Culture shock generally encountered by college student especially
international students. This is actually a previous step to build a personality and
understanding so that we can be a person who have understood to associate to
other people with cultural differences without lossing our culture itself. Culture
shock is also encountered by International students at UIN Antasari Banjarmasin.
Foreign students from Thailand who study at UIN Antasari Banjarmasin have to
adjust to new environment. Most of them have sympthoms of culture shock in
several phases due to their emotional condition when entering new different
culture. This process can cause reactions of shock and stress of being in different
environments. Culture shock can cause psychological & physical discomfort and
cultural conflicts. This paper deals with one of the most common problems in
culture shock problems such as causes, stages of adjustment, symptoms and
strategies of coping to the culture shock.
The subject of this research is 5 students from some semesters of 2
faculties of Antasari State Islamic University. The object of this research is the
culture shock encountered by the international students.
The data is collected by using technique that is interview. Data processing
in this research is divided into four phases: data collecting, data reduction,
interpretation, and conclusion. Then , all the data are analyzed descriptively.
The result of this research states that culture shock encountered by
international students at Antasari State Islamic University showed that there are
some differences between their origin culture and the new culture where they are
living now so that triggered the emergence of self adjustment to the new things
with the exchange of meaning, perception and perspective. Culture shock’s
problems encountered by those students including language, communication,
social life, and academic life.