Culture Shock - International Students in the United States

Full video available at www.amazon.com. This video is about cross-cultural adaptation and culture shock. Foreign students share their perceptions of their experiences in the U.S. as each of them (plus one specialist in cross-cultural relations and a few American Students) is interviewed about living and studying in a new culture. The focus is on the arrival and immediate postarrival period and the culture shock which, for most of the interviewees, follows on its heels. It becomes clear that central to the problems encountered are major differences in values and behaviors between the foreign students and the Americans they meet. The documentary covers a range of basic characteristics of American culture: openness/directness, privacy, attitudes toward time, friendship patterns, informality, and competitiveness. Culture Shock is an excellent resource for any program wishing to help its participants better understand the cross-cultural adjustment process and the experience of being a foreigner in the United States. Useful in foreign student, refugee, and teaching assistant orientation programs; briefings for Americans dealing with foreign students; and orientation for exchange students. To purchase go to www.amazon.com

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• culture
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• international
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[sirsquiggly]

@GSheppo92 are you retarded? our culture is known around the world. You might not like the culture but it doesn;t mean it doesnt exist. From rock and roll, hollywood, hip hop, fastfood, literature (Twain, Poe, etc), cowboys and the old west, art, food, and politics. Our culture is instantly recognizable.

[MrLarrs72]

its comical to see all these negative opinions from those who never lived here or just got here. if you dont like it here, leave or dont come at all. ive been in america 38 years and im not fat, never had a problem getting a job and the government is run by the same hide n go seek bankers that run YOUR perfect little country. why they favor us with food and technology, ill never know. we are all property on this planet. those who arent are being attacked by the super powers that bank us.

[asianwhitenigger]

YOU LEFT MONTREAL FOR VERMONT???

LOL BIG MISTAKE

[PLISKEN12]

oh theres too much gay people here too !

[PLISKEN12]

american culture is about a country of poorly educated people, very immature, punks, even old people even if they are 80 have the mentality of a high school immature kid. its a retarded culture really. narcissist people w/ hardly any morals. of course theyre not all like that but majority is. its very rotten. ive been here 20 years and i'm here just for work opportunity.

[rbsadler]

This was pretty interesting. I'm about to study abroad in Spain, so I'm always interested to find out how America is viewed by other people. I guess it's because my country is so stereotyped it's almost a travesty. No people in any country should be judged by a country's stereotype. I thought in the 21st century we would be getting past all this.

[Smartaz4U]

@SuperCamilee That's right.My family doctor (Perez)when I was young was from Mexico,was a good well respected doctor,very educated and because he took time for education,lived a prosperous life.You get out what you put in.

[SuperCamilee]

I hate when illegal parents tell their children that latinamerica is a HELL..of course it is!!! for their parents!!! because they are ignorant and didn t get a diploma!!!! people who go to college in latinamerica has a GOOD life! and beeing pooor is not a excuse for not studying , I had some partner very poor but extremly intelligent!! they will be succeful after graduate.

[CriticalComedyTV]

@brb941

Private schools don't really make a difference in education (there are the horrendous ones then the good ones) like public schools I happen to go to an excelent public school. I have amazing grades. Nobody realy fails a grade in my school. They don't come that close to failing too much either, only a few go to summer school. I plan to go to Cornell (2 hours away from me) for college.

[CriticalComedyTV]

@isaaccontradictor

Um no it isn't I live in the Untied States. Us teenagers are more disciplined than you think. We aren't all obese or overweight either, actually most of the people I know are a very healthy weight. Don't judge or stereotype us from television or anything we have a culture that is so different than what the media expresses.

[frootloopsfan]

@sirsquiggly the United States is a global culture, that's why people don't see America as a unique culture, and the truth is that they see it every day on their food, television, clothes you name it.