Homestay in Canada
By Akiko SOGABE
On August 19th, we, 37 students and two teachers, went to Edmonton to learn English. We each stayed with a host family.
The good points of staying with a host family are that it is good for our conversational English and we can learn another culture. We had to communicate with each host family, so we had to speak in English. My host family had two small children, and they asked me to read an English book! My host mother always asked me about Japanese culture. But I was not sure about Japanese culture, so you should learn Japanese culture before you go on a home stay. Also, my host mother told me about her country’s culture. She is from Brazil, so I ate some Brazilian food. About one week after I arrived at Edmonton, one student from Mexico came to stay with my host family. She also had a different culture, and she told me about it. Her religion, Mexican food, party, school, etc… There are many differences between Mexico and Japan, and it made me confused. Do you know Mexican candy? It is sour!
The bad point of staying with a host family is that I was not be able to do my homework, because my host family wanted to communicate with me, so when I was doing my homework, they interrupted me. So I had to do my homework in a very short time.
In conclusion, there are many good points of staying with host family and some bad points. They depend on each person, but all I want to say is “Enjoy your home staying!”
On August 19th, we, 37 students and two teachers, went to Edmonton to learn English. We each stayed with a host family.
The good points of staying with a host family are that it is good for our conversational English and we can learn another culture. We had to communicate with each host family, so we had to speak in English. My host family had two small children, and they asked me to read an English book! My host mother always asked me about Japanese culture. But I was not sure about Japanese culture, so you should learn Japanese culture before you go on a home stay. Also, my host mother told me about her country’s culture. She is from Brazil, so I ate some Brazilian food. About one week after I arrived at Edmonton, one student from Mexico came to stay with my host family. She also had a different culture, and she told me about it. Her religion, Mexican food, party, school, etc… There are many differences between Mexico and Japan, and it made me confused. Do you know Mexican candy? It is sour!
The bad point of staying with a host family is that I was not be able to do my homework, because my host family wanted to communicate with me, so when I was doing my homework, they interrupted me. So I had to do my homework in a very short time.
In conclusion, there are many good points of staying with host family and some bad points. They depend on each person, but all I want to say is “Enjoy your home staying!”
posted by Nagoya International Senior and Junior High School at 9:13 AM
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