Thursday, March 28, 2013
im going to be an exchange student, any tips/advice?
im going to be an exchange student, any tips/advice?
I've recently been accepted as an exchange student for ASSE and am really nervous. I will be spending my entire junior year in Sweden living with a family and attending school. Does anyone have any tips/advice for the exchange, school, my family, or Sweden? THANKS!
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1 :
Make sure you actually talk to the family, or else they will hate you, I know, I have hosted a quiet exchange student! And ask a lot of questions host families like that, be up for anything and be really outgoing and make sure you make the best out of your experience, these are things i wish my exchange student would have done.
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I am an exchange student at the moment in Denmark, and I can tell you right now it is going to be hard for you!!! The people in scandinavia are not extremely open however they are very good at english so never be scared to talk to someone because you think that they wont understand; 95% of the time they will speak better english then you! Be really open and willing to throw ýourslef out there: you may be sitting in school for a while with no one talking to you and you being unable to understand anyone because they are all talking swedish but they wont hold it against you if you sit with them and ask what they are talking about! It is also very beneficial to ask you classmates to help with your swedish, it is good bonding and they see that you are really trying to learn the language. You may be able to have a computer in front of you at school, but dont rely on it too much - ask your teachers for some homework to do in english because you just become miserable when you have nothing to do and the swedish will probably give you a headache throughout the first few monthes so you need other things to concentrate on!!! Get to know your host family as much as possible! Even if you feel stupid sitting in the living room and not understanding the TV, it is better then being on your computer in your room - it gives them the wrong idea about you! Hope this helps - anymore questions just ask me :D
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