Fill in each numbered space with one suitable word.
I’d like to talk about some of the problems that students face (1)________ they follow a course of study through the medium of English (2)__________English is not their mother tongue. The problems can be (3)_________ into three broad categories: psychological, cultural and linguistic. The first two categories mainly affect those (4)_________ come to study in Britain. I’ll comment only briefly on these two categories and then spend most of the time looking at linguistic difficulties apply to everyone. Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown: for (5)__________, whether one’s academic studies will be too difficult. Looking at the cultural problems, we can see that some of them are of a very practical nature, e.g arranging satisfactory accommodation. Others are less easy to define. (6)__________ largest category seems to be linguistic. Let’s look at this (7) __________ some detail. Most students, in their (8) __________ countries, will have little opportunity to practice using (9) __________. When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speak to an English-speaking person they may have a shock: they often have great (10) ________ in understanding.
1, when
2, if
3, divied
4, who
5, example
6, the
7, in
8, own
9, English
10, difficulties
