Cross-Cultural Training

Lesson 7: Culture Shock

Lesson 7 Exercises

Complete the following exercise developed by The Peace Corps.

Place the Roman numeral for the stage of adjustment next to the statement you think the person was in who made the remark.

I. Honeymoon
II. Initial Culture Shock
III. Initial Adjustment
IV. Further Culture Shock
V. Further Adjustment

1. I'm sick of these bugs.
2. I thought I knew this stuff!
3. You call that a toilet?
4. I'd give anything for a meal without rice.
5. These people are all so nice.
6. Homesick? For what?
7. I'm getting used to these toilets, believe it or not.
8. I'm looking forward to actually doing my job.
9. This language actually makes sense once in a while.
10. I don't believe it! They said I shouldn't jog here.
11. Bugs? What bugs?
12. You know, I actually prefer Turkish toilets.
13. I'll never learn this language.
14. Are you kidding? I can't eat curry (or beans) without rice.
15. No one said my job would be like this?
16. I never thought my problem would be too much free time.
17. I actually prefer soccer to jogging; you meet more people.
18. What a great place

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