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Students all around the world today spend a foremost portion of their lives in an educational system. In general, they come with the aim of studying and changing their lives and themselves in another culture. But going to foreign is not easy experience for international students, as they have to deal with vital factors such as culture language barriers, shock and different behavior. Due to the vast differences between various languages, cultures and behavior many of international students have difficulties in adapting to their host society. To begin with, language is a social institution, both shaping and shaped by society at large, or in particular the 'cultural niches' in which it plays an important role. (Guirdham, 1999) Language is more than just a means of communication. It influences our culture and even our thought processes. In other words, language acts like a polarizing lens on a camera...

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