Cross-cultural communication with Leyah

I realized I was bicultural as well as bilingual from this session. I have never tghought about it before, but I feel very comfortable with an English speeaking culture just as much as I am in my Egyptian one. I can make friends, explore, ask around, meet new people, discover local details about a place, just as I can im my home town. I personally like people and enjoy getting to know new individuals all over the world.

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  1. UnknownAugust 27, 2018 at 8:14 AM

    I wonder if you're describing bicultural-ness or cultural adaptability or cultural flexibility. Or are they conceptually the same to you?

    A bit of background:
    I'm not even close to as out-going as you are, but I am a curious man, and I love getting to know people. My first year in China was a blast. I met great people and experienced many things that were very different from the US. It was not until my second year that I really hit my culture shock low. I worked through it (and ended up staying in China for many years after), but he experience really revealed to me a lot of the values I had that were in conflict with (or at least not completely compatible with) those of my new culture. Over time, I've adapted well to Chinese culture, and in many ways feel more at home there than here. Am I bicultural? Probably? Was I bicultural during my first year? Probably not. Have i been adaptable? Yes.

    Again, no answers for you; just things to think about.

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