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CULTURE SHOCK AND ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK
EXPERIENCED BY SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM SOE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Meilani Ndaomanu
112006078

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2011

CULTURE SHOCK AND ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK
EXPERIENCED BY SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM SOE

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Meilani Ndaomanu
112006078

Approved by:

Hendro S. Husada, M.A

Christian Rudianto, M. Aplling

Supervisor

Examiner

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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination
in any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any
university. To the best of my knowledge and belief, this contains no material
previously published or written by any other person excepted where due reference
is made in the text.
Copyright@2011. Meilani Ndaomanu and Hendro Setiawan Husada, M.A.
All right reserved. No part of this thesis may be produced by any means
without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English
Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian
University, Salatiga.

Meilani Ndaomanu:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Praise and glory to The Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, who has guided
me through all of my life and given me everything that I need until the completion
of this thesis writing. I wish to extend my appreciation to the following persons.

First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my beloved family
(parents, Erwin Ndaomanu and Meliani Tjandri, grandparents, uncles and aunties,
my brothers and sisters, Kiki, Fonny, Nita, Stanley, Dian, Delfy and Selvi). Thank
you for everything you have given me spiritually and financially.
A tremendous amount of appreciation goes to Pak Hendro as the
supervisor and Pak Christian Rudianto as the second reader who has been guided
me patiently throughout the process of writing this thesis. Thank you for all
comments, critics and supports. Thank you for keeping me working during my
stressed time and giving encouragement to struggle. I would also like to extend
my appreciation to all the lecturers at the English Department. Thanks for millions
of knowledge, supports, patience and experiences that you have shared to us.
I would also like to express my gratitude to Mr. Chang Gi Kim and all of
my friends in Persekutuan EnKristo (Vian, Jack, Kak Evy, Milan, etc.). Thanks
for all of your supports and prayers. God bless you all.
Finally, I am particularly grateful to my dearest friends, Ira, Mevy,
Marlen, kak Ofin and kak Tri. Thank you so much for being good friends when
my life seemed to up and down. Thank you so much, guys.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE……………………………………………………………

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PAGE OF APPROVAL …… ………………………………….

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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT…………………………………..

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………

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TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………….

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ABSTRACT…………………………………………………….

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION………………………………

1

A. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY……………………

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B. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM……………………

4

C. REASEARCH QUESTION…………………………….

4

D. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY……………………….

5

E. SCOPE OF THE STUDY………………………………

5

F. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY…………………….

5

G. DEFENITION OF TERM………………………………

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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE…………………..

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A. CULTURE SHOCK…………………………………….

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B. ACADEMIC CULTURE SHOCK………………………

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY………………………………

14

A. TYPES OF RESEARCH………………………………..

14

B. PARTICIPANTS………………………………………..

14

C. INSTRUMENTS…………………………………………

14

D. DATA ANALYSIS………………………………………

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E. PROCEDURES…………………………………………

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CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS……………………………..

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION…………………………………

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REFERENCES…………………………………………………

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APPENDIX……………………………………………………

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1

Categories of problems caused culture shock……………17

Figure 2

Categories of problems caused academic culture shock…24

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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to find out what kind of culture shock and academic culture
shock experienced by Satya Wacana Christian University students (SWCU). The
participants of this study were 70 students who come from Soe. The data of this
research were collected from a 30 question questionnaire that adapted from Levine
and Mara (1993), Hu (2008) and Kathleen (2006) and was used to measure the
culture shock academic culture shock. The result of this study shows that the
students experienced culture shock. Place ranked the highest (87,12%) followed
by language (63,57%). On the third place was physical appearance (43,55%), and
the last was supports and food (37,14%). They also experienced academic culture
shock because of the difference of students-teacher relationship (68,60%), the use
of technology (65,35%), learning style (44,67%), teaching methodology and
curriculum (26,77%).

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