Culture Shock Presentation

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The facts about culture shock, how to survive it, and my own story as an English teacher adapting to life in China.

Transcript of Culture Shock Presentation

  • 1.

2. 3. 4. What isCulture ? Education Age Social Class Organisation 5. 6. 7.

  • Home country
  • Host country
  • Social cues
  • Regression
  • Adaptation
  • Stereotypes

8. 9. 10. Whenever someone travels overseas they are like "a fish out of water. Like the fish, weve been swimming in our own culture our whole lives. When we suddenly leave the water. 11. 12. 13.

  • What is
  • culture shock?

14. A sudden exposure to unfamiliar culture. 15.

  • Culture shock
  • is a normal
  • butunpleasantand
  • negativeexperience.

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  • What causes
  • culture shock?

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  • Information overload too much newculture,all at once
  • Role shifting my normalrelationships, job, identity aregone
  • Personal shock Im tired, confused,lost

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  • Culture shock is a reaction to:
  • Language, travel, jet lag, climate, food, clothing, customs, etc.

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  • Symptoms

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  • Anxiety
  • Grief
  • Desperation
  • Disorientation
  • Resentment
  • Loneliness

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  • Insomnia
  • Lost of appetite
  • or excess eating
  • Headaches , pains
  • Allergies

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  • What we see from
  • Far away.

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  • often looks much
  • different close up.

25. 26. Host countryVs. Home country 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

    • How many times a day can I
    • listen to the word Hello ?
    • Am I supposed to reply?

32. Hello - I mean ! 33.

    • Are people being friendly, or justcurious?
    • Why do little children stare
    • at me?
    • Do Ireallylook that different?

34. 35. Social cues Signals What do I do? How do things work? 36. A social cue? Culture shock in India 37. 38. 39. 1 2 3 4 40.

  • There are
  • stages of culture shock

41. stage 42. Youre perfect! I love you. 43.

    • Honeymoon Phase
  • A new place
  • New sights sounds smells -tastes
  • Things go smoothly
  • - for a while

44. My first studen ts - 2006 45. stage 46.

  • Anger,
  • irritability,
  • resentment

Avoiding other people Criticizing the new culture 47.

  • Rejection Phase:
  • Complaining
  • Sees only the bad things

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  • Rejection Phase:
  • You become stronger,
  • or weaker.

49. 50. 51. stage 52. Regression = moving backwards eat me 53. Speaking your own language Watching movies from home Eating familiar food Nostalgia 54. 55. Im homesick! 56. stage 57. 58.

    • Acceptance Phase
  • You become more comfortable with:
  • The language
  • The local customs

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  • Let it all hang out.

74. How do you eat these? 75. 76. Culture shock process: 77. 78. Culture shock: Haspositive effects as a learning experience. Enhances your ability foradaptation . 79.

  • Use humor

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  • Prepare before you go.

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  • Write about it.

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  • Get a pet

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  • Use friends and family as support.

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  • Give yourself time.

85. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. R xing su s (Chinese proverb:Enter village, follow customs.) 86. Stereotypes Preconceptions Ideas before the fact Exaggerations 87. 88. Chinese laundry has Ancient Chinese Secret -Calgon 89. which country? 90. 91.

  • Internet
  • Globalization
  • Speed of travel

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  • Living in another
  • country opens
  • Youreyesandmind

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  • It gives the opportunity tochangeyour life entirely.
  • You canredefineyourself

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