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IJSSH 2025 Vol.15(1): 42-46
doi: 10.18178/ijssh.2025.15.1.1239

Similarities and Differences of Intercultural Adjustment and Culture Shock of Taiwanese Master and Doctoral Students Studying Credits in the United States

Hsieh I. Ling* and Chiu Fu Yuan
Department of Education and Learning Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Email: nike2020@gapp.nthu.edu.tw (H.I.L.); chiu.fy@gapp.nthu.edu.tw (C.F.Y.)
*Corresponding author

Manuscript received February 23, 2024; revised April 17, 2024; accepted June 7, 2024; published February 26, 2025.

Abstract—English has not been widely used in Taiwan, but it has become the most common language in the world after World War II. To strengthen Taiwan’s competitiveness in the international market, the Taiwanese government has promoted the 2030 bilingual policy. One of the major purposes is to cultivate Taiwanese talents for connecting with the world. Various colleges and universities also provide more foreign study programs such as exchange students, and overseas internships for this. The author participated in the 14th PFI Summer Program at UCLA in 2023 and took the opportunity to study Intercultural adjustment and the Culture Shock of 20 Taiwanese doctoral and master’s students who went to the United States to study for short-term credits. This research is expected to take the first step towards cross-cultural integration of Taiwan’s learning methods into international standards through the vision of a global dimension in comparative education. Intercultural adjustment and Culture Shock questionnaires are used as tools, and SPSS25 is used for statistical analysis. The results show that short-term overseas studying cannot help Taiwanese doctoral and master’s students in Intercultural adjustment and Culture Shock. It is recommended that the number of overseas experiences or accumulation time be conducted in future research on Intercultural adjustment and Culture Shock.

Keywords—intercultural adjustment, culture shock, comparative education, higher education

Cite: Hsieh I. Ling and Chiu Fu Yuan, "Similarities and Differences of Intercultural Adjustment and Culture Shock of Taiwanese Master and Doctoral Students Studying Credits in the United States," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 42-46, 2025.

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