Australian Homestay Experience
By Machiko MARUYAMA & Ikuko ISHII
On Saturday, June 26th, 2004 the second year students and two teachers from Nagoya International Senior High School went to Australia for 71 days.
They went to study in a language school and do a homestay for one month. Then they separated into three groups and went to local schools. The schools were: St.Andrew's, West Moreton Anglican College (WMAC) and Brisbane Adventist College (BAC).
The most difficult thing was communicating with people in Australia.
Half of them said that enjoyed their homestay. The rest of the students said that enjoyed their homestay, but there were some problems. For example, the meals were not so good, some students became vegetarian, other students stayed with a families with different religious values that they were unfamiliar with and house moving etc.
A few students got homesick. They missed Japanese food, their pets, Japanese baths, their free time and their Japanese friends.
Nine students said that they enjoyed going to their local school, but some students had trouble with their teachers. Some students met nice boys and girls.
But even though their experience was not always easy, almost all the students want to go back to Australia again.
On Saturday, June 26th, 2004 the second year students and two teachers from Nagoya International Senior High School went to Australia for 71 days.
They went to study in a language school and do a homestay for one month. Then they separated into three groups and went to local schools. The schools were: St.Andrew's, West Moreton Anglican College (WMAC) and Brisbane Adventist College (BAC).
The most difficult thing was communicating with people in Australia.
Half of them said that enjoyed their homestay. The rest of the students said that enjoyed their homestay, but there were some problems. For example, the meals were not so good, some students became vegetarian, other students stayed with a families with different religious values that they were unfamiliar with and house moving etc.
A few students got homesick. They missed Japanese food, their pets, Japanese baths, their free time and their Japanese friends.
Nine students said that they enjoyed going to their local school, but some students had trouble with their teachers. Some students met nice boys and girls.
But even though their experience was not always easy, almost all the students want to go back to Australia again.
posted by Nagoya International Senior and Junior High School at 10:09 AM
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