Monday, December 17, 2007

What's Up with Culture?

ON-LINE CULTURAL TRAINING RESOURCE FOR STUDY ABROAD

This material was developed to support and enhance a student’s ability to make successful cultural adjustments both before going overseas and upon returning home from studying abroad. It was produced primarily for traditional-aged, undergraduate US-American university students. Those preparing to participate in a study abroad program will find the first seven sections useful while those who are about to, or have, returned home from an international program can refer to the final four sections.

The focus is generally on the concept of culture and how it impacts one’s ability to understand and function in a new and unfamiliar environment. It concentrates on the skills, attitudes, and behaviors which all study abroad students, regardless of their specific destination, will find useful.


There are many interesting aspects to this topic.

Here are a few that will get you thinking...

The things we say

Sources of American Culture


American_Values


Cultural_Categories

Sources of American Culture

Body Language

Communication_styles

Intensity_Factors

Common Reactions to Culture Shock

The Four Levels of Cultural Awareness

10 Transition Tips

Seventy-Five Long-Term Outcomes

Glossary

Bibliography

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