Costa Rica, Ecuador, Uganda

Wherever!!

What to Do and Consider Before you Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFbPCj_cajY

What Do You Already Know About Your Temporary

Home?

What are you doing to prepare yourself for living in a country where different languages are

spoken?

Language Before You Go

Spanish Classes -- http://www.studyspanish.com/destinations/spanish_in_atlanta_georgia.htm

Latin American Association – group/private classes http://www.thelaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173&Itemid=390#1

Rosetta Stone Spanish Swahili

County Libraries Language programs you can check out

Films (w/ subtitles), TV

Language resources to take with you Berlitz Latin American

Spanish phrase bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Berlitz-American-Spanish-Phrase-Dictionary/dp/2831578469/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222785290&sr=8-3

Swahili Phrase book

While In Country

Consider studying Spanish or Swahili while you are abroad. One on one classes are fairly inexpensive. Group classes are usually the least expensive way to go.

What are you doing to prepare yourself for living in a

different culture?

Culture

What is culturally appropriate in one culture may or may not be in another culture

Imagine You’re at a Party

Examples: Directness

How many ways can you ask to open the window because it is too warm in here?

Eye Contact Gestures Concepts of Time Concepts of Control Multitasking vs. single focus Resource

Hooked in Motion App – World Customs & Cultures

http://www.appsrumors.com/apps/world-customs-and-cultures-2/#comment-8772

Wikipedia

Read

Authors born in the country in which you will reside

Books about the country

Books set in the country (be careful if country so fictionalized or politicized by American or British authors that it does not accurately reflect reality)

Stages of Culture Shock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfB6GIjM9Q&feature=related (start at 3.50) – Stage 3 Culture Shock chart – International student in the US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H82IFq0HbTQ -- Stage 4 & 5 of Culture Shock chart – International student in the US. Watch it!!! Uplifting and contains excellent suggestions

Learn Before You Go

Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa Rica

CIA World Fact Book -- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Library of Congress Cultural studies -- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

South American Handbook (Ecuador & Costa Rica) -- http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:3DW9rlKQtDkJ:www.yachana.org/research/handbook.pdf+%22south+american+handbook%22+%2B+ecuador&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a