How to evaluate your study abroad

I appreciate this experience.
Actually, I got great have a lot of peer pressure, for example, in academic study, and communication skills. I have to overcome two obstacles. Firstly, is 1* the language problem. You have to seize any opportunities to communicate with native speakers people, to present your work and to socialize in groups. Secondly, I have to learn bioinformatics by myself in such a short time. I used to be major in oncology, While I have no background of any computational science. I will learn 2*the linux, perl, python and R from scratch. It's really tough challenge for me. Finally I will make it. 2*
My suggestion is don'e don't be shy, ask people questions, take part in the journal club and group therapy. Do more brainstorming and round table discussions. The most important thing is to make fully use of your mentor. To guarantee the right angle of your project going at the right angle, communicate with mentors as much as possible.

1* or- the first one is the language problem.

2* not sure if you mean in the present or the past.