There was a person on Twitter said that: “Homesickness, like any other vaguely communicable disease, won’t go away overnight.” Actually, it’s very interesting to explore the way that individuals react differently when they are homesick. C. Wright Mills, as a sociologist, have indicated in his popular book called The Sociological Imagination that sociological imagination is a tool to help people to see the relationship between personal experience and social facts (Murray, Linden & Kendall, 2014). Mills (1959) also claims that there three characteristics which can test private troubles and social issues, including population and roots as well as solutions. The current study will focus on only one particular group which has a great amount of populations,
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The first argument will demonstrate the root causes of this phenomenon and how they have impact on those students thus creating homesickness in cultural competence as well as a global perspective. Along with the essential elements, feasible solutions which is relevant to to solve the problem, have to be established in the article. Homesickness is a basic experience that millions of people are spending time away their home, especially for those students who have to study alone in a foreign country. The international Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development provided the number of international students have been risen by 2.9 million during 1975 to 2009 …show more content…
Some researchers argue that a number of international students can clearly recognize their homesickness because of a cultural shock which occurs when individuals live in a culture different from their own (Christofi & Thompson, 2007). The situation will be even worse if the person reject to get used to it due to great anxiety, not only causing mental disorders gradually due to depression and stress, but also leading to physical hurt (McDonnell & Esmonde, 1999). Medora et al. (1987) maintained that “among the important factors affecting the individual’s experience of loneliness are the culture and the family in which he/she develops”. Indeed, when individuals get into a new society, the different social tapestry, interpersonal interactions and support networks might become available to them with their own culture and countries (Rokach, 2007). Although this will help people to make more boundaries with the current society, it still affect the manner of their experience and the perception of the homesickness. Refer to non-financial social assets, individuals study abroad who are really homesick will spend a part of their time on identifying or experiencing cultural norms and values that they are mostly familiar with such as having parties with people who have
The first argument will demonstrate the root causes of this phenomenon and how they have impact on those students thus creating homesickness in cultural competence as well as a global perspective. Along with the essential elements, feasible solutions which is relevant to to solve the problem, have to be established in the article. Homesickness is a basic experience that millions of people are spending time away their home, especially for those students who have to study alone in a foreign country. The international Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development provided the number of international students have been risen by 2.9 million during 1975 to 2009 …show more content…
Some researchers argue that a number of international students can clearly recognize their homesickness because of a cultural shock which occurs when individuals live in a culture different from their own (Christofi & Thompson, 2007). The situation will be even worse if the person reject to get used to it due to great anxiety, not only causing mental disorders gradually due to depression and stress, but also leading to physical hurt (McDonnell & Esmonde, 1999). Medora et al. (1987) maintained that “among the important factors affecting the individual’s experience of loneliness are the culture and the family in which he/she develops”. Indeed, when individuals get into a new society, the different social tapestry, interpersonal interactions and support networks might become available to them with their own culture and countries (Rokach, 2007). Although this will help people to make more boundaries with the current society, it still affect the manner of their experience and the perception of the homesickness. Refer to non-financial social assets, individuals study abroad who are really homesick will spend a part of their time on identifying or experiencing cultural norms and values that they are mostly familiar with such as having parties with people who have