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ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS OF B
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PSYCHOLOGY
CURRENTLY STUDYING IN AMEC-BCCM

A Thesis
Presented to the
Faculty of Psychology Department of
Ago Medical and Educational Centre-Bicol Christian College of Medicine

In partial fulfillment
Of the requirement of the course
Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Akash Verma
Darpit Shah
Jayraj Kareliya
Pankaj Kumar
Surya Tej K
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S
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Vummadisetty
March 2016

Abstract
This research is related to the coping or adjustment of foreign graduate students with several
problems like difference in food, language barrier, religious beliefs, and dressing style, who
study at AMEC
...
The instrument was used for this study: the Survey Questionnaire
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S
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Characteristics like Gender, Education, and Country of
Origin were strong predictors for adjustment problems regarding the language barrier
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In order to overcome these challenges, students have adopted many
resources or we rather say coping strategies
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Even most of the respondents are
trying to learn the Filipino language for the adjustment of language problems
...
And
in terms of dressing style the respondents preferred to mix with the Filipino dressing style to cope
up with their dressing problems
...
When people say they are in an “adjustment period” they
typically mean they are going through a process of change and are searching for some
level of balance or acceptance with the environment, others, or themselves
...
Adjustment can be dichotomized as
Normal Adjustment and the Abnormal Adjustment
...
Abnormal Adjustment means problem
behavior

or problem

speaking

maladjustment
...
For instance, a delinquent child adjusts with his environment but he
is a maladjusted child because he is violating certain moral codes (Jose, Jobin 2002)
...
Because of the importance of international students, as well as the benefits attributed
to their stay in the foreign country, it is worthwhile to look at their difficulties
...
The difficulties faced by international students adversely influence their
academic achievement and life experience
...
Adjustment is crucial to
their success while studying in the international country
...
Students make several changes related to their way of thinking or
they try to adjust with the environment in a positive way to have a better understanding
and to make their stay much better and more comfortable while being in the international
country
...

Compared to domestic students, international students possibly encounter more specific
challenges, such as language barriers, acculturative stress, and separation from loved ones,
homesickness, and discrimination (Cheung, Kin, 2014)
...
International students are not exempted from this
process
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From the arrival of international students in the host country, they will encounter
many different and unexpected problems
...
Because of different cultures, international students face changes
in every aspects of life, including changes in geographical location, weather conditions,
food, language, culture habits and behaviors
...
It is

found that resilience characteristics are essential characters

to successfully deal with change (Corner, 1992)
...


Language, this is the most common challenge worldwide, also it is one of the major
problem for all the foreign students
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And professors may not be able to understand the needs of international
students if they do not speak out themselves
...
International students may find it
difficult at first to communicate with others in university
...
Students may find it difficult to understand their
lecturer or other students (Gerhold, David 2013)
...
It is really
difficult to imagine how hard it would be to live somewhere where there’s a massive
language barrier until you actually make your way to the native language
...

In perspective of the Philippines, another major problem for the foreign students is
the food
...
Even
in these countries cows and buffaloes are treated as the holy animals
...

Indeed, in some places, it is considered good luck to give one a snack, a bit of bread, or
fruit before breakfast
...
The cow is more, a symbol

of the Earth
...
Honoring the cow inspires in people the virtues
of gentleness and connectedness with nature
...

On the other hand, a citizen can be sent to jail for killing or injuring a cow (Bowker,
John 2000)
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They are
comfortable with pork but not with beef
...
Many Indians are
vegetarian
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The reason for not consuming beef is that cow is considered sacred as it gives milk (
Gopal, Sena Desai 2015)
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Religion is not a big problem at all because everyone has
its own religious views and Philippines is a democratic country and while being in a
democratic country every person is free to have its own religious views and is also free
to practice any religion
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According to a
writing by (Miller, Jack 2014) more than 86% of the population is Roman Catholic
...
Although men have almost similar dressing style across the whole world
but for women it is somewhat similar but not exactly
...
Among all of the cultures in the Philippines it would
seem that the American or Western influence would be what is most embraced by the
Filipino people
...
While talking about the India and
Nepal, the dressing styles for the men is almost the same except for the traditional dresses
which are very different
...
Traditional Indian clothing has
come into prominence once again
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Whatever the royals chose to go in for was reminiscent of splendor and
luxury
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For the students from other countries this does not seem to be a big problem but for
Indian and Nepalese girls it seems to be a big problem
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Based on the
statistical results of this study, recommendations will be made to international students to
help make better adjustment
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One descriptive survey questionnaire was
used to identify adjustment problems of foreign students and the background factors
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What is the personal information of the B
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PSYCHOLOGY students?
2
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What are the adjustments do international students of AMEC-BCCM; have to make in relation with
religion and religious views/beliefs?
4
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What is the adjustment problem of international students in relation with the dressing styles?

Methods
Research Design

This study employed the quantitative methods in order to get responses of respondents
through a survey questionnaire and the results were analyzed with the help of statistical
tools
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S
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This particular study was carried out at AMECBCCM (Ago Medical and Educational Center- Bicol Christian College Of Medicine) and
includes the foreign students of B
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Psychology
...

Procedure
The researchers asked the permission of the randomly chosen participants in order to
conduct a survey with them
...

The first part seeks answers to the food problems identified by students
...
In addition, the third
part seeks answer to problems related to language, and the last part seeks to answer the
questions related to dressing style
...

The researchers asked permission from the department head for the conduct of the survey
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Result
Table 1: Personal Profile
Information

Total Mean

Percentage

26
7

78
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21%

13
11

39
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32%

20
21
22
23
Nationality

5
2
1
1

15
...
07%
3
...
03%

Indian

29

87
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12%

Hindu

32

96
...
03%

Gender
Male
Female
Age
18
19

Religion

This table describes that majority of the respondents of this study are males i
...
78
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21% (7 in numbers)
...
40%),
respondents those who belong to the age group of 19 years are 33
...
15% (5 in numbers), followed by the age group
of 21 are 6
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03% (1 in number) and those who belong to the age group of 23 years is

also 3
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When it turns to nationality, majority of the respondents are Indians i
...

87
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12% (4 in numbers)
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e
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97% (32 in number)
whereas there is only 1 respondent who belong to the Islamic religion comprising 3
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Table 2
Question

1

Factor: Food
A

Frequency

4

12
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42%

15
...
30%

(hard)

15
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46%

33

100%

54
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27%

33

100%

(don’t
like
because
i’m
vegetaria
n)

(did
not
taste
yet)

(easy)

3

B

18
(sometim
es
difficult)

57
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46%) do not like Filipino food because they
are vegetarian while some of them (12
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42%) have not tasted yet Filipino food
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55%) feel difficulty sometimes to get raw material for food followed by
population of respondents (30
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15%) say that they can easily find the raw material for
food
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58%) that Filipino dessert

is less sweeter than dessert of their own country followed by those respondents (27
...
15%) who say that Filipino dessert is more sweeter than dessert of their own country
...
40%

(yes,
here is
no
problem
to do
that)

2

12

24

36
...
21%

4

72
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12%

5
(feeling
unsafe)

Frequenc
y

13

Tota
l

To
tal
me
an

39
...
51%

33

10
0%

18
...
28%

33

10
0%

(sometim
es)

9
...
03%

C

(sometim
es)

(no)

(yes, i
agree)

4

Frequency

(no, i
cannot)

(yes,
every
day)

3

B

6
(not at
all)

15
...
40%) agree that they
are able or they don’t have any problem to do practice their religion while same number of

respondent (39
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21%) cannot practice of their religion in Philippines
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51%) pray or worship sometimes whereas
moderate amount of respondent (12
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37%) is able to pray or worship regularly
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72%) agree that their religious views and beliefs are different from their country while some
of the respondents (9
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19%) of population of respondents say that they don’t feel any difference at all
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82%) feel that it doesn’t matter to them as they are minority in this country, some
of them (15
...
03%) feel shame of
being in minority in the country
...
61%

(yes)

2

11

14
(it is
hard to
underst
and)

Frequency

1

3
...
34%

(it is
difficul
t to
underst
and)

3

B

17

10
(it is easy
to
understa
nd)

Frequency

12

Tota
l

36
...
15%

33

100
%

27
...
51%

(it is
difficult
to
pronounc
e/learn)

42
...
31%

9
(someti
mes it
is easy)

Total
mean

3

4

9
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67%

(no)

6
...
24%

33

100
%

57
...
37%

(not
really)

19
(some
words)

Table 4 here describes that majority of the respondents (60
...
36%) sometimes feel
difficulty in pronunciation of Filipino language and one of the respondents (3
...
In terms of comparison between the native language
of the respondent and Filipino language majority of the population (51
...
34%) it’s difficult to understand
whereas for some of the respondents (15
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When it comes
to accent of the English spoken here in Philippines majority of the respondents (42
...
31%) it’s easier to understand and for some (27
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When it comes to entertainment majority of the respondents (66
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09%) can understand easily
their language whereas some of them (24
...
Most of
the respondents (57
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37%) are not really able to communicate at all, moreover
there are some (6
...

Table 5
Questio
n

Factor: Dressing style
A

Frequency

B

Frequency

C

Frequency

Total Tota
l
mea
n

1

26

78
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39%

(I like
Filipi
no
cloth
es)

3

2

20

6
...
60%

1
(diffe
rent
in
many
ways)

51
...
69%

3

78
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09%

33

100
%

5

15
...
21%

33

100
%

21
...
12%

33

100
%

(somewh
ere)

18
...
09%

(just
same)

3
...
06%

(not
good)

(no)

(diffe
rent
in
many
ways)

6

17

2
(May
be)

(not
availabl
e here)

(yes)

5

15
...
84%

4
(someti
mes)

In table 5 it’s shown that utmost all respondent (78
...
15%) prefer to wear their traditional clothes
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06%) can manage with local clothes
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39%) of them like local clothes, so Filipino clothes are more on
satisfaction for some respondents (51
...
09%), Filipino clothes
are not god at all
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78%) of population, while only little bit (6
...
15%) it’s easy sometimes only
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60%) love to try different type of dress while for others (21
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18%) don’t like to try different
dressing styles
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69%) indicates that dressing styles in Philippine is different
in many ways but according to some of them (21
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09%)
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84%) of population at all, in opposite dressing style is problem for only few of them
(3
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12%) it’s a problem sometimes
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The findings revealed that
international students encountered different challenges in the Philippines
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Findings will be categories from food, religion, dressing style and language barrier aspects
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Upon arrival in a
new country, most international students go through an adjustment process that is usually referred
to as culture shock (Zhang and Goodson, 2011)
Factor: Food
As you can see in result, table 1 show that, only few respondents says that Filipino food is
delicious
...
46%) are vegetarian so, they didn’t try the Filipino food
yet
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” He who sees that the Lord of all is ever the same in all that is -- immortal in the field
of mortality -- he sees the truth
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Then he goes, indeed, to the highest path
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27-28
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Fast food lives up to its name in a new study of people who
frequently eat at fast-food restaurants most of the adults and students
...
,
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, December 2008)
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61% of
our respondents used to eat 3 times a day
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That’s it
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With 90
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03% students believe in Islam and few 6
...

This is because our most of the participants are from India and Nepal
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Religion 101
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by percentage of population Following by practice of religion less than half of
respondent are agree that they are able or they don’t have any problem to do practice of it
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40%
of our all participants are agreed that they don’t have any difficulty in following their religion here
in the Philippines
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(Article II, Section 6), and, no law shall be made respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
...

No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights
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while same number of respondent (39
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The reason is here that there is no temple for Hindus to worship the
god here in Legaspi city, Philippines
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Majority of the peoples of Philippines follow the religion of Roman Catholic but
other religions are also practiced here in Philippines
...
72% of our participants said that
their religion is different from here
...

According to writing by (Miller, Jack 2014) more than 86% of the population is Roman Catholic
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They
never feel unsafe or shame in terms of their Religion Population
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All the people of different religion are living very peacefully so the
mentalities of these students are quite impressive for religion
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Because Filipinos are very respected people
...

Factor: Language
Language is one of the major problems for all international students
...
81
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But they are still learning the language and also our 60
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Filipino and English are the official
languages, with the recognition of the regional languages as auxiliary official in their respective
regions, including Aklanon, Bicol, Cebuano, Chavacano, Hiligaynon, Ibanag, Ilocano, Ivatan,
Kapampangan, Kinaray-a, Maguindanao, Maranao, Pangasinan, Sambal, Surigaonon, Tagalog,

Tausug, Waray, and Yakan
...
(Wikipedia)
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51%) participants said that filipino language is
hard to pronounce
...
42% of participants said that it’s difficult to understand Filipino English
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57
...

Factor: Dressing style
Dressing Style is very influential now-a-days
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78% participants said that they prefer
western clothes for their daily life style
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Western clothing is called modern clothing style now a day
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51
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Mostly Filipinos used to wear western clothing for their daily
lifestyle and also international students find it very comfortable
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Recommendation
A Center to educate and acculturate foreign students with regard to Philippine culture can be
created to help students understand the existing conditions or environment of their host institutions
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They shall also try Filipino food; they shall not stick to the food of their own country
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Even they shall not
to stick to their own beliefs, and shall try to change their way of thinking and shall be open to food,
cultural beliefs and dressing styles of the host country also
...
By having
lessons in Filipino language they can easily cope up with the adjustment problems related to
language barrier
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Instead of going to temples they can go to church
or mosques, as all of them signify faith in God and are ways to worship God
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Limitations of the Study

The survey questionnaire was distributed to 50 participants those who were chosen randomly
but only 33 participants returned the questionnaire
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In this study there is no clause for the problems that foreign students are still not able
to cope up with
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(2000)
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Retrieved Date: November 18, 2015
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org/wnet/nature/holy-cow-hinduisms-sacred-animal/1811/
Cheung, K
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Tips for international students Success and Adjustment
Dornbusch, R
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The adjustment Mechanism: Theory and Problems page 12
Encyclopedia Britanica (2014)
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(2012)
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2015
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Gerhold, D
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Language can be a Barrier for international students
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From: htpp://www
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com/news/article_cbe6123c-530311e3-914c-0019bb2963f4
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(2013)
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Retrieved Date: November 17,
2015
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ioswastedaily
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html
Gmelch (1997)
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Retrieved Date:
November
17,
2015
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ac
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(2015)
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Retrieved Date: November 18, 2015
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in/2015/10/02/what-mahatma-gandhi-said-to-those-who-wanted-beef-bannedin-india-12170/
Imberti (2007)
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Retrieved Date: November 17,
2015
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everyculture
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html
Jose, J
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Types of adjustments in Psychology
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From:
htpp://indiastudychannel
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aspx
Lauring, J
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Rethinking social identity theory in international encounters: language use
as a negotiated object for identity making
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Retrieved
Date:
November
19,
2015
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sagepub
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short
Liu, X
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International Students Language

Mehdizadeh & Scott (2005)
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Retrieved Date: November 19, 2015
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com/10language-barrier-busting-strategies-for-international-search-marketers-81130
Miller, J
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Religion in Philippines
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From:
htpp://asiasociety
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Neumann
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international students Challenge page 7, 9
Pined, M
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Foods that define the Philippines
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From: htpp://travel
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com/explorations/eat/40-delicious-filipino-dishes-157035
Ram, N
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The Hindu: Indian Traditional costume Retrieved Date: November 17, 2015
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culturalindia
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(2008)
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2015
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andjrnl
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(2010)
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(2013)
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History of Clothing in India
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From:
htpp://en
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org/wiki/History_of_clothing_in_the_india
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History of the Philippines
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From:
htpp://en
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org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines
Wikipedia (2004)
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Retrieved Date: November 19, 2015
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wikipedia
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S
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S
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The research seeks
an answer to the following questions:
6
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S
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What adjustments international students make to adjust with the Filipino food, while having a big
difference?
8
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What ways or strategies do foreign students take up to adjust or to cope up with language barrier?
10
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THANK YOU
Truly Yours,

SHAH, DARPIT

KUMAR, PANKAJ

VERMA, AKASH

KARELIYA, JAYRAJ

VUMMADISETTY, SURYA TEJ KUMAR

NOTED BY:

Ms
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PACARDO
(Department Of Psychology)

Respondents Signature

APPENDIX
PROFILE APPLICATION FORM

Directions:
Kindly supply the needed information
...


Name:
Age:
Marital Status:

Sex:
( ) Single

( ) Married

Cell Phone Number:
E-Mail Address:
Religion:
Home Address:
(Philippines)

Address:
(Abroad/Own country)

Course:
Year:

THANK YOU

APPENDIX
SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE

NAME:

SIGNATURE:

COURSE/YEAR:

DATE:

DIRECTONS: Please encircle the option which suits you the best
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What do you
think
about
Filipino food?

A
Delicious

B
Didn’t tasted yet

C
Don’t like because
I’m vegetarian

2
...
How do you
find Filipino
dessert
compared to
Indian dessert?

More Sweet

Less Sweet

Just the same

Factor: RELIGION
QUESTIONS
1
...
Do you pray
according to your
religion’s way?
3
...
What do you feel
when you are very
few among other
religion?

Yes, everyday

No, Its Not Possible

Sometimes

Yes, I agree

No, Just in some days

Not at all

Feeling shame

Feeling Unsafe

Doesn’t Matter

Factor: LANGUAGE
QUESTIONS
1
...
What do you
think
about
Filipino
language
compared to
your
language?
3
...
If you listen in
a radio here,
do
you
understand
their
language?
5
...
Can you wear
Filipino clothes
for your routine?
2
...
If someday you
want to wear your
cultural dress, can
you find them
easily available?
4
...
How do you find
Filipino dressing
style compared to
your
dressing
style?
6
...
com

Mobile Number

09327370039

Field of Interest

Psychology

Hobbies

Music, Sports, Reading
APPENDIX
CURRICULUM VITAE

SHAH DARPIT RAJESHBHAI

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelors:

AMEC-BCCM,
Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines
...
R
...
com

Mobile Number

09491551848

Field of Interest

Psychology

Hobbies

Music, Sports, Reading

APPENDIX
CURRICULUM VITAE

VUMMADISETTY SURYA TEJ KUMAR

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor in Science of Psychology:

Ago Medical Educational Centre- Bicol
Christian College of Medicine
Legazpi City, Albay-Philippines

Secondary:

C
...
N Educational Institutions,
Proddutur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Primary:

St
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship

INDIA

Civil Status

SINGLE

Home Address:

# 26f Monk, Brgy
...
com

Mobile Number

09339832692

Field of Interest

Video Games

Hobbies

Volley Ball, TV Shows
APPENDIX
CURRICULUM VITAE

PANKAJ KUMAR

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor in Science of Psychology:

Ago Medical Educational Centre- Bicol
Christian College of Medicine
Legazpi City, Albay-PHILIPPINES

Secondary:

Army Public School, Rajasthan- INDIA

Primary:

Army Public School, Punjab-INDIA

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship

INDIA

Civil Status

SINGLE

Home Address

Prince Albert, Banadero, Barangay-6
Albay, Legazpi City

Email Address

pnkj
...
com

Mobile Number

09422621327

Field of Interest

Psychology

Hobbies

Music, Sports, cooking

APPENDIX
CURRICULUM VITAE

JAYRAJ KARELIYA

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor in Science of Psychology:

Ago Medical Educational Centre- Bicol
Christian College of Medicine
Legazpi City, Albay-PHILIPPINES

Secondary:
Primary:

Jay Ambe Vidhyalay, Gujrat-India
Jay Ambe Vidhyalay, Gujrat-India

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship

INDIA

Civil Status

SINGLE

Home Address

153, Salvador Manor De Legazpi,
Washington Drive, Legazpi City

Email Address

kareliyajayraj@gmail

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