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Bibliography /Berry, J W. (1970) Marginality, stress and ethnic identification in an acculturated aboriginal community. Journal of cross Cultural Psychology, 1. 239 -252 / De. Capua, Andrea and Wintergerst Ann. 2004 Crossing Cultures in the Language Classroom. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, . /Lynch, Elanor and Hanson, Marci. Developing Cross-Cultural Competence. Baltimore: Paul Brookes Publishing Co. , 1998. /Furnham, Adrian and Bochner, Stephen. (1986) Culture Shock: Psychological reactions to Unfamiliar Environments University Press Cambridge London, New York /Guanipa, Carmen. "CULTURE SHOCK". Dept. of Counseling and School Psychology. 11/24/2008 <http: //edweb. sdsu. edu/people/c. Guani pa/cultshok. htm>. /Lysgaard, S. (1955). Adjustment in a foreign society: Norwegian fullbrite grantees visiting the united states. International Social Science Bulletin 7, 45 -51. /The U-Curve of Adjustment. Retrieved November 29, 2008, from Culture Shock: 2 Web site: http: //www. international. umd. edustudy abroad/990 http: //www. gpccolorado. com/cultureshock/ Accessed 2/28/14 And its impacts on L 2 Acquisition: What Every Teacher Should Know Culture Shock is a reaction people experience when faced with cultural realities different from their own. Introduced in 1958 by Kalvero Oberg.

What is it? ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Oberg’s Four Stages Honeymoon/Tourist Stage Culture Shock Recovery Adjustment/Acculturation Causes/Factors Unfamiliarity with new culture. Lack of language understanding. Discrepancies between demands of new situation and resources to deal with them. Cognitive fatigue Ethnocentrism Stereotypes Dissimilarities between beliefs, values, norms, and attitudes. Misunderstandings between behaviors and intentions. Motivation for and anxiety associated with traveling. Why is it a problem? Strategies for reducing effects Mental, emotional, and physical manifestations that educators should How to Combat Culture Shock As a Teacher be aware of include: ❖ Create a comfortable and ❖ Difficulty in focusing and accepting environment in the processing/retaining new classroom information ❖ Don’t make assumptions ❖ Frequent illness and absences ❖ Get to know your students and ❖ Sleeping too much or too little. their unique situations ❖ Feeling sad, depressed, ❖ Don’t give up on a student vulnerable, powerless. ❖ Decreased confidence, increased apathy / ❖ Developing negative stereotypes of the dominant culture Potential Problems for Educators ❖ Raising Krashen’s affective filter ❖ Misinterpretation of culture shock side effects as products of learning disabilities ❖ Physical effects that result in frequent absences Sharpwriter. (2014). Richard Nixon fighting a Saber Tooth Tiger. Retrieved from http: //sharpwriter. deviantart. com/art/Richard-Nixon-fighting-a-Saber-Tooth-Tiger 382282422