Culture Shock In International Students

Chapter 1 Countries worldwide are trying to draw attention of international students; failure to take care of their ethnic adjustment this may be unsafe to the international student’s psychological wellbeing and academic effects. Culture shock is a very collective problem and brings influence to the international students who which to get better education in a foreign countries. Culture shock simply means the effect you might sense once you arrive into different culture. However, number of international students around the global are increasing steadily. Culture shock is exact shared problem and brings impact to the international students who want to get standard education in foreign countries. No matter how well you are prepared;

However, the problem of adapting to different cultures and environment is quite difficult. It’s quite a challenge in most situations to live outside one’s culture. In the midst of the unknown it’s only social values that count. The international students faced problems with various requirements to enable them to start their new life in Malaysia. The Malaysian accused the international students from causing social problems which might lead to the rise of social ills in Malaysia moreover; most of this problems was caused by culture shock.

The purpose of this study is to:

The purpose of this research is to gain an understanding into the factors that contribute to culture shock for international students during their period of study in IIUM, also to know how the international students deal with culture shock. This study will also identify what international students think teachers and educational institutions can do to help international students better adjust during their period of study in IIUM.

Research

This approach established into contemporary ‘culture learning’ theory. It has its source in social psychology, concentrating on behavioral aspects of intercultural interaction and concerning social communication as a skilled and mutually organized performance (Argyle 1969). ‘Shock’ is seen as the incentive for attaining culture-specific skills that are required to involve in new social communications. The method of adaptation is influenced by a amount of variables, with: universal information about a new culture (Ward and Searle 1991); length of residence in the host culture (Ward et al. 1998); language or communication competence (Furnham 1993); quantity and quality of contact with host nationals (Bochner 1982); friendship networks (Bochner, McLeod, and Lin 1977); previous experience abroad (Klineberg and Hull 1979); cultural distance (Ward and Kennedy 1993a, b); cultural identity (Ward and Searle 1991); acculturation modes (Ward and Kennedy 1994); temporary versus permanent residence in a new country (Ward and Kennedy 1993c); and cross-cultural training (Deshpande and Viswesvaran 1992). This perfect indicate the practical procedures for intervention in training, orientation and (particularly) behavioral public skills