How to face cultural shock in new enviorienment?

I have been a similar situation a couple of times, and I have tried to live in a country without speaking the language. It is hard in the beginning, and I remember feeling left out and lonely when I didn't understand what people were talking about. On the other hand it is a wonderful feeling when you learn to understand more and more of the language, and I was so happy the day when I was finally to understand the conversation around me. I learned a lot simply by listening to other people, I started to recognize some of the common words, I looked them up in my dictionary and often asked my co-workers when I was in doubt. When I had been there for 2 months I was able to understand a big part of the conversation and I was able speak make myself understood, even though I made lots of grammer mistakes. In the beginning I was afraid of making mistakes, and I was very quiet just like you, but after a while to learned to focus on communication instead of perfect language, and it was my experience that my co-workers were more than happy to help me learn their language. When you try to speak the local language people can tell that you are interested in getting to know them and their country, and if I were you I would ask people for help with the language, and ask them to help me learn some of the common words. If it is possible you could also take some classes at a language school.

Yes I have actually experienced it many times. Well, I try to integrate as much as possible into a completely new environment. Quite often I think when people move somewhere new, their first instinct is to befriend lots of people in their own nationality. Bad mistake I think. Well, a few friends are fine, but I think if you really want to adjust to your new environment you should meet all different kinds of people so that you hear different perspectives on things. I once worked with this lady who was from Poland actually. Well, I couldn't believe it when she told me that she only had Polish friends, her hairdresser was Polish, her Accountant was, Her Dentist and Doctor. I was thinking to myself, why did she even bother to move away from Poland if she wasn't willing to experience other cultures in a new land? My motto is always "when in Rome", which means that if I'm living in a new culture I will also celebrate the same holidays they celebrate, eat the same foods they eat, try to learn the language to fit in, because that way it's much better to assimilate rather than enforce my own customs or expectations on my adopted country. Not that I would give up my own customs, but I would try to experience the customs of my adopted country as well as country of origin. Good luck to you.

You can't make the environment adapted to you. you have to adapt yourself to the new environment. Everyone go to a total different place has the same problem. Generally it takes 6 months to overcome the feeling of strange, lonely and unconfortable. I think you could start with learning language. That's a big barrier holding you back to new friends. And you could join some associations or clubs composed by your countrymen.