I want to be an exchange student in sweden?
My parents are wanting me to be an exchange student for a semester somewhere my junior year in high school. i want to go to sweden, but swedish language courses aren't available in my school and i have been in spanish for 3 years. do i have to be in a swedish class in order to go there and go to school there? or can i just learn from something like rosetta stone? do i have to be fluent? and what can I do to be eligible for the program?
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i live in sweden and there was recently an exchange student from romania at my school and she only spoke english so i'm guessing you don't need to be fluent in swedish. it may be different in other schools/colleges/universities in sweden. anyways... have fun if you decide to go :) you can always teach yourself a bit from the internet if you go. heres some basic words in swedish. hello - hej bye bye - hej då do you speak english? - pratar du engelska? what - vad food - mat your welcome - varsågod thank you - tack meatballs - köttbullar train - tåg me - jag/mig high school - högstadiet
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One of the wonderfule things about Sweden is that most of the people there are fluent in English. And as an American, your grades over there don't transfer most of the time...they only look at the fact that you are behaving well, and trying, and learning. It would be a WONDERFUL experience. Thing is, in my experience, you have to pick three countries, and you might not get ANY of them. Granted, going to a country where the language you are studying is a superb way to polish up the rough edges, but that is NOT the only reason for doing an exchange! http://www.csiet.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=66167&orgId=cosfiet Here are some of the top companies in the US. Take a look at their requirements, then check with your guidance office and the foreign language teachers, and they will help you out with the specific program(s) you would be most likely to use and their requirements. Wherever you wind up, you will most likely ALWAYS think of it as your second home, and hopefully, you will maintain the friendships for your whole life! I know whole families that wound up exchanging back and forth, all the kids went to Germany, all the German kids came and spent a year with the family in the US. It can be a terrific experience!
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