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Fam Professoi must cop of languc From Staff Reports Language is only one of the I professors who have foreign stuc Students coming from environ are more politically influenced ter .requirements with the professor, i a professor of Business Administ) Master of International Business CULTURE DIFFERENCES C? Cheating is accepted in some cull where the American honor sysl considered wrong not to help oth< Folks said care must be taker realizp cheating is frowned on h< The problems encountered by fc the subject involved. Math h^s concepts, so communication trot problems ace,emphasized in verl "Our program is very fast-pac( in the English language hurts a< said. "I think it penalizes them," 1 students get lower grades than the Polks said he had a Chinese stu< who had difficulty reading questi letter lower than he was capable < standpoint, I can't make any exce grade as objectively as we can," some foreign students perform ? potential level h<?efliisp nf lancnm WHILE FOREIGN students h proficient in English, business pi Foreign s unique pi By RICHARD G. ELLIOTT Gamecock Staff Writer About 500 foreign students at problems different from those c< students born in America. WHEN MANY foreign students the United States, they receive i welcome and many lack trans said Diovelis Diaz, of Panai Panama. "A reception for new students a; of introducing them to Columbi campus life is extremely necessa said. "Also, the average foreig: upon arrival has a language ba may need help communicating wi anyone." Diaz believes better coordii needed for receiving foreign stud arrival in Columbia. "Not tha fitllHAflfa OKAUM KA an&AUl wvumviimj ouuuiu ia; 51VCI1 opi^iai ?ign S1 rs of foreig e with spe ige, culturi sities an Folks sa special problems facing "The k lents in their classrooms. second-la ments where universities D Bru id to try to negotiate class and Inte jaid William E. Folks, Jr., language ration and director of the Howev< i Study program. otherwis< said. He in also cause problems. offer Eng Lures. "In some cultures language :em is ludicrous, (it is) selected I era on tests," Folks saidf. "Of coi i to assure that students also depc Bre. tend to nr >reign students depend dn countries ( universal symbols and said. ubles are fewer. Those The for bal subjects. them. T1 sd. Students' being weak matters, ^ademic careers," Folks ROBEF tie said. Some brilliant mathema y are capable of. foreign s ient in the MBA program "People ons and got a grade one language, )f. "From a professional "Comin ptions," Folks said. *'We foreign st ' he said but added that their sysi i few points below their dergradui ge problems. communil college. V ere are expected to be with that ntfrnms at cnmo imiun^ Pnroian tudents he robiems but the first semester is v< foreign student and m should be provided." USC face Concerning contacts w unfronting "Foreign students tend 1 she said, because they ar among their own peers ar arrive in nationality. However, D 10 official believe in "Southern portation, people here have been n ma City, tributed to her professioi Upon graduation with 9 a means in public health, Diaz is a and to where she wants to work ry," Diaz public health. n student rrier and NAVAL MONDANI, 11 _? a. in aimosi Ilium, was iucmci ul students, when he was nation is Mondani had several ents upon enrolled and he felt it w t foreign him than for most to adj attention, vironment. c WadIah in student cial probU al differer ; offered in English, French and G id, would be the ideal situation. ;ey thing is to establish a first-rate inguage proeram"at IJSf! " hi? ?niH ce Marshall , associate director oi rnational Studies, said, "Obviom problems" dealing with foreign st er, most foreign students "are ?, we wouldn't be seeing them hei said most foreign students attend? ;lish, so students were at least. fair . The students who study abroad few." irse, they've been more rigorously :nds on where they come from. So -oduce highly motivated students mi Taiwanese have been super stu< eign students haven't let language [ ley are willing to come in for help he said. IT M. STEPHENSON, JR., chaii tics and computer science depa tudents express themselves well who are more outgoing tend t " he said. g to college is a major achievem udents. They won't get as many c tem as an American," Folks sai ite programs, certain segments of ty are not particularly interested i /e don't get many foreign student un< problem," Folks said. students are not reserved, said Rogc Mondani w ... _ language. Lai I because stud ^ languages ? and English, taught in diffc system in Ind Mondani ha housing becau apartment foi The Indian sry difficult for the actively parti ore consideration Club or the In his rigorous ith other students tenance of a < :o stick together/' Business Adn e limited to events stock broker id within their own always wante iaz said she does received a str Hospitality" and his B.S. work ice and have con- Auburn Unive rial growth. When asked a master's degree ceptions abou > guiug in vncctc inaia nas pro with international pace than outs system in In< basically dem< from Hyderabad, Mondani an< an most foreign daughters, An accepted at USC. friends already THUY DA^ ould be easier for Vietnam. She ( ust to the new en- Opportunity | Search Prog re Fgai ji i?:; i 500foreign m 9 ^ M, s J ams '(-on tH? lntld? ices 1'=? erman. This, engineering dean. Th English-as-a- problems or questions. I their American counte f Government Jly there are ANOTHER PROBL1 udents. foreign backgrounds. the cream; pectations from course -e," Marshall taught in other countrie ti <srhnni? that science students overs uliar wkh the and law'not theory and are a small Foreign students "ir selected It theiF back?rounds- ' seieciea. it American events diffei me countries re than other Marshall said that oft lents," Folks a special emphasis on g American history. The >roblems stop study American bee a us on academic ?T. . . It nnpen t mQirn om .? ?.WVW*I V (tlUIlV OC1 Africa. He already kno rman of the THE STUDENTS are rtment, said Qf analysis here xhe, on paper. puters which they may o learn the iearn these skills to tak , , analytical methods," R ent for most rhances from There is "quite an ar d. "In un- said. There are more fr the Carolina University of Paris has i in coming to one student from each IprCrflHnotoc **-?i--11 "!J ? o niui siujii saia me ioi motivated, and they ha :r A. Holmes, emphasis on taking ski as also lucky in terms of Dang's iguage was no barrier to him the First lents in India learn three and her the mother language, Hindi Brucknei Each of these languages is Lab at I ;rent parts of the educational Dang 1 na. the Comi d no problem finding suitable father w se a friend located a furnished namese i himself and his family. student hasn't had time to DAVII icipate in the International Africa, a do-American Club because of John Fer Ph.D. program and main- "Ferm j 1.0 average at the College of Mathew. linistration. His father is a coal g in India and Mondani has Matthc <1 to work in business. He geology | ong math background during one of on in mechanical engineering at coal geol rsity, Ala. State Uni I if Americans had miscon- in the U. t India, Mondani responded. Becaus gressed at a much more rapid employn ide people think. The political depart mi iia is much like the U.S., works on jcratic, slightly less liberal." >s currer d his wife, Vijay, have two geology < in a, 7, and Sunita, 3 months. Concer political 2 JG is a native of Saigon, U.S. Gov* obtained a Basic Educational vote. M grant through the Talent im at USC. ! V1EOOCK .*? .J! f I <M \Ornm, I Will \- J( students at USC ..... is JkjjC* |-o? Hi* out?U? P'?t 4?"'i <<v> rt ?t|?'t d#-| ? l?>a?i ? ? * w ? ?*J~V"TXT iey come forward when they have They are just as smart or dumb as rparts, Holmes said. KM fllW) fnr HlO chirln^*" i? tu - Miv 0VUUVIIU9 1*3 U1C which can lead to different exs. A different "core of discipline" is s. International affairs and political eas emphasize history, philosophy analysis as in America. iterpret events in association with \n African student will interpret rently." en an explanation is necessary, with giving them a proper perspective on t foreign students are encouraged to e it is a foreign country to them. ise for an African student to study ws about that," Marshall said. exposed to more advanced methods / have fairly ready access to com' not have in their rnnntt-ioc iv?t. e home. "They can learn up-to-date Marshall said. ray of foreign students," Marshall om the Far East and Asia. Also, the a graduate exchange program, with school involved. *eign students are generally more ive different motives, which place lis home. i family was initially sponsored by Baptist Church of West Columbia personal sponsor is Dr. Lila r, Director of the Communications TQf1 titkoi*o . <uv, omeig ivaiif; wuiiu>. eft Vietnam originally because of munist takeover there in 1975. Her as a captain in the South Vietnavy during the war. ) MATHEW, of Durban, South nxiously wanted to work under Dr. in, a world reknown coal geologist, ust happened to be at USC," said "So I am obtaining my Ph.D. here eology." ;w said USC has one of the best urograms on the East Coast and is ly two-schools in the U.S. that train ogists. The other is Pennsylvania iversity. "Therefore, I hope to stay S.," he said. le no foreign student may seek nent until the immigration jnt permits, a student usually an assistantship, Mathew said. He itly involved in research for the lepartment. ning his views on the American system, Mathew said he thinks the srament is fair to not let foreigners athew said he does not feel See FOREIGN STUDENTS, p. 18 '} 4