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Finnish culture shock Edita Nováková

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Page 1: Finnish culture shock

Finnish culture shockEdita Nováková

Page 2: Finnish culture shock

Expectations

Personal• Improve my language

skills

• Make a friends all over the world

• Travelling in Finland

• Cheaper prices

• Shy people ?

General• Clean environment

• High level of language skills

• Living close to the nature

• High quality food, goods

• Different teaching methods

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Stages of Cultural shock

• I can´t speak about cultural shock, it is more about homesickness and I also miss my friends

• 1. Honemoon – all is new, feeling excited

• 2. Culture shock – comparing Czech rep. vs. Finland

• 3. Adjustment – discovering beauty of finnish culture but feeling isolated (now)

• 4. To be continued..

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Finland for me