finnish culture shock
DESCRIPTION
Finland KUASTRANSCRIPT
Finnish culture shockEdita Nováková
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
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..
Finland for me