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features and behaviours from your new home, and prefer certain aspects of the new culture to your own culture. There is, in a sense, a fifth stage to this process. If you decide to return home after a long period in a new culture, you may experience what is called reverse culture shock. This means that you may find aspects of your own culture foreign because you are so used to the new culture that you have spent so long adjusting to. Reverse culture shock is usually pretty mild you may notice things about your home culture that you had never noticed before, and some of the ways people do things may seem odd. Reverse culture shock rarely lasts for very long.
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Do the following statements agree with the information given in the article? In boxes 1-10 on your answer sheet write TRUE - if the statement agrees with the information FALSE - if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN - if there is no information on this 1. Some people will find the process of adapting to a new country easier than others. 2. Knowing about these four stages will help people adjust to a new culture more quickly. 3. People can ease culture shock by learning about the language and customs before they go to the new culture. 4. Culture shock is another name for cultural adjustment. 5. The first stage is usually the shortest. 6. In the first stage, people will have a very positive impression of the new culture. 7. Many people will leave the new culture while they are in the second stage. 8. By the third stage, people do not experience any more problems with the new culture. 9. In the fourth stage, people speak the new language fluently. 10. Reverse culture shock is as difficult to deal with as culture shock.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. TRUE NOT GIVEN TRUE FALSE NOT GIVEN TRUE NOT GIVEN FALSE NOT GIVEN
10. FALSE
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