Intercultural Communication essay

This discussion post asks you to analyze your personal experiences studying/traveling abroad or going away for college/work and relating your experiences to the 4 stages of the W-curve model. In your response of no more than 350-400 words, include the following two parts:
(a) Identify at least one personal experience which falls into each of the 4 stages: Anticipation, Culture Shock, Adjustment, and Reverse Culture Shock. (2 points per stage)
(b) Discuss whether you agree with the stages in the U-curve / W-curve models OR whether you have had experiences that do not seem to fit these models (e.g., did you skip a stage; did you remain in one stage?). (2 points)

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Read the following scenario (adapted from Intercultural Interactions by K. Cushner and R. W. Brislin). Then post your response in the discussion forum “Online Application 7.”
Intercultural Communication essay
Becky Engle had been home in Colorado for 2 months, and she often found herself thinking of her time in China and wishing she were there. This confused her, as when she was there she had longed to be at home. She had despised the hot sticky weather in China and dreamed of the snows of the Rockies. The foods that the Chinese ate she thought strange and not tasty. She had often yearned for the fresh vegetables and salads of her native home in Boulder. There were countless things she had perpetually gone over that had annoyed her in China—the air, the transportation system, housing, and more. Now she was home, but the things she had missed about home while in China did not seem so important. What was more, she felt odd and out of place somehow and longed for the things that had been familiar to her during her 3 years in China.

How could you help explain to Becky what was going on? Focus on her current feelings and take into account as much information as possible.

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