Sunday, October 19, 2008

420W (Journal 2): Effects of moving permanently to another country

In this paragraph I will elucidate the main effects of living abroad permanently. If someone decides to immigrate to another country, for any reason, all kinds of problems, challenges, and positive experiences can be classified with two subject areas: dissociation of the native country and integration with the new country.
The dissociation might be a hard process, because you have to leave back a lot. First of all, you will probably miss your family and your friends. Certainly, you will not lose contact completely, as there are a few modern technologies like telephone or the Internet which allow you to communicate with them regularly. Anyway, the most of your social contacts to your home country will attenuate or even break up. Additionally, you have to leave behind some cultural values, habits, and behaviours such as language, daily routines, climate, religion and so on; that depends strongly on the differences between the two countries.
The integration process in your new country is important and multi-layered. You have to make new friends and build up a social network. At this, cultural differences and language problems may be a big challenge that needs time and willingness. Furthermore, you adapt to new habits and values, which could be very interesting or even strange. Normally, immigrants also look for people who're sitting in the same boat. Get-Togheter with compatriots of your native country is pretty common, and it gives you the opportunities to get assistance with integration problems or to celebrate habits and values which you're missing.
In conclusion, it can be said that the process of integration is in contrast with the dissociation process, whereas, it might be difficult to balance each other.

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