Study abroad and tourism - Study abroad (Does 'real' experience help with my language and intercultural learning?) - Culture shock and cultural adaptation
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What is cultural adaptation?
What challenges and opportunities does cultural adaptation bring to grow at the same time?
- One may experience anxiety, a phenomenon described as culture shock or alternatively as transition shock.
- The stress which occurs during culture shock very often results in cultural fatigue.
What might be the cause of culture shock?
- loss of familiar signs
- communication breakdown
- difference between cultural and social practices
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What are the physical and psychological symptoms of culture shock?
- tiredness
- insomnia
- loneliness
- feeling lost
- isolation
- loss of control
- lack of confidence
- homesickness
- irritability
- resentment
- developing obsessions about health and cleanliness
What is cultural fatigue?
Which three things are very often at the top of the list of areas of adjustments for returnees?
- cultural
- social
- linguistic
What are factors that impact on the nature and extent of culture shock?
- how much control one has over relocation
- intrapersonal factors
- physical or health condition
- interpersonal factors
- geopolitical factors
- cultural similarity between the new culture and one's native culture
- quality of information about the new culture and the new system
- host culture attitudes/politics towards newcomers
What can we do to help us to adapt to a new culture?
- study the host culture
- study the local environment and familiarise yourself with the new system
- learn basic verbal and non-verbal language skills
- develop intercultural friendships
- maintain your support network actively
- assume the principle of difference and be aware of your perceptual bias
- anticipate failure events and manage expectations
What is the fight or flight transition model (Bennett, 1977/1998)?
What is the transformative model (Kim, 2001, 2008)?
What is the paradox in the transformative model (Kim, 2001, 2008)?
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