[ID:8875] Top Tips: Succeeding Abroad offers practical insights into the process of going abroad and encountering other cultures. You'll learn about culture shock and re-entry, as well as how to be an effective and ethical international volunteer. This is a valuable section for any globally-minded young person.
Top Tips
- Learn before you leave: As soon as you have decided to move abroad, you should start an intense period of reading and researching your host country. Language, food, politics, culture – all of these things should be on your list!
- Prepare yourself for the possibility of culture shock: Depending on which country you’re headed to, your level of culture shock may differ. If you are going to a country with markedly different customs and standards, you will be more likely to experience culture shock.
- Westerners don’t always recognize their own traits: Have you taken the time to assess your “Western perspective”? Make sure that when you are abroad, you learn to see yourself (and...
