Cinderpelt
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Foreign Exchange Students ~
They're amazing.
We have a bunch of German foreign exchange students in school right now, and they're so awesome (I live in the US, if you didn't already know that). They're staying here for two weeks, and they are so cool.
They follow the schedule of the kid in their host family - Students studying German in school took them in (I'm not studying German; I'm in Japanese). I sit next to a girl name... Franny / Frenny (not sure which, lol) in my photography. And there are three of them in my English class.
Monday night, one of the girls on my volleyball team was hosting two and she brought them to volleyball practice. They apparently never played volleyball before, because they had to ask us if the point of the game was to hit the ball over the net, and those sorts of things. But they did really well! They're coming to our game on Sunday and I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
They can speak quite a bit of English, but they're are still a lot of gaps... they're learning so much already though. Like, one girl had to ask what "compete" meant. And when we asked the girl in my photography how long she has been in the US, she was like, "Five years.... wait, I mean days. Five days," xD (they were in Boston before they came here). And they have such cool accents. I'm a sucker for accents.
My friend Emily and I are like, "Dude, we're going to be foreign exchange students in Australia!" xD <3 Australia, <3 Sam Koster, <3 Short Stack. Emily said she's going to move there someday.
So... have you ever hosted a foreign exchange student(s)? (I would love to, but my parents would never let it happen). Have you ever met any foreign exchange students? Has your school hosted any?
It's so cool, I can't even imagine it. I can't imagine being in Japan right now for a month, living with complete strangers and not being able to speak English. It would be major culture shock, but it would be an incredible experience. :]
Ready, set, DISCUSS!
They're amazing.
We have a bunch of German foreign exchange students in school right now, and they're so awesome (I live in the US, if you didn't already know that). They're staying here for two weeks, and they are so cool.
They follow the schedule of the kid in their host family - Students studying German in school took them in (I'm not studying German; I'm in Japanese). I sit next to a girl name... Franny / Frenny (not sure which, lol) in my photography. And there are three of them in my English class.
Monday night, one of the girls on my volleyball team was hosting two and she brought them to volleyball practice. They apparently never played volleyball before, because they had to ask us if the point of the game was to hit the ball over the net, and those sorts of things. But they did really well! They're coming to our game on Sunday and I'm looking forward to seeing them again.
They can speak quite a bit of English, but they're are still a lot of gaps... they're learning so much already though. Like, one girl had to ask what "compete" meant. And when we asked the girl in my photography how long she has been in the US, she was like, "Five years.... wait, I mean days. Five days," xD (they were in Boston before they came here). And they have such cool accents. I'm a sucker for accents.
My friend Emily and I are like, "Dude, we're going to be foreign exchange students in Australia!" xD <3 Australia, <3 Sam Koster, <3 Short Stack. Emily said she's going to move there someday.
So... have you ever hosted a foreign exchange student(s)? (I would love to, but my parents would never let it happen). Have you ever met any foreign exchange students? Has your school hosted any?
It's so cool, I can't even imagine it. I can't imagine being in Japan right now for a month, living with complete strangers and not being able to speak English. It would be major culture shock, but it would be an incredible experience. :]
Ready, set, DISCUSS!
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