Spot Checks
a) Migrants are people who live in another country that the one they were born in. In year 2000 there were 175 million international migrants in the world. In 2013 there were 232 million and 154 million in 1990. These figures show that the number of migrants has risen significantly over the last two decades. I think that these numbers will continue to rise.
b) Some important reasons for the high number of migrants are war, education abroad, work and a better future. War forces many to leave their country because of
food shortages and dangerous circumstances. Studying abroad is very popular. More and more people are working abroad and have to move to where the job are. Some migrants just want to ensure their future.
c) 13555 Norwegian students studied abroad in 2010.
d) The UK is a preferred place to study for Norwegians because of top-level universities and it is only a 90 minute flight back home to Norway.
e) Positive effects of Europe’s high degree of mobility workers: Workers can go to where their jobs are, contribute with their labour and support their families.
Negative effects: domestic workforces can also feel threatened by a heavy influx of foreign workers, who may be willing to work for lower wages. Some local workers complain about not being able to get job, and self-employed people complain about having to drop their prices, which is threatening their livelyhoods.
In 2014 there were 17 000 norwegian students studying abroad.
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2a) The gender trend when it comes to Norwegians studying abroad is that there are more females then men going abroad. In 2010 there was a total of 13555 norwegian students studying abroad, thereof there were 5424 men and 8131 women. Regardless of which year we look at, we see that the number of women studying abroad is higher that the number of men.
2b)
- There was a dip in the number of Norwegian students studying abroad in 2009/2010
- The most sought country for Norwegians to study in is the UK
- Students study medicine in Hungary and Slovakia because of overflowing medicine studies in Norway.
3a)
Text 1 is an objective text, which means that the Information is not affected by the writers emotions or the way he personally feel about the issue. The text includes only pure facts and tells it as it is. It is factual and has more like a nautral style. "Education has compounded the role of English"
Text 2 is an expressive text, which means that it is a personal text about feelings, experiences and memories of the writer of the text. "I really dig studying in English" The language isn't normally very formal. "Teaching is one of the best ways of learning! Really cool. Lol"
English-Norway's Second Language (or was it first?)
a) Fredrik
b) Ann Kristin
c) Helen
d) Trine
e) Fredrik
f) Ann Kristin
g) Fredrik
h) Trine
i) Helen
