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Culture Shock
I think a cultural shock (or jsut culture shock-in general)occurs when a person feels an emotion in a good or bad way because of cultural differences.
One example of cultural shock I felt was in Japan, where I did my very first work experience. I can speak fluently Japanese (Japanese fluently), because my mother is Japanese and the culture of this country has always been part of life. However, I met some language barriers the first few days at work. Indeed in Japan, we have several ways (of speaking) to speak to people. I learned from my mother the casual way while obviously at work, you need to use the formal way of speaking. I had to learn many new vocabularies (a lot of new vocabulary-uncountable) and change my style of talking. It was very stressful as I made a lot mistakes. However, I asked for help to (from not to) my family and coworkers, and I could improve a lot my knowledge about Japanese. I was really surprised that even with my own culture, I could have a culture shock. It taught me that I still have a lot to learn about my own country.
Another cultural shock happened in Singapore. I am very used to be admired (to being) for being French in Japan. People often says (say) that I am really fortunate to be able to speak French and live in France. I was expected (I expected) that people in Singapore would say the same thing as it is an Asian country too. However, people tended to be more surprised and envious that I was Japanese. I felt the same when I was in Vietnam (but historically speaking it makes more sense). I have been taught that people don’t see a same culture in a same way, and I thought that the relations between countries might also interfere between individuals relationship.
Very well written well done!
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