ipl-logo

Intercultural Identity Essay

1195 Words5 Pages

This world has been going through globalization for thousands of years. Just as the current globalization happening so as to the number of people migrating every year. Each year millions of people migrated from their country and relocate in a new place aside from their home country. There are different kind of reasons people are migrated from one place to another. Apart from immigrants, workers, marriages, and many other migrating groups of people, students known as international students are taking their education abroad. These past years China has been developing in many different areas. Zheng Xiuqin, secretary of the China Scholarship Council says that, “The economic growth, stable political environment and international influence has …show more content…

After the migration, each individual of overseas students are maintaining one’s cultural identity. However adaptation to a new environment is necessary regardless of how long the duration of their migration. Meanwhile during the process many of them are challenged on so many different levels. Due to the different culture from one’s country, each individual encountered different challenges of unfamiliar situations. All of these processes influenced individuals’ cognitive process, behavior and influenced perception of how they interpret the world. Those who are successful in this process for the balance of acculturation and deculturation obtain on what is called as intercultural …show more content…

Data collecting method being used in this research is a qualitative research approach based on interviews. The interviews were done with a total of 10 foreigner students studying in Tianjin, China. In order for the interviewee to be comfortable, some of the interview was done in a quite environment. Aside from that due to their busy schedule, some of it was done through voice notes in WeChat (微信). Furthermore transcriptions of the interviews were made in order to get an easier analyzes for the discussion

Show More
Related
1170 Words | 5 Pages

America is the “melting pot” country where immigrants from various countries around the world come here and settle. They come here either for economy, political, education or medical reason. When they migrate here they bring with them their culture, religious, value and belief which makes America more diverse and interest. Yet, at the same time it often leads to two cultures collision. Cultural shock is unavoidable for almost newcomer refugee people.

Read More
444 Words | 2 Pages

China’s future has become one of the key global uncertainties in today’s geopolitical landscape. David Shambaugh highlights some of the monumental turning points China is currently facing in its societal structure, exploring the challenges and hurdles of the nations political body, economic strategy, and social cohesion. This essay will further investigate how China’s society has transformed from an agrarian, uneducated and developing state to an urbanized, industrial, and increasingly wealthy state, and how this has led to the current conditions that are generating this panic on China’s future. Shambaugh indicates that one of the major characteristics of this transformation to China’s society is the revolution of rising expectations.

Read More
49 Words | 1 Pages

Therefore, there is an apparent dynamic system of constraints and barriers and an immigrant or refugee’s level of assimilation or acculturation in which suggests that as one becomes more familiar and integrated into their new environment, the constraints and barriers they face will not be as significant (Stodolska, 1998).

Read More
975 Words | 4 Pages

Migration from the native country imparts an indelible scar in the psyche of the migrants. They not only migrate from their place of birth but also from their language, culture, tradition, food habits and the list is endless. Immigration gives them the trauma as they would take a voyage from the world of familiar to the unfamiliar. In addition to that the immigrants are compelled to understand and adapt to the culture of the new land, their life style, food habits, climatic factors and the political milieu. They immigrate hoping for a better world but it becomes a mirage in the newly settled land.

Read More
593 Words | 3 Pages

For each individual it was unique and their level of assimilation into the dominant culture varied depending on what aspect of their life was being effected. These various examples show that even when coming from similar circumstances and experiences, assimilation is an individual process that is different for each participating

Read More
592 Words | 3 Pages

However, with the increasing migration phenomenon, some problems are uncovered. In this special group, as for children, parents are not their closest people. Despite parents adapt a new environment, can speak a fluent new language, and apply a new way to make more friends, in their mind, the original culture is still their core values. This thought is stable and unchanged. Thus, their children’s original culture and core values become a wholly new thing for their parents.

Read More
844 Words | 4 Pages

She shows that cultural transition does not always lead to successful integration, which eventually brings the feeling of otherness among the migrants. This also leads to identity crisis for the migrants. Apart from that, the local community feels insecure of the newcomers for they differ in ethnic values, traditions, and life-style. In short cultural transition, which primarily entails the process of acculturation, keeps the emigrants in a struggling position while the host also feels insecurity unless an agreeable point for coexistence is reached. So wars should be avoided to make this world more

Read More
815 Words | 4 Pages

Home to the maple syrup, igloos, beavers, and Mounties. It is the farther up America: it is Canada. While those are popular aspects of Canada, it does not define or properly portray the country. When one ponders about what Canadian identity is, the stereotypical ideas come to mind, but besides from that there never has been an official identity for Canadians. Canadian identity is based on the facts that Canadians value and incorporate that which is different from them.

Read More
514 Words | 3 Pages

Acculturation is the method of attaining the lifestyle of one’s host country which encompasses the concurrent detachment from their native culture. Immigrant acculturation is a continuous process that can take years to decades to complete (Ajayi & Ajayi, 2008). Unidimensional acculturation occurs along a linear scale from not being completely absorbed in one’s original culture to being utterly engrossed in the new dominant culture (LaVeist & Isaac, 2013). An example of a unidimensional transition can be seen when teens become heavily involved with new friends or a new group at school and follow the crowd in order to fit in. Bi-dimensional acculturation emphasizes the integration among both the dominant culture and the original culture (LaVeist & Isaac, 2013).

Read More
570 Words | 3 Pages

1. Describe a significant way that you enact your cultural identity. Throughout daily interactions, I express my Hispanic culture through dialect. Being a native Spanish speaker living in a predominantly Hispanic society, the Spanish language is pervasive in my life.

Read More
476 Words | 2 Pages

Even if you have known a person for a long time, you will be astonished to know that they have different identities. Some people may be silent when they’re with you and be happy and talkative with their family. If you think hard enough about yourself, you can notice your different identities even if you think you only have one. It may take some time, but soon you will be able to recognize your different identities. I can recognize my different identities when I’m gaming, with friends, and at school.

Read More
837 Words | 4 Pages

What is my cultural identity? As an American, I am Mexican because of my religion. As an American, I am Mexican because of the food I eat. As an American, I am Mexican because of the music I listen too. I describe myself as mostly Mexican because my family’s cultural identity comes from the culture of Mexico city.

Read More
694 Words | 3 Pages

Cultural Identity Which culture do I originate from? Many will ask themselves this question, and be baffled by it, as many don't know themselves. I identify myself with the Mexican American culture,that is misinterpreted by many. My view of one's self identity is what we feel deep inside, it's where we belong and not where we want to belong due to others opinions or judgements. Growing up as a child in a mexican household was as typical as possible Mexican music,Mexican food everything Mexican as possible.

Read More
1124 Words | 5 Pages

Throughout history, there have been many exploits of striping away the culture of numerous people. The act of modifying the culture of an individual or a group as a result of contact with a different culture is referred to as acculturation. The process results in having the individual acquire the culture of a specific society from early childhood. Furthermore resulting in the lost of culture for these people from a very young age. Diverse people in society can perform the act of acculturation in many different ways to influence the lives of numerous people in society.

Read More
603 Words | 3 Pages

I am from Japan which has a population of about one hundred twenty-seven million. Japan is small country, but it has developed its economy and culture such as Japanese food and anime. I grew up in Shizuoka which has three million seven hundred thousand people, until I graduated from my high school. Then I moved to Osaka which is one of the biggest city in Japan and has population of eight million eight hundred thousand. Although Japanese people only speak Japanese, there are many different dialect each area.

Read More

More about Intercultural Identity Essay

Open Document