subject: What Is Value Of Foreign Students To The Country? [print this page] Foreign language students or any student for that matter is stereotyped as being a lazy, irresponsible, alcoholic burden to taxpayers and emergency services generally. Many people may view them as being only interested in partying and chasing a potential partner, whilst completely ignoring their studies.
However, as with many stereotypes, the entire story is not being told. The vast majority of students do drink these days, plus they consume a lot more than previous generations but they live in a society where alcohol is easily accessible and cheap.
It is produced and sold by companies which will make untold millions of pounds then spend millions and millions on influencing the buying habits of students. Consequently, yes students drink but caring and working towards your studies is not mutually exclusive.
Students can have a big impact on society and an economy. Evidence of this has emerged in Ireland as the number of language students has declined which has a tangible effect, such as the suffering of the lucrative English language teaching business.
Foreign student numbers have dropped almost 20% from 116,031 to 93,850 between 2009 and 2009. The figures are down from a peak of 130,000 in 2006 and 2007. This has equated to a loss in revenue and also the value of the market dipping from 271 million to 254 million between 2008 and 2009.
The greatest loss last year was students from Italy, Spain and France who have typically been the major reasons for business.
On the whole, Europeans included 99,800 of all language students in 2008, but this figure dropped 23% to 76,900 last year.
* Each foreign-language student is estimated to be worth 412.85 a week towards the economy, when all expenses are taken into account. * Italians account for the biggest individual group, sending 26,126 students to Ireland recently, although that's down from 31,120 in 2008. * They were followed by the Spanish, at 20,073 students, down from 25,847 in 2008, while the French come in 3rd position, with 10,440 down from 14,629.
Although there has been a decline in students from Europe, there's been steady growth in numbers coming in, especially from Asia and South America, which if continued could open up new possibilities for education in Ireland.
However, numbers coming from outside Europe remain small, and these regions will be the focus of Government efforts to draw in more students for learning English along with other studies.five hundred
What Is Value Of Foreign Students To The Country?
By: alex kaufman
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