1. Background
An issue that everybody, who has changed their environment, faced is culture shock. Unfortunately, this happens because most people choose to leave their home countries in favor of new possibilities, such as studying in a more prestigious University or working in a famous company, even people who have a vacation abroad can experience this problem. Therefore, this causes many challenges and it becomes difficult to overcome them when alone, especially as an international student. For this reason, it would be relevant to research the challenges of culture shock.
2. Aims
The purpose of this research is to find out what problems are encountered by people who move to a new environment. These constraints might relate for their work or studies, especially how these affect their personal life as a whole. Consequently, the research will find out how do people overcome difficulties they face in regard to culture change.
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3. Sample
3.1. The Sample
The study was conducted using an online questionnaire designed in Google Forms. 12 international students from UGIC, both male and female genders, have answered the online form, using the WhatsApp platform.
3.2. Data collection
This report is a research of the culture shock challenges that occurred to International students of UGIC. The participants of this research were 12 international students who are students at the University of Greenwich International College. The study uses an online questionnaire, designed in Google Forms. The form is made of questions with multiple responses related to culture shock conditions, that are very easy to answer by students. This survey utilizes simple graphic statistics for small research by percentage. Consequently, I found out what problem is the most common and how they have overcome the challenges they encountered.
4. Findings
Based on the outcomes of the online questionnaire in which international students were asked about challenges they encountered while moving to a new environment, it can be noticed that almost all international students, aged 18 and over, have faced culture shock.
4.1. Findings about causes of Culture Shock
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The bar chart illustrates the findings about the signs that made students understand if they are experiencing culture shock.
From Figure 1, it is clear that a proportion of 50% of students understood that they are experiencing culture shock by being out of their comfort zone. A fraction of 41.70% of students realized that they were facing culture shock by feeling fear and insecurity. Another 8.30% said that loss of self-confidence had made them understand that they encountered this problem. And none of them has faced no signs of culture shock.
4.2. Findings about the effect of culture shock on students
815975166824As indicated in figure 2, it can be observed that the majority of students faced with a language barrier. Nearly a third of students encountered homesickness aspect. Almost seventeen percent of students are confronted with rainy and unsteady weather of the UK. Only a small minority of 8.30% experienced traditional British cuisine.
4.3. Findings about overcoming culture shock
The pie chart highlights that a proportion of 33.3% of students has equally managed to overcome culture shock by getting to know people in the new environment and by keeping an open mind. A quarter of students overcame the culture shock by learning and practicing the English language. Only 8.30% of students overcome this problem by starting new hobbies. 29464003091180Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 3
Figure SEQ Figure * ARABIC 3
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5. Conclusion
5.1. Commentary
In conclusion, culture shock is an inevitable aspect that almost everybody faces when moving to a foreign environment on behalf of new possibilities. It is connected with the outcomes of their cultural background. But, step by step, they discovered numerous methods to adjust themselves to the new cultural environment.
5.2. Recommendation
This study also has certain limitations related to the questionnaire and how the results were collected. The multiple-choice questionnaire was not enough to find out the whole image of culture shock. In order to gain more information, is suggested to design a questionnaire that contains open-ended questions, that will show to readers the whole image of the challenges. Another limit was the online collection of the outcomes. The recommendation is to ask these questions face to face which will provide their true feelings and experiences.
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