Cultural Shock

Culture shock is considered a natural thing for most international students. However, this should not be taken lightly because it can trigger acute depression. For that, for those of you who intend to continue studying abroad, it's a good idea to read this article first. Usually, students who experience culture shock are those who are still unstable in adapting. Environmental conditions, especially campuses and classes that do not meet expectations, are known to be one of the factors causing the symptoms of culture shock. 

Exercise 1 

1. Culture shock happens when people become anxious because they do not speak the language, know the custom or understand people‘s in daily life.

2. Honeymoon period is full of observations and new discoveries. Like most honeymoon periods, this stage eventually ends.

3. Culture shock can be prevented by striving to become more culturally relativistic and flexible in thinking and behavior, by developing a real enthusiasm for learning about the host culture and by forming real intercultural relationships

4. People adjusting to a new culture often feel lonely and homesick because they are not yet used to the new environment and meet people with whom they are not familiar every day. 

5. Successful cross-cultural communications is a fairly straightforward proposition. With the correct attitude, a few good cultural informants, a few cross-cultural communications concepts and some time spent as a participant-observer, a person will quite naturally develop a repertoire of intercultural interaction skills.