Indeed, culture shock could inevitably impact sojourners with its negative aspects during sojourners’ adjustment to the host culture. However, with many available approaches to manage such cross-cultural issue, it is more sensible to regard culture shock as a cultural learning experience rather than a simply negative barrier. Particularly, in terms of international students, it is feasible for them to increase communication and deal with culture shock by merging into the mainstream groups to learn host cultural practices and clues as to better equip themselves with social skills in managing culture shock issue.

Xinyi Yang. The Impact of Culture Shock on Sojourners. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 2: 97-104. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2023.060217.

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