CULTURE SHOCK EXPERIENCED BY FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING AT INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This present study was designed to examine the potential culture shocks experienced by foreign
students in Indonesian university. There were 10 foreign students who responded to the questionnaires
sent by the writer through BIPA in the foreign students’ universities. It was found that there were
three points of academic life that make foreign students experience culture shock. Those are teacher’s
roles and attitude; poorly organized program; and the local students’ attitude. In social life, the
writer also found that foreign students experienced culture shock in 3 aspects, those are: womenmen
relationship; different way of thinking and different habits.