How Do You Host An Exchange Student?
• Prepare a room for them. Your student will feel more comfortable in your house with their own room. [However, exchange students can share a room with a resident child of the same gender and approximate age.] • Learn about them. Try to obtain their e-mail address, so you can begin communicating with them. The sooner, the better. [If you are working with an upstanding agency, you will be provided this information from the student application.] • Try to make them feel welcome. When you see a group of friends, introduce your student to them and let them get to know each other. Try and say their name with their native accent in mind, or if they go by something else that they prefer, call them by that. (For example, many Asian students know an ‘American name’ and in some cases, they will request to be called that.) • Don’t try and do too much. In most cases, many things in their country are the same as they are in your country. Don’t point out every tiny detail you see because it will anno
