when you come back to work, you may feel puzzled.

C4:因为国内外文化不同，因此，校园生活必然也不同，国外学生的课余生活比较丰富，他们参加各种体育项目，比如棒球、橄榄球，还有很多实践活动，他们可以在实践中学习。相比之下，国内校园生活形式比较单一，学生们更多被作业束缚，很难有时间进行其他活动,知识全部来自课本。交友方面，国外的学生比较开放，容易交到更多的朋友，而国内学生比较内敛，却更容易交到知心的朋友，如果中国的学生出国留学，在交友方面可能会因为自己的内敛造成一些障碍，对于适应能力较差的学生，还可能会因此影响学业甚至对学生的心理产生较大影响。

Because of the difference in the culture between home and foreign, the campus life is different as well. The foreign student's extracurricular life is rich. They take part in all kinds of sports such as baseball and football. They do a lot of practice and learn from them. In contrast, the domestic campus life form is very single and boring. The students are always burdened with much homework, so it is hard to have

time to do other activities. All the knowledge comes from the books. As for making friends, foreign students are more open, so that they are easy to make more friends, but domestic students are more inside collect, and more likely to make true friend. If Chinese students study abroad, they may have some obstacles in making new friends. For the ones who can’t adjust to the environment quickly, this may also have some harmful effect on their studies，and even influence the students' psychology greatly.

1.首先这是一种赌博，赌注是你的青春，父母的期待，以及爸妈一辈子的积蓄，你会感到很大的压力，而且你要在这种压力下度过好几年！

3.国外的消费高，你总是得去挑选别人看不上的便宜货

5.你会发现你很难和外国学生打成一片，你很难容入到他们的生活

8.国外大学都是宽进严出，你会发现毕业总是那么艰难，甚至有些时候你会想到放弃

9.最难克服的是深深的“乡愁”，出了国的留学生很少有没哭过的。当你很努力了学习却跟不上时，当你很勤快工作了却还被老板无情的羞辱和扣钱时，当你满肚子牢骚地回家却发现钱包丢了时，特别是当你生病了，全身难受却只有一人呆在窄小的房间里时，当这时你母亲给你打了电话你还要勉强笑着说：“妈，我在这边一切都很好，别担心”时，那种感觉该是多么的痛苦！

10.回来之后你会发现你的朋友都已经有了自己理想的工作和家庭，而你除了一张文凭之外，一切还得从头开始...，而这时也许你会觉得年轻时的闯劲已经不再，说不定你甚至会去羡慕别人稳定的平淡的生活，他们尽管不是很富裕，但却很幸福！

1. First of all this is a kind of gambling, the stakes are your youth, your parents' expectations, and your parents’ savings of a lifetime, you will have a lot of pressure, and it will last for several years!

3. Foreign living expenses are high, you always have to pick someone abracadabra’s

a bargain

5. You will find it difficult to make friends with foreign students, you find it hard to let into their lives.

8. In foreign universities you will find getting a graduation is always so difficult, even someone thinks of give up.

9. The hardest to overcome is the deep "homesickness". When you're trying to learn but can't keep up, when you go home with full complaints, especially when you are ill, your mother called you, you can only say with smile: "mom, I am in here everything is fine, don't worry," don’t you think it’s painful?

10. When you come back later you will find your friends already have their dreaming job and family, but you have nothing but a diploma, and have to start from the very beginning.