Tham khảo tài liệu 'ielts preparation and practice reading part 12', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | them to contain some features about famous personalities. In addition to being popular reading these stories often benefit the stars by giving free publicity to them thereby helping their careers. However 1 also believe that magazine stories should not mention things that are too embarrassing or untrue just to attract people to buy the magazine. Sensational stories such as these cause great unhappiness to the people concerned. In conclusion I think newspapers should concentrate on real news but magazines can feature some articles on people s private lives. Activity 40 Studying overseas has clear advantages but it is not without its problems. The main benefits of studying overseas are academic ones. Generally the standard of education is higher. This is because colleges and universities have up-to-date equipment and other resources. Also teachers and lecturers are highly-skilled professionals who are aware of all the latest developments in their fields of interest. A final point is that the qualifications which a student obtains are valid usually anywhere in the world. As well as the obvious academic benefits students also gain experience of another culture improve their language skills and meet many new people. Thus they will develop many interpersonal skills and become more tolerant. They will become more emotionally mature as they deal with living apart from their family. This helps their personal development as they become more independent. Although in some cases there are some negative effects. Most importantly if students are not properly prepared academically before they go abroad they could have difficulties following lectures or writing assignments. Furthermore young students may have problems adjusting to a new culture and could experience loneliness and homesickness. A final problem could be that they adapt so much to Western culture that they have problems readjusting when they finally return home. Other possible problems are difficulties in adjusting to
