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Culture shock
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- 2. Best advice forintercultural communication? • Study English • Study English hard • Study English like crazy
- 3. English is the“global” language • It’s your best chance • So study like crazy! • Even if you eventually live in a country where they people don’t speak English … • …learning English now will help you learn another language later • Language is probably the most difficult part of any foreign culture
- 4. Language is thebest tool in intercultural communication • But it’s not the only consideration • What other things do you need to think about?
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- 6. Culture shock isa form of stress
- 7. Response to achallenge
- 8. A kind ofoverload
- 9. Language skills willhelp you deal with it!
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- 21. Everything is soexciting …
- 22. And it ISreally exciting
- 23. My experience inJapan • So many new things • Nice, polite hosts • People speak English • Hosts genuinely enjoy visitors who find everything exciting • So new visitors are popular • So people are even nicer …
- 24. So there arecertain dangers
- 25. Be aware thatthis happens
- 26. Like with areal marriage … • … maybe you shouldn’t start a family too early • … your feelings may change later • … even so, you SHOULD enjoy it • Why not?
- 27. Probably only lastsa few weeks
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- 31. • Compare theold and the new (maybe the new doesn’t seem so good) • The rhythms of the new culture may not suit you • You start to realize that you are not communicating so well
- 32. Just about everyoneexperiences this phase
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- 34. You may feelreal negativity
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- 38. But it’s allpretty normal
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- 41. No, everything isawful!!
- 42. Before … • Thelocals are so nice • They are so polite • Everyone speaks English! • Great!!
- 43. After • They areinsincere • They only want to practice English • They are stopping me learning
- 44. Before • Everyone likesyou because you’re excited • Everything is new, magical, and exciting
- 45. After • No onelikes you because you’re cynical • And boring • And everything seems like it DOESN’T FIT • And you feel like YOU DON’T FIT
- 46. So you needto keep an open mind
- 47. Realize that everyonehas these feelings
- 48. Don’t lose opportunitiesby being too negative
- 49. It’s just anotherphase
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- 52. But it ISdifficult
- 53. Everyone becomes aLITTLE negative
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- 57. And after awhile …
- 58. … you startto come back
- 59. … and feelbetter
- 60. You stop feelingso hostile …
- 61. … and feela bit more at home
- 62. Maybe your languageskills aren’t perfect
- 63. Maybe you’ll neverhave native speaker pronunciation
- 64. But you canaccept it
- 65. Maybe there aresome things you STILL don’t like …
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- 68. • Some peoplechange completely • 100% adaptation to the new culture!
- 69. • Some peopledon’t change completely • Keep some parts of the old culture • Try to keep the positive parts
- 70. • Some peopledon’t really change at all • Surrounded by foreigners • Remain in the old culture
- 71. Gulliver realizes thehorses are better
- 72. He starts todislike his old culture
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- 77. Home culture seemsboring
- 78. British soldiers cominghome from southeast Asia
- 79. The British inBurma
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- 81. Soldiers go hometo Britain
- 82. Longing to returnto Asia
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- 84. Wasting their timeat home
- 85. Want to goback
- 86. But can youreally go back?
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- 88. Completely different fromBritain
- 89. Is it possibleto REALLY adapt?
- 90. My experience afterliving in Sudan for a year
- 91. Living on theriver Nile
- 92. I went hometo South Wales
- 93. Went into asupermarket
- 94. Surrounded by allthe goods
- 95. All the chocolatebars!
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- 97. I wanted torun away!!!
- 98. Anyway … REVERSEculture shock
- 99. Can’t get usedto your old culture!
- 100. Everything is dulland boring
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- 102. I suppose everybodyovercomes REVERSE culture shock, too
- 103. But I don’tknow
- 104. Because I neverdid!!