Introduction
Many students around the world travel to study abroad as international students; however, traveling away for the first time may not be easy. Some students face difficulties such as adaptation and culture shocks because of the new environment just as food, weather, behaviors, language and culture. Students try to adapt to the new culture in different ways that take changeable periods of time depending on the student’s character. International students are more likely to suffer from physical and mental health problem as well as academic problem than native students (Lewthwaite, M. 1996). Hence, most of the students try to find their way to adjust to the new surroundings. Moreover, in this survey many students agreed that there …show more content…
Bar graph showing the factors that help male and female students to adapt to a new environment.
This figure shows that both genders believe that speaking the country’s language and a university’s society help to adapt to a new environment with an equal percentage. However, male tend to have international friends to help them to adapt more than female with 12%. Figure.3 Bar graph showing the different adaptation durations to adapt a new environment between male and female. This figure shows that 33% of females adapt to a new environment in one to three weeks, while is more than males who are 17%. Moreover, 50% of males and 17% of females conform in one or two months. However, the highest percentage for females is more than three months to adapt to a new environment with 50% and 33% for males. This mean that females take more time to adjust a new surroundings which do not prove the …show more content…
Based on the result of the survey males are more quickly to adjust a new surroundings. However, there are many factors that may affect the result such as age and personality, students who are older than 24 are more likely to adjust faster than younger students especially who are social students. Moreover, students use their own ways trying to adapt the new environment and culture. Hence, there are many adaptation helping factors such as having international friends, learning or speaking the language that use in the country and the university’s society as the
Many students around the world travel to study abroad as international students; however, traveling away for the first time may not be easy. Some students face difficulties such as adaptation and culture shocks because of the new environment just as food, weather, behaviors, language and culture. Students try to adapt to the new culture in different ways that take changeable periods of time depending on the student’s character. International students are more likely to suffer from physical and mental health problem as well as academic problem than native students (Lewthwaite, M. 1996). Hence, most of the students try to find their way to adjust to the new surroundings. Moreover, in this survey many students agreed that there …show more content…
Bar graph showing the factors that help male and female students to adapt to a new environment.
This figure shows that both genders believe that speaking the country’s language and a university’s society help to adapt to a new environment with an equal percentage. However, male tend to have international friends to help them to adapt more than female with 12%. Figure.3 Bar graph showing the different adaptation durations to adapt a new environment between male and female. This figure shows that 33% of females adapt to a new environment in one to three weeks, while is more than males who are 17%. Moreover, 50% of males and 17% of females conform in one or two months. However, the highest percentage for females is more than three months to adapt to a new environment with 50% and 33% for males. This mean that females take more time to adjust a new surroundings which do not prove the …show more content…
Based on the result of the survey males are more quickly to adjust a new surroundings. However, there are many factors that may affect the result such as age and personality, students who are older than 24 are more likely to adjust faster than younger students especially who are social students. Moreover, students use their own ways trying to adapt the new environment and culture. Hence, there are many adaptation helping factors such as having international friends, learning or speaking the language that use in the country and the university’s society as the