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    (1) Culture shock refers to the feelings of anxiety, confusion and uncertainty experienced when moving to an unfamiliar culture. It occurs as people adapt to new cultural norms and ways of living. (2) There are typically four stages of culture shock: the honeymoon stage, the distress stage, the orientation stage, and the adaptation stage. As people become accustomed to the new culture, they progress through these stages. (3) Common causes of culture shock include differences in language, mentality, education systems, food, and interpersonal communication between one's home culture and host culture. Overcoming culture shock can be challenging as it is often caused by multiple cultural differences simultaneously.

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    (1) Culture shock refers to the feelings of anxiety, confusion and uncertainty experienced when moving to an unfamiliar culture. It occurs as people adapt to new cultural norms and ways of living. (2) There are typically four stages of culture shock: the honeymoon stage, the distress stage, the orientation stage, and the adaptation stage. As people become accustomed to the new culture, they progress through these stages. (3) Common causes of culture shock include differences in language, mentality, education systems, food, and interpersonal communication between one's home culture and host culture. Overcoming culture shock can be challenging as it is often caused by multiple cultural differences simultaneously.

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    (1) Culture shock refers to the feelings of anxiety, confusion and uncertainty experienced when moving to an unfamiliar culture. It occurs as people adapt to new cultural norms and ways of living. (2) There are typically four stages of culture shock: the honeymoon stage, the distress stage, the orientation stage, and the adaptation stage. As people become accustomed to the new culture, they progress through these stages. (3) Common causes of culture shock include differences in language, mentality, education systems, food, and interpersonal communication between one's home culture and host culture. Overcoming culture shock can be challenging as it is often caused by multiple cultural differences simultaneously.

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    Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages

    MIW 1. Culture shock

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    Contents:
    What is culture shock?

    Stages of Culture shock

    Sss
    Causes of culture shock

    Examples
    What is culture shock?

    Culture shock refers to the impact of moving from a familiar culture to


    one that is unfamiliar. This impact includes the anxiety and feelings (such
    as surprise, disorientation, uncertainty, and confusion) felt when a person
    must adapt to a different and unknown cultural or social environment. It
    might include the shock of a new environment, meeting new people,
    eating new food, or adapting to a foreign language, as well as the shock
    of being separated from the important people in your life: such as family,
    friends, colleagues, and teachers.
    Stages of Culture shock

    The
    Honeymoon The Distress The Orientation The Adaptation
    Stage Stage Stage Stage
    The Honeymoon Stage

    This is the first phase in a new culture


    During this stage, everything is new
    and you may feel fascinated by the new
    and interesting. You may experience
    experiences. Everything in the new
    a feeling of euphoria and be in awe
    culture is interesting and exciting.
    of all the differences you see and
    Everything is wonderful and you are
    experience. You feel excited and
    having a great time learning about the
    stimulated, and you still feel close to
    environment. During this phase you
    everything familiar back home.
    may tend to see the new experiences
    During this stage, you generally
    through the lens of your home culture
    focus on the similarities between you
    and may rely on what you are used to
    home country and your host country,
    in order to comprehend the host
    but you appreciate the differences as
    culture.
    well.
    The Distress Stage

    Once the honeymoon stage wears off, you may suddenly start getting frustrated or
    annoyed by your new country, specifically the customs and values. The things you're
    experiencing no longer feel new; in fact, it's starting to feel like the strangeness of a
    new culture is preventing you from experiencing things. You may feel hostility toward
    the way things are done here, and you may think that they should be done in a
    different way. You start to idealize life “back home,” and may feel that your current
    culture, language, and food are inferior to what you're used to. You feel confused and
    alone, and may realize that the familiar support systems of home are no longer easily
    accessible to you. Don't worry; this is perfectly normal.
    The Distress Stage

    The Orientation Stage is the first stage in acceptance. During this stage, you begin to understand
    why things are done in a certain way. You start to respect the culture and traditions, whether you
    consider them to be good or bad. You begin to feel more comfortable in your new environment, and
    you begin to have a more positive outlook. You feel more confident and better prepared to cope with
    any problems that might arise. Remember that culture shock is not a perfectly linear experience; you
    may return to the Distress Stage multiple times until you hit…
    The Adaptation Stage

    During this stage, your attitude changes and you are able to function
    in both cultures. You have embraced the new culture and are able to
    see it in a new, yet realistic, light. In this stage you are typically well-
    oriented to your new life, and have developed your own habits and
    routines. You feel comfortable, confident, and capable of making
    decisions. You no longer feel alone and isolated; instead, you start to
    feel at home.
    The 13 elements of culture shock that international students were asked to consider as causes of
    culture shock were analyzed by assigning a score ranging from 1 for “Strongly Disagree”, to 5 for
    “Strongly Agree”. The higher the score, the greater was the student’s agreement that the element
    was a cause of their culture shock. As shown in Table 6, the percentage (50% or greater) of the
    respondents who indicated “Slightly Agree” and “Strongly Agree” to the causes of culture shock are
    as follows:

    (1) Language – 64%


    (2) Immigration Policies – 61%
    All but 8 of the respondents indicated that they believed that
    (3) Mentality (Mental attitude) – 60% culture shock was caused by at least one of the 13 causes.
    (4) Education System – 58% Twenty-seven respondents believed culture shock is caused by
    (5) Interpersonal Communication (Body over 9 causes, 40 believed it is caused by 8-9 causes, 43
    Language, Facial Expressions) – 58% believed it is caused by 6-7 causes, 32 believed it is caused by
    (6) Food – 57% 4-5 causes, 23 believed it is caused by 2-3 causes, and only
    7 believed that it is caused by only one cause. Thus the concept
    “Culture Shock” is multi-determined, making it more
    challenging to overcome since numerous factors constitute its
    cause.
    Examples
    "Before my visit to the USA, I'd never understood
    the concept of small talk," Waszkielewicz wrote
    in a Quora thread. "I'd heard of it on numerous "At my previous job, I had 25 days of vacation, eight paid bank
    occasions, especially during my English lessons, holidays, a day off for my birthday, and the opportunity to buy an
    but I never really got it. What's the point of additional five days off," Reid wrote for Business Insider. "We worked
    talking if there's nothing to talk about? hard. But we were given adequate time away from the office to rest,
    reset, and rejuvenate."

    "Then I came to America to work and travel, and "So you can imagine my horror when I was offered my first job here in
    everyone started talking to me. the States and found out my paid time off was an accrued total of 10
    days — a measly two weeks, including vacation and sick days.
    "People asking me 'How are you?' (or 'How ya
    doin'?' in Virginia) didn't shock me — I knew that "And the worst part was that the employer seemed to think that was
    it was just a way of saying 'hi.' What did shock generous, prefacing the section about PTO with: 'We know how hard
    was that everyone was doing that — even some you work and recognize the importance of providing you with time for
    rest and relaxation.'"
    random people I didn't know passing me on the
    street."
    Conclusion

    Culture Shock is certainly a disturbing impression, but it is not that sudden as the
    term shock implies. In most cases it is the gradual decrease from positive to
    negative mood after the initial euphoria stage and the actual crisis, resulting from
    that. As it is also used to describe the whole adaptation process, the word shock
    does not appear to fit too well. The disturbing impression does not always affect
    the own cultural concept. In some cases the experience of Culture Shock might
    even strengthen cultural identity, which is not the best approach either. As to the
    factors that cause Culture Shock, they are not really unwelcome, but they are
    foreign and different, and thus irritating. It is this irritation that is actually
    unwelcome.
    References
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    Unternehmen", Herne/ Berlin, 2002
    2. Bochner, Stephen: "The social psychology of cross-cultural relations" in Bochner, Stephen (Editor): "Cultures in contact", Oxford, 1982
    3. Bock, Philip: "Culture Shock - A Reader in Modern Cultural Anthropology", Washington, D.C., 1970
    4. Dowling, Peter J./ Schuler, Randall/ Welch, Denice E.: "International dimensions of human resource management", 2nd edition, Belmont,
    1994
    5. Dülfer, Eberhard: "Internationales Management in unterschiedlichen Kulturbereichen: mit Tabellen", [Transl. by Albert Jennings and David
    Smith], München /Wien/ Oldenburg, 1999
    6. Furnham, Adrian/ Bochner, Stephen: "Social difficulty in a foreign culture: an empirical analysis of culture shock" in Bochner, Stephen:
    "Cultures in contact", Oxford, 1982
    7. Gibson, Robert: "Intercultural Business Communication - Fachsprache Englisch", Berlin, 2000
    8. Glaser, W.: "Vorbereitung auf den Auslandseinsatz: Theorie, Konzept und Evaluation eines Seminars zur Entwicklung interkultureller
    Kompetenz", Neuried, 1999
    9. Guirdham, Maureen: "Communicating across cultures", London, 1999
    10. Hofstede, Geert H.: "Culture's consequences: Comparing values, behaviors, institutions, and organizations across nations", Thousand Oaks,
    2001

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