Informative Presentation

Title: “Cultural Shock” by Osas Osayuwa
Exact purpose: After listening to my presentation, the audience will become aware of how cultural shock can affect different individuals.
INTRODUCTION:
* Attention-getter: Do you know that 50 pecents of TCC students are foreigners from different country, for example China, Africa, Korea etc. And also 25 of the reminder of 50 percents are non residents of Texas. * Qualifications: I personally have experience cultural shock when my family and I moved to the United States from Nigeria. * Motivation: According to the Theoretical models of culture shock and adaptation in international students in higher education stated that there are about 10,000 of people who come to the United every month for schooling from different countries and they all have be affected by cultural shock. * Thesis: Today we are going to look at the different areas how cultural shock has affected most people in education, language and lifestyle/culture. And these three main points will help you to understand the areas.
BODY
I. Education: A. Making adjustment to a new education environment. 1. Most students who come to the United State or go to other countries for schooling had found it hard to adjust when it come to fitting in. 2. Difficulty in making friends. B. According to Kennedy E. in Educational and child psychologists he’s idea was to work to reduce the impact of school culture shock in the. 1. Education system 2. Age
Transition: next, let’s look at how cultural shock can affect people when we talk about language. II. Why do people get affected in language when they moved from their comfort zone? A. Majority of people have hard time adjusting to different culture because every country in the world speech differently. 1. Pronunciation of words 2. Communication B. According to Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai states Not too many of the people that go abroad take into consideration the way in which cultural differences may affect their well being. "Culture shock" is the state of discomfort experienced by the intercultural traveler, in a more or less profound way, once he or she is placed in an unfamiliar environment. This is the aspect that I will try to clarify in may paper, more precisely the importance of being aware of, and learning how to cope with culture shock. The communication that she is referring to is intercultural communication, which also implies an intercultural knowledge. Inside his own culture, one does not think considerably at the cultural specificity, as the interlocutors share similar sets of rules and values. But when going internationally, communication becomes difficult without having the same background. The individual must compensate for all the things that his interlocutor has learned in his life time, by trying to learn, understand, and adapt to the other's set of behavioral and conceptual rules C. most have problems transiting into different culture when they have difficulties when they have language barrier which is break down into two parts 1. Speaking Barrier 2. Meaning of words
Transition: now that we understand how cultural shock can affect people in education and language, let’s look at how it can also affect people lifestyle and appearance. III. How cultural shock can affect your lifestyle/ appearance? A. Every country has their own lifestyle in the way they dress, music and food. In other to fit into that culture you have to adjust. 1. Cultural shock can cause some to change the way they dress 2. Cultural shock can make a have low self esteem. B. What are the areas where most are affected in lifestyle and appearance? 1. Family values 2. Adjustment of environment.
CONCLUSION:
* Imagine you going to another country to school or work to a place you never been before there is no way you not going to experience culture shock. * It is important to remember to be always flexible and willing to accept people from different culture. * Now that you all aware of how cultural shock can affect people are its fair to say that instead of making fun of people of the way they speak or act you could help them survive in your culture.

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