Training, Language and Culture

ISSN 2520-2073 | ISSN 2521-442X


Culture shock and student engagement

This paper explores research into how to get foreign students studying overseas engaged with their work and how to deal with psychological difficulties in their new environment which can affect the quality of their studies. The paper is based on a presentation to HEURO (The Association of Higher Education European Officers) at a conference on the topic of Re-imagining Mobility for the Post-Pandemic World. The paper discusses how our understanding of international cultures needs to change, the difficulties faced by foreign students settling into another country, the impact of culture shock and how to deal with it and how to manage when faced with reverse culture shock when returning to your own country.

Культурный шок и вовлеченность студентов

В статье рассматриваются исследования, изучающие способы вовлечения в работу иностранных студентов, обучающихся за границей, а также способы противостояния психологическим трудностям в новой среде, которые могут повлиять на качество учебы. Статья основана на презентации HEURO (Ассоциации европейских специалистов высшего образования) на конференции «Переосмысление мобильности в пост-пандемическом мире». В статье обсуждается вектор нового понимания международных культур, трудности, с которыми сталкиваются иностранные студенты, обосновавшиеся в другой стране, влияние культурного шока, способы его преодоления, а также способы преодоления обратного культурного шока при возвращении на родину.




Volume 6 Issue 2

Assessing intercultural competence using videotapes: A comparison study of home students’ performance

Zhaoming Wang
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Collectivism and individualism in US culture: An analysis of attitudes to group work

Mohammad Tamimy, Leila Setayesh Zarei, Mohammad Saber Khaghaninejad
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Culture shock and student engagement

Deborah Swallow, Barry Tomalin
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The role of English in intercultural communication: Past, modernity and future global perspectives

Leona L. Grigoryeva, Roza R. Zakirova
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The role and place of foreign languages in Russian culture

Anna V. Pavlovskaya, Oksana A. Ksenzenko
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The cultural environment of metaphors: A study of German as a Second/Foreign Language

Evelyn Vovou
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Bridge the culture gaps: A toolkit for effective collaboration in the diverse, global workplace (a review)

Dominique Vouillemin
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Field guide to intercultural research (a review)

Peter McGee
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