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Good morning everyone!

Today here I am to give you some useful advice concerning studying abroad. As we all know, we are all from the college of foreign language which means most of us are keen on how to be fluent in language what we're studying. The most popular way of it is studying abroad where the language is spoken. I want to ask you how many of you've been abroad to study language? Raise your hand, please. Then was it effective to improve your language skill? Or what extend did you satisfy? As for me, I was really sorry that I needed to come back to Korea since my English has become a lot better while I was in NZ. However, I've seen many of Korean students not merely wasting their money and time but also not developing their English skills. Then, which factors should be prepared for a successful overseas study? Here's two tips you can do before you go abroad.


First of all, I highly recommend you to study any grammar book carefully before you go abroad. Some say that you can speak language without knowing its grammar. In this case, people recommend you to memorize full sentences which is quite useful. Other say that by learning how to speak, you can acquire its grammar naturally. I have a different opinion, though. These methods might be effective for young children but not for us at all. We don't have much time to be exposed to the English speaking environment which is essential to learn language. Also this is one of the major reasons why people go abroad. Therefore, you need to know the basic grammar of the language which will makes you more easier to understand.


Second, practice your listening more than reading, writing and speaking. I strongly believe that listening is the most important matter than others in language. There were lots of students who even couldn't understand what their teacher's saying. They were just sitting their classroom and following what their classmates were doing. They would learn the culture and got some words from the class but it's not effective somehow. I'll tell you my story. Once I was really proud of myself when I totally understood what my English teacher said. Then on the weekend I met him on the street. He was with his friends and I wanted to cut their conversation. However, I wasn't able to since I couldn't pick up even a word from their conversation. I was shocked. It was such a disaster. Next Monday, I asked him how this happen to me and his answer was this. Most of the teachers who is working at institutes needed to speak clearly to understood their students. That's why I couldn't understand their conversation which was normal speed for them.


From now, I'll give you two tips which you can follow when you are abroad.


First of all, set a specific goal to achieve. I was wondered how can I know that my English skill's getting better. For that reason, I chose to take exams which can show how I've improved. I took IELTS and TOEIC even though they were a bit expensive compared to Korea. However it worth spending because they were a great criteria to estimate my improvements. There must be lots of exams for Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish and so forth. As you see your score is getting higher, you will obtain more confidence in language.

Second and my last advice is 'be active'. When your foreign friend invites you to a party or just a dinner, be there! You might think you are not close to the friend, or your language skill is not good enough to communicate with them. Don't think too much. They just want to be your friend. Even though you are studying at a language school, there's a time limit you can speak the language. In other words, you need more time to practice the language. Then you can practice it with your friends, who have different mother tongue with yours. I've tried not to speak Korean with my korean friends, but the attempt failed before long. Why? It's obvious. If we couldn't think of proper words, then we talked in Korean. Also, I picked up some useful words from my friends not from the class. Make lots of friends as you can and get along with them.


To put it in a nutshell, study a grammar book carefully and improve you language skills before you go abroad. Then set a specific goal and be active as you can be while you are studying in abroad. Thank you for listening.