What should I do if I can't adapt to the study life in an international school?

This matter really needs to be treated with caution, which involves not only the adaptation of international schools, but also the adaptation of studying abroad in the future. As we all know, studying in an international school generally paves the way for studying abroad in the future, and the courses of international schools are basically in line with the courses of international universities, so we should consider whether we are willing to accept the whole teaching system.

If we firmly believe in studying abroad, our maladjustment in international schools can be overcome sooner or later.

1, language adaptation preparation:

It is difficult to adapt to the English environment when entering an international school. The key reason is not the poor English foundation of children, but the lack of practical application ability.

Once the practical ability of English is improved, you can not only easily understand what teachers teach, but also communicate with teachers and classmates confidently and generously, quickly integrate into the learning environment and show your advantages. Therefore, don't make up lessons blindly at this stage, but try to find and create practical English usage scenarios.

2. Preparation for academic adaptation:

If you haven't set foot in an international school before, I hope you can be familiar with one thing: public/private schools are very different from international schools. Before entering school, there should be a change in academic thinking to adapt to the new learning environment.

Whether it is A-LEVEL, IB or AP, international courses are completely different from high school courses within the system. Before entering the school, we should have a deep understanding of the curriculum system, preview the planning in advance, and prepare for the transformation. Students need to gradually adapt to the thinking of western teaching, change from the learning mode of solving problems by taking exams to the learning mode of multi-dimensional discussion, and gradually get used to diversified teaching methods such as group discussion, experiments and extracurricular activities.

Before starting the level courses, students usually study IGCSE for two years, IGCSE for one year and other preparatory courses.

As a transitional learning course. So there are three-year and four-year international high schools. The difference is that the three-year program is the IGCSE course of the previous year, and the four-year program is the IGCSE course of two years.

Generally speaking, IGCSE will offer more kinds of subjects and a wide range of courses in two years. As time is relatively abundant, students can also lay a solid language foundation. One-year IGCSE has short time and fast course progress, which is suitable for students with good foundation.

First do a good job in language and academic adaptation, and then it will be more and more smooth.

There will be miscellaneous things such as extracurricular activities, extra exams, competitions, etc. in the second year of high school, but at this time, if the academic and language transition has been completed, it will not be a heavy burden, and everything will be logical. However, if the early transition is not done well, you have to prepare for this and that in the busy senior two, and you have to worry about your academic performance, so you will inevitably be in a hurry. ...