Student exchange program
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A student exchange program is a program in which students from a secondary school or higher education study abroad at one of their institution's partner institutions. A student exchange program may in
Enthusiastic welcome offered to the first Indian student to arrive in Dresden, East Germany (1951)
Culture shock
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Culture shock is an experience a person may have when moving to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an
Student exchange program
…take time while the students' duration of stay is limited. Even with preparation and knowledge about the new environment, they could still experience culture shock, which can affect them in different ways. Students from a different culture can also encounter homesickness for a longer period of time. Transport can…
The encounter with the conquistadors with their steel artifacts and horses so shocked the Aztecs that they took the Spaniards to be prophets from the east.
Traveler from Australia visiting a small farm in Sierra Leone
A local woman glances at a foreigner during the evening rush hour in Japan.