This is for my graduate class explaining the benefits of social media to international students attending U.S. colleges.
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1. How To Socialize With Social Media As An International
Student in the U.S. Culture Shock
2. As an international student studying abroad in the U.S. can
sometimes be difficult when trying to make friends and socialize.
Fact 1: During the 2011-2012 school year more than 764,400
international students were attending American colleges.
3. As a student of the social media era it can be as easy as
clicking a mouse to finding a group, club, team, or others that you
can meet with to help the transition from being a long way from
home. Dont Be Nervous!
4. SOME OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANCE:
5. Fact 2: 85-95% of college student are on Facebook. 2,000
colleges are on Facebook. Fact 3: Yelp is a directory on businesses
in different cities (i.e. restaurants, shopping areas, and others)
are rated by people who have been there. Fact 4: This video sharing
website will help students learn about what it is like going to
college in America from other international students.
6. Fact 6:
7. Fact 7: Linkedin is a great tool for all students including
international students communicate with other students and
companies (in the United States or in their home country). I great
way to profile your brag sheet. Fact 8: Another social network that
can give advice, knowledge, and inform a international student to
help them prepare and understand how to be a part of college that
they are attending.
8. COMMON PHRASES USED IN THE U.S.:
9. Hello, my name is (say your name). I am an international
student from (say your country) . How are you doing? What is there
to do for fun around here? I like to ________ (explain what
activities you like to do). What do you like to do? Do you want to
hang out sometime? Turn up ( get excited)!
10. If you do not know exactly how to phrase something. Use
apps to help translate and understand the conversation (all free
apps): http://www.google.com/mobile/translate/
http://www.freetranslation.com/mobile/ Speero Voice Translator
Multilanguage 4.0 ArgImBabelfish JLearnItMe
11. SOME WEBSITES THAT CAN HELP
12. http://www.internationalstudent.com/study_usa/
way-of-life/culture-shock/
http://plaza.ufl.edu/ffgao/mmc5015/final/
http://www.juliaferguson.com/shock.html There are plenty of
websites to find. Remember Always Do Some Research!!!!!!
13. HEAR ABOUT CULTURE SHOCK FROM YOUR PEERS
14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfB6GIjM 9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H82IFq0H bTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7iznNFG zIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=powo_Xw MTZs Videos brought to you
by YouTube.com
15. Resources Fact 1: Number of International Students
Attending American Colleges and Universities Continues Rising
(2013, July 31). In VOA Learning English. Retrieved July 31, 2013,
from
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/article/1546399.html
Fact 2:Chapman, E. (2011, November 8). Facebook Facts Revealed . In
Collegiate Times. Retrieved July 31, 2013, from
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/18784/facebook-facts-
revealed Fact 3: Yelp, Inc. (2013, June). In Wikipedia. Retrieved
July 31, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelp,_Inc. Fact 5:
Junco, R. (2013, March 12). Using Twitter to Improve College
Student Engagement. In South by Southwest. Retrieved July 31, 2013,
from http://schedule.sxsw.com/2011/events/event_IAP5359 Background
Music: Selena Gome- Come Get It
16. THE END Thank you for listening! #TSO
#internationalstudents # socialmedia