Homesickness and Language Acquisition in International Students

Running Head: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ON HOMESICKNESS AND LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION IN INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Argumentative essay on homesickness and language acquisition in international students
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ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ON HOME SICKNESS AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
IN INTERNATIONA STUDENTS
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I. Introduction
i.. Topic: Argumentative essay on the ways homesickness impacts language acquisition in
host countries for international students in the post-secondary education.
ii. Question: In what ways does homesickness impact the host country language aquisition
in International students in post-secondary education?
iii. Thesis Statement: The essay addresses the various ways in which international students
face the problem of language in the host countries and its relationship with homesickness in the
post-secondary education.
II. Issues
i. First Issue: Language deficiency is a major issue in terms of academic obstacle for
international students.
 (a) Many of the international students who opt to continue with their education in the United
States are very bright in terms of their academic qualification. However, one of the major
problems that they face while moving to the United States is in understand the class lectures,
and participating in the in-class discussions along with any oral skill that they are required to
obtain as a part of their curriculum. Since English is mostly taught in a written form, they
have better grasp on the grammatical issues in comparison to their classmates. However, they
lack in proficiency English as a language. For example, in China, written form of English is
taught rather than the vocal form hence the Chinese students in the United States face trouble
with conversational English.
 (b) Most of the universities require the international students to meet certain requirements in
terms of language proficiency, but most of them do not have proper practice when it comes to
the verbal use of English. This is mostly common among Asian students who belong to the
science and engineering background as studies have shown that more than 25% of the