Reflective Journal
Almost all cultural adjustments involve a certain degree of tension, frustration, confusion, and even embarrassment. It is your
attitude with which you are responding to everyday challenges, big and small, that is going to help you develop your coping
strategies, overcome difficulties and, ultimately, shape your future. There is no denying that being a new immigrant is not an easy
position to be in, and if you approach it with openness, acceptance, and a little bit of humor, it will help you develop
understanding of your new culture and build rapport with it. We are hoping that this course in general and the Reflective Journal in
particular will help you develop open-mindedness, flexibility, curiosity, tolerance for differences and ambiguities. By staying
positive, suspending judgement, and having realistic expectations, we would like to see your strong sense of SELF and a positive
regard for OTHERS.
Please read the article Culture Shock written by Melissa Pedersen and Maria Brzeska and go to the Reflective Journal Blog. Your
instructor's letter is waiting for your response there.
attitude with which you are responding to everyday challenges, big and small, that is going to help you develop your coping
strategies, overcome difficulties and, ultimately, shape your future. There is no denying that being a new immigrant is not an easy
position to be in, and if you approach it with openness, acceptance, and a little bit of humor, it will help you develop
understanding of your new culture and build rapport with it. We are hoping that this course in general and the Reflective Journal in
particular will help you develop open-mindedness, flexibility, curiosity, tolerance for differences and ambiguities. By staying
positive, suspending judgement, and having realistic expectations, we would like to see your strong sense of SELF and a positive
regard for OTHERS.
Please read the article Culture Shock written by Melissa Pedersen and Maria Brzeska and go to the Reflective Journal Blog. Your
instructor's letter is waiting for your response there.
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Reference
Pedersen, M. & Brzeska, M. (2011). Culture shock. TESL Ontario, 37(1), 8-12. Feb. 2011. Retrieved from http://www.teslontario.net/uploads
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