1 challenge the future make yourself comfortable in delft multicultural project assignment
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Acculturation objectives
• Address the basic and specific needs of International Students while they try to settle here in Delft• Language• Food• Clothing & shoes• Transport• Communications• Household furniture
• Help International Students find their way in Delft and in the Netherlands in general
Elements of preparation for smooth start at Delft
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Deciding upon the objectives
• Discussing the fears
• Classifying into categories
• Picking up most common
• How the fears are interlinked
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How it works
• A guide that is provided to each student together with survival package
• A guide contains:• Information about acculturation objectives• Maps• Recommendations
• Information is available without access to internet
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Cooperation
• Different academic and cultural backgrounds
• Discussions helped to find strengths of each member• Downs:
• Time used not efficiently• Struggle while dividing roles(leader is not clear)
• Ups:• Everyone had an equal opportunity to influence the
project• Divided tasks led to effective work
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What did we learn, results
• Multicultural work is different from work in monocultural team - different cultural backgrounds require more time for discussions
• Have to be careful with imposing your opinion – words matter
• Project work is unguided• Language is a barrier• We have completed our project, but there is space for
improvement