Introduction

• International students are enrolled all over the world’s universities and colleges.
• They are basically of importance to these states where they join their universities.
• However, these students do face a lot of challenges in the course of their learning.
• Some of these problems result from the different foods, languages, learning schedule, unfamiliar lifestyle, difficulties in culture acceptance and personal hindrances.
• Statistically, those students affected by cultural stress amount to 50%, while 11% were affected by homesick issues, 50% are affected by the long distance study and 5.9 % are thought to be affected by the increment in studies.

Solutions

• As a result of the different challenges facing the international students, the transition period takes so long.
• Transition process entails the transition from the daily lives to the cultural adoption (Wu et al 5).
• Creation of an international department is one of the major supports that can help these students to be able to adopt their new lives.
• However it is important to note that the universities administration should ensure that they embrace these students in a better way.
• With time, the students will be able to adapt fully to the new language.

 

 

Counseling department

• According to the various research carried out, it is evident that about 41% of the students experience stress.
• The stress may be caused by homesick, cultural tremor as well as discrimination.
• Counseling is however regarded as the best solution to helping these students.

Activities in the counseling department

• Language being regarded as the greatest challenge facing these students.
• The department offers them with experienced students who help these students by communicating to them in foreign language as they guide the students (Wu et al 5).
• Most of these students fail to get compassion from the hosting university and since their families are away it is important to help them using counseling department.

Conclusion

• It is important that these students should be enrolled in the counseling department for their easier survival in the new environment.
• Those students who adapt easily to the new environment are able to perform well.
• While those who fail to adopt well are subjects to stress which can ultimately result to suicide and psychological problems.
• Counseling department is therefore important in the transition process of international students.
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• Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/Images/2014-09-pressure-chart1_tcm7-175016.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

References

Wu, Hsiao-ping, Esther Garza, and Norma Guzman. "International student’s challenge and adjustment to college." Education Research International 2015 (2015).