Culture Shock Faced By UMSU Students’ During the Exchange Program

Abstract

This study was designed to analyze the culture shock experienced by UMSU students’ during the exchange program. The aims of this study was to identify what culture shock experienced by the students during the exchange program and what were their efforts in solving the culture shock. This research used qualitative research while the data displayed in the form of descriptive. The data collecting method used open-ended questionnaires. There were six students of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara who responded to the questionnaires. In analyzing the data earned used interactive model by Miles Huberman and Saldana, firstly reviewed the collected data that had been collected, then identified the culture shocks faced by research subject. The next step was identified the solution made by research subject in solving the culture shocks. And the last step was drawing the conclusion. The result of the analysis found that the culture shock faced by students of University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara who joined the exchange program referred to the matter of language, the differences of academic, local student attitude, social life, and men-women relationship. They were dominantly shock on the language and men-women relationship problems