Culture Shock: Episode 2

About this episode

In this episode, Rand and Sian discuss culture shock with three former language assistants who share their diverse experiences abroad.

Welcome to our second episode on culture shock. This episode, Rand and Sian will be speaking to three former language assistants who have all had very interesting and different experiences with culture shock abroad. We are speaking to Isla, a former English Language Assistant in Germany, Lukas, a former Austrian Language Assistant in the UK, and Yiqing, a former Chinese Language Assistant in the UK . Listen as they share their stories about joining a musical choir in London, an queer gardening group in Cologne, experiencing conflicts when queueing, and more!

People in this episode

Hosts: Rand, Sian

Guests: Isla, Lukas, Yiqing

Topics covered

• culture shock
• language assistants
• personal experiences
• cultural exchange
• community involvement

Keywords

• culture shock
• language assistants
• Germany
• UK
• personal stories
• community groups
• choir
• gardening

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Germany, UK, Cologne, London

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