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    The document summarizes a student's experience with culture shock after moving from Indonesia to the United States for college. It describes their initial excitement in experiencing a new culture that eventually turned to homesickness and depression as the differences became less novel and more tiresome over time. The student sought advice from their advisor, who explained that culture shock is a universal and temporary experience. Taking the advisor's suggestions to be patient, keep busy, and talk about their feelings helped the student adjust and feel less troubled by culture shock.

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    The document summarizes a student's experience with culture shock after moving from Indonesia to the United States for college. It describes their initial excitement in experiencing a new culture that eventually turned to homesickness and depression as the differences became less novel and more tiresome over time. The student sought advice from their advisor, who explained that culture shock is a universal and temporary experience. Taking the advisor's suggestions to be patient, keep busy, and talk about their feelings helped the student adjust and feel less troubled by culture shock.

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    The document summarizes a student's experience with culture shock after moving from Indonesia to the United States for college. It describes their initial excitement in experiencing a new culture that eventually turned to homesickness and depression as the differences became less novel and more tiresome over time. The student sought advice from their advisor, who explained that culture shock is a universal and temporary experience. Taking the advisor's suggestions to be patient, keep busy, and talk about their feelings helped the student adjust and feel less troubled by culture shock.

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    ADS - Linking Words Exercise

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    Rubia Mara Bragagnollo
    The document summarizes a student's experience with culture shock after moving from Indonesia to the United States for college. It describes their initial excitement in experiencing a new culture that eventually turned to homesickness and depression as the differences became less novel and more tiresome over time. The student sought advice from their advisor, who explained that culture shock is a universal and temporary experience. Taking the advisor's suggestions to be patient, keep busy, and talk about their feelings helped the student adjust and feel less troubled by culture shock.

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    English class Teacher: Rubia Mara Bragagnollo

    ADS 1

    18/02/16

    ACTIVITIES
    Task 1: Working in a small group, underline/highlight the discourse markers in the sentences below
    before moving on to discuss their function.
    a. Furthermore, child mortality rates must be examined.
    b. Prices are rising worldwide, thus encouraging investment.
    c. Due to the high rate of inflation, interest rates were raised.
    d. Finally, the role of the computer in education will be discussed.
    e. Various writers have examined this issue, for instance, Van Exel.
    Read the following text and fill in the blanks with the linking words below. You may use the same
    connector more than once, but not all of them will be used.

    Furthermore because because of in spite of the fact that but in contrast although for
    since and eventually even though in order to moreover indeed first as a result of
    as a result also actually so that in fact.
    Every person who has lived in a new culture has had some experience with culture
    shock, (1) __________________ I am no exception, (2) __________________ I, too, have had an
    experience with culture shock. (3) __________________ I have lived in the United States for almost one
    year, I sometimes feel homesick, and still miss my family. When I first came to the U.S., I was very
    excited. (4)__________________ everything was new, everything was interesting. I enjoyed my
    independence from my parents; I (5)__________________ enjoyed experiencing new situations and
    making new friends. (6) __________________ everything was a little strange, I enjoyed these new
    experiences.
    (7) __________________ I got used to many of the differences, and (8) _________________ I was
    used to them, I still wasnt comfortable. (9) __________________, little by little I grew tired of the
    differences. (10) __________________ the things in America werent new to me anymore, the differences
    werent

    interesting. (11) __________________,

    they

    had

    actually

    become

    boring. (12)__________________, I began to miss things about Indonesia, such as food, friends and the
    warm tropical climate more and more. I soon began depressed and homesick. I stayed in my
    room (13) __________________ I was tired of speaking English all the time. (14)__________________ I
    studied hard, my grades werent good. I wanted to go home.
    (15) __________________ these feelings, I decided to see my advisor (16) __________________ I
    could get some advice about returning home without finishing my studies. He told me two important things
    about culture shock. (17) __________________, I learned that any person in a new culture has a similar
    kind of experience, (18) _____________ that culture shock cant be avoided. (19)__________________, I
    learned that culture shock is not only universal, but also temporary. (20) __________________ his advice, I
    realized that I should be patient, and that I shouldnt go home just yet. My advisor also suggested that I try
    to keep busy and talk about my culture shock with my friends.
    I followed this good advice, (21) __________________, as a result, my culture shock has become less
    troublesome. (22) __________________I sometimes still miss my life in Indonesia, I dont feel as
    depressed as I did. (23) __________________, I no longer want to return home before I finish my studies. I
    know that I can adjust to this new life.

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