Before You Leave: Researching Your Host Country

 

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Before You Leave: Researching Your Host Country

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[ID:0047]People choose to live abroad for a variety of reasons. Some go to improve the quality of their lives while others go to leave the rat race behind.

It's important that you get your cross-cultural learning underway even before you get on the plane.

Read on for some helpful hints on how to get the inside scoop on your new home. (RELATED SECTION AND RESOURCE LISTS: After reading this article, you may also require more practical information on going abroad, in which case we recommend Travel Smarts. And for useful resources, see Country Guides and...

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Mitchell
Studied in Japan
Mount Royal University
His thoughts on Cultural Differences
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The way that the Japanese perceive themselves in relation to everyone else around them, and in different situations, dictates everything from how they act to how they speak. Hierarchy is very important.”
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