English as a Second Language of International Students

English as a second language of International Students

Is problem in Language the reason for low morale and low
grades of International Students?
Date: 5th June, 2019.
Having overseas students in European countries, Australia, USA and Canada is an important
source of income. Thus, it is an important exchange of human resource that takes place with the
English speaking and non-English speaking countries. Due to globalization, there are massive
numbers of students who are going to study in countries that have English as the first language.
But this does not eliminate the problems that are faced by the students who do not have English
as the first language. Hailing from different lands with varied mother tongues, the language
becomes the first issue that comes up (Alfaki 2015).
Before that, it is also important to understand why at all students go out of their nations to pursue
studies. Lack of good institutions in the native place and an obsession with the first world nations
of culture and lifestyle has been cited as other main reason for it.
Asian and African countries do not have English as the native language but most of these
nations have been colonised in the past, due to which the students here have some access to
English but are not fluent in it. They have it as their second language which enables them to read,
write and converse in it, on a very basic level.
The main issue is not conversing or in doing a part time job but academics. The assignments and
course work is in English and it is natural to observe them facing problem in pursuing the course
work (Qian & Zheng 2015).
The exams like TOEFL makes it mandatory for the students to take the English language test
before they proceed further with the admission process. Whereas the TOEL is good enough to
test the basic English of students , it does not go on to test the academic level English that is
required in research work to successfully complete assignment and give presentation.
Communication issue is something that is overcome in a short period of time and we do not have
students who are completely devoid of English language. It gets solved with time, but what does