Summary Of The Continuous Process Of Cultural Adjustment
Nowadays, there are millions of international students in the United States who are pursuing college degrees that will help them achieve their future goals and may give them the opportunity of finding a good position in the international job market. However, it’s not an easy task for these students to adapt in a new environment because of many of challenges they may face and learning how to adjust themselves to college life. Some of the challenges they may go through involve overcoming cultural, social, and academic differences in order to succeed in college. It is obvious that these issues would affect them academically and psychologically as well. Therefore, it is important for international students to understand how adaptation in particular would help them to meet the academic requirements of American universities.
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One of the strategies he uses is meeting with an international student consoler whenever he had the chance. As he says ‘’The counselor helped me realize that Americans also experience cultural shock and deal with cultural adjustment when they move from their hometowns to other parts of the country’’. According to what he says, it is clear that he now knows that he is not the only one experiencing a cultural shock. Also, sharing his issues with someone who is willing to help is one way to overcome the cultural adjustment
One of the strategies he uses is meeting with an international student consoler whenever he had the chance. As he says ‘’The counselor helped me realize that Americans also experience cultural shock and deal with cultural adjustment when they move from their hometowns to other parts of the country’’. According to what he says, it is clear that he now knows that he is not the only one experiencing a cultural shock. Also, sharing his issues with someone who is willing to help is one way to overcome the cultural adjustment