STUDYING ABROAD: CULTURE SHOCK

Here is a list of important vocabulary you will find in the video.

● Daunting: Adj. Making you feel slightly scared or worried about your ability to achieve something.
● Overwhelmed: Adj. Completely overcome or overpowered by thought or feeling
● Homesick: Adj. Wishing to be at home with family while absent from them.
● Odd: Adj. Different from the usual, ordinary, or accepted.
● Crave: Verb. To have a strong or inward desire
● Bond: Verb. To form a close relationship especially through frequent association

TASK

Listen to each person, and classify the experiences below in the corresponding column (some experiences might
belong to more than one person).

Christy Val Stephanie Arya Emmanuel

Started cooking. Craved their local Delighted by the Had issues with Excited about living
Notified about dishes and/or family buildings, people and transportation this experience.
culture shock. food. customs. choices. Accent was difficult
Started to feel more The exchange was Met lots of people Spoke to welfare to understand.
comfortable after somehow and made new advisors. Started to miss
some time. overwhelming. friends. Noticed certain common things.
Missed relatives and People were kind Wanted to get back words were used
friends. and helpful. home. differently.
Expressions were The exchange was
difficult to somehow
understand. overwhelming.
Improved their
language skills.