CULTURE SHOCK AND ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK
EXPERIENCED BY SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM SOE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Meilani Ndaomanu 112006078
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
CULTURE SHOCK AND ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK
EXPERIENCED BY SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM SOE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Meilani Ndaomanu 112006078
Approved by:
Hendro S. Husada, M.A
Supervisor
Christian Rudianto, M. Aplling
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Meilani Ndaomanu:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Praise and glory to The Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, who has guided me through all of my life and given me everything that I need until the completion of this thesis writing. I wish to extend my appreciation to the following persons. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my beloved family (parents, Erwin Ndaomanu and Meliani Tjandri, grandparents, uncles and aunties, my brothers and sisters, Kiki, Fonny, Nita, Stanley, Dian, Delfy and Selvi). Thank you for everything you have given me spiritually and financially.
A tremendous amount of appreciation goes to Pak Hendro as the supervisor and Pak Christian Rudianto as the second reader who has been guided me patiently throughout the process of writing this thesis. Thank you for all comments, critics and supports. Thank you for keeping me working during my stressed time and giving encouragement to struggle. I would also like to extend my appreciation to all the lecturers at the English Department. Thanks for millions of knowledge, supports, patience and experiences that you have shared to us.
I would also like to express my gratitude to Mr. Chang Gi Kim and all of my friends in Persekutuan EnKristo (Vian, Jack, Kak Evy, Milan, etc.). Thanks for all of your supports and prayers. God bless you all.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION……… 1
A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY……… 1
B. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM……… 4
C. REASEARCH QUESTION………. 4
D. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY………. 5
E. SCOPE OF THE STUDY……… 5
F. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY………. 5
G. DEFENITION OF TERM……… 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE……….. 7
A. CULTURE SHOCK………. 7
B. ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK……… 8
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY……… 14
A. TYPES OF RESEARCH……….. 14
B. PARTICIPANTS……….. 14
C. INSTRUMENTS……… 14
D. DATA ANALYSIS……… 15
E. PROCEDURES……… 16
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS……….. 17
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION……… 31
REFERENCES……… 35
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Categories of problems caused culture shock………17 Figure 2 Categories of problems caused academic culture shock…24
ABSTRACT
