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more than 11y ago
sarahmcclelland
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Student Exchange Year
A survey regarding high school students' foreign exchange years.
The poll results are private
What country are you from?
What was your host country during your exchange year?
Was this your first time visiting a foreign country?
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Yes
No
If you had previously been to another foreign country, how long did you stay there and what was the main purpose of your travels? ie: Tourism, Visiting family/friends, Academic Fieldtrip, etc.
To what extent had you researched the culture of your host country prior to arrival?
Did you already know the native language of your host country prior to arrival? If not, how long did it take until you were able to understand communications in your host country?
Please explain any symptoms of "culture shock" that you experienced?
Please select any of the following attributes of culture shock that you felt in your host country.
Confronting a new environment
Misunderstanding or wrongly predicting the behaviors of others
being misunderstood or having your own behaviors misinterpretted
emotional instability
a feeling of needing to modify your natural behaviors to conform with your new environment
a loss of familiar cues
a feeling of alienation
Frustration or anxiety linked to communication
Identity crisis
How well do you think you now know the culture of your host country?
In what ways did your exchange year help you to develop your character or grow as an individual?
In what ways do you feel that you cultivated a stronger sense of intercultural competence? In other words, how are you now more capable of understanding other cultures in general?
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