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	<title>Briefcase to Backpack - Travel Advice for Career Breaks or Sabbaticals &#187; Culture Shock</title>
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		<title>Culture Shock: Language Barriers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people seem hesitant about traveling to foreign countries because of language barriers, but those same barriers can actually enhance the experience. August Flanagan offers some tips on how you can still experience a culture when you don’t speak the language. A couple of years ago I wandered into the bus station in Vientián, Laos, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Shock: Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you search the internet for culture shock, chances are you will come across a number of sites and studies detailing the “Phases of Culture Shock”. It has been conveniently broken down into four phases: 1. The Honeymoon Phase – the period in which you view every experience in the new culture in a romantic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Shock: Fortune Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sherry Ott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Culture shock can come in various forms and degrees.  Here Sherry feels cheated by the lack of authenticity in all things &#8211; the fortune cookie. When you go out for Chinese food in the US (and I’m willing to bet, most of North America), what is the one thing that you are always guaranteed at [...]]]></description>
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