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Two years ago, I excitedly left my family and friends for my far away dream land, Canada. However, just on the second day after arriving here, the excitement was gone. I was homesick. I missed my family and my friends, and I missed my hometown. All I could do was to hurriedly call my parents. This was my experience. Many international students may have a similar experience. As international students, they study alone in strange countries. They need emotional supports from their family. They need connection with their old friends. In general, international students use letters, e-mail, telephone and online chat to keep in touch with family and friends far away.
Letters, the most traditional communication method, are still used by international students. Whether writing or reading a letter, the process is an emotional experience. For instance, when I wrote a letter to my family, I felt as if I had talked with them face to face. I didn’t feel lonely anymore. All I could feel was love. When receiving
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However, in letters or e-mails, it’s hard to explain the complicated problems international students meet. Telephone, as the most direct communication method, is one of the international students’ favorites. With them, people can send or receive e-mails anytime and everywhere. There are also many free software programs that offer more powerful online chatting functions. They choose the alternative, e-mail. First, the cycle time of an e-mail is very short. Just by typing text, people far away can interactively communicate with each other. However, this convenience comes with a high price, the long distance call fees. For instance, from Canada to China, the rate is 14 cents per minutes. Letters, telephone, e-mail and online chat make international students who are far away from home feel not alone. If they have more to say, they would ask my sisters to tell me when I talk with my sisters via TelTel every Saturday morning.
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