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Culture Shock
Settling In ……. - How are you feeling?
- Everything is fantastic because you are overseas? Take a reality check!!!!
- Examine your expectations:
- * What did you expect?
* Was this reasonable? Culture shock … Cultural shock: Symptoms of Culture Shock - Boredom
- Homesickness
- Withdrawal
- Excessive Sleep
- Compulsive eating/drinking
- Irritability
- Frustration with new ways of doing things
Solutions - Coping with Culture Shock:
- The first step in coping with culture shock is just knowing WHAT IT IS?
- During your stay in Queensland, remember to look for any signs and take it seriously.
- But remember it is a NORMAL reaction to life in a new country.
More Solutions - There are other ways in which you can cope:
- Get to know the host culture and your host family
- Don’t expect everything to be perfect
- Have an open mind
- Talk about it with staff at school or your host family
- Participate
- Keep in touch
- Keep mentally and
physically fit - Education System
- Weather
- Time
- Dress
- Greetings
- Informality
- Individuality
- Personal Space
- Medical Care/Insurance
- Dating
- Smoking
- Pets
- Telephone
- Helping
- Alcohol
- Getting around
- Shopping
- Tipping
- Food
- Homework & tests
Culture Shock - After the honeymoon period, things begin to get more stressful. The student will begin to feel the absence of familiar friends, places, language and family. The student will often become extremely critical of the new culture and may need to ask for help to do many simple things that the student could do very easily and quickly at home. The student usually feels very frustrated at small inconveniences and will often shun friends from the host country. This period is what is usually referred to as culture shock because of the frustration and the effect that this period has one the individual’s psychological and physical well-being. During this stage, individuals will tend to feel unhappy or depressed and get sick more easily.
Culture Bumps "A culture bump occurs when a person has expectations of a particular behavior and gets something different when interacting with individuals from another culture." Expectations, as used in the definition, refer to the expectations of “normal” behavior as learned in one’s own culture. While living in another culture, we find some things that are the same as in our own country. In these instances, the two cultures fit together. However, there are other things that are different. The points at which the two cultures differ or "bump into each other" are usually the areas that interfere in the development of successful cross-cultural relationships. If the specific points of difference, or culture bumps, are analyzed, they can lead to a deeper understanding. If they are not analyzed, they can lead to stereotypes of people in the other culture.
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