An Analysis of Culture Shock Experienced By Thailand Students In IAIN Kediri

Alfianti, Sofia Dwi (2019) An Analysis of Culture Shock Experienced By Thailand Students In IAIN Kediri. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, IAIN Kediri.

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Abstract

Someone who comes to a new place and lives in a new environment will find many different things. Some of them will feel confused, anxious and it can be frustrated in facing many different things. The purpose of this study is to explore the culture shock experienced that faced by Thai students in IAIN Kediri and the strategies that used to deal with cultural differences and problems. This study employed a qualitative research method. The data were collected by distributing a mixed questionnaire and conducting a semi-structure interview. There were 12 Thai students participating in this study. They were Thai students in semester 4 and semester 6 who are living and studying in IAIN Kediri. The data were analyzed into three activities they were categorizing the data, coding and presenting. The data were presented originally as the answer of the participants in questionnaire and interview. The result of this study shows that there are six categorizes of culture shock experiences faced by Thai students in IAIN Kediri. Those are language and communication problems, food, social environment, making friend, homesickness and academic problem. The most experience faced by Thai students in IAIN Kediri was language and communication problem. Therefore the strategies that are used by Thai students in IAIN Kediri are self-confidence and optimism, building friendship, cultural participation, and learning the host culture. The most strategy used by Thai students was learning the host country.

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi, Tesis, Disertasi) (Undergraduate (S1))
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE (Ilmu Bahasa, Komunikasi dan Budaya) > 2004 Linguistics (Ilmu Bahasa) > 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
Divisions:	Fakultas Tarbiyah > Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Muh Hamim
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2024 03:12
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2024 03:12
URI:	https://etheses.iainkediri.ac.id:80/id/eprint/11905

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