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Right now, this lesson has two main parts and may take two to three classes if you do all of it: “Would you HOST an exchange student?” and “Would you BE an exchange student?” Depending on your school/students, you may only want to do certain parts.

This would also be a great time to invite a guest speaker (someone who did a stay abroad or a coordinator of a program) or add your own abroad experiences.

Grammar in Context: Conditional

Vocabulary: host family, exchange, stay

Prep:

• Download “Profiles”
  • Remove the school/area on the top of the first page before you share them if you are using the questions (that answers one of the inference questions).
• Download/Print “Homestay Interpretive” sheet for each student.

Introduce Objective 

Start by introducing the daily objective. By the end of the lesson, they should be able to do this at their proficiency target.

Part of the purpose of this lesson is to give them the idea that they could host an exchange student this summer. Connect with a local program to get more information.

Question: What is a home stay?

Breifly explain what a home stay is. Since this lesson is about summer plans, make sure to mention that this can be done for 3-4 weeks in the summer (some may think it has to be a full school year. Use the image to explain that the exchange student comes from a different country to live with a host.

Have they ever met an exchange student?

Tell them to write down any other questions they have about homestays. Then see if they can find the answers throughout the lesson.

Videos

Show the videos to give them an idea what it is like to host a student. There are links just in case you want additional information.

What is needed to host a student?

Thanks to Language & Friendship for these real bios! They are a homestay program that covers a lot of the midwest. We highly recommend them if you are looking for a group.

Introduction Letter

Let them pick one student that they would host. Now they will write an introduction letter back.  They may want to share information about their lives, their family, things they will be doing this summer, what their family life is like (chores, a typical day), and what the room/bed situation would be, etc.

Extension: What souvenir?

Some host families or host classes get a souvenir or small gift to remind the student of their stay. What souvenir would you get? Some of this depends on the personality of the student, so you may want to refer back to the profiles.

Create their bio

Ask what their profile would say. Now they will create their profile to be an exchange student. It can be written or a video.

Check for Learning / Reflect

Let them answer the question at the end to see if they can do it at their proficiency target.

If they are using the “Unit Vocabulary Sheet,” give them time to write down what they learned today.

Extension Ideas:

• They research and compare places to do an exchange program (now or later through a college). 

Extension Idea: Interview someone who has hosted/done a study abroad.

Introducciones/Presentaciones en vídeo (nombre, edad, deportes/pasatiempos, familia, mascotas, etc.)

Vídeo de antes de la estancia 

¿Por qué quieres hacer una estancia en familia?

¿Qué estás esperando?

¿Qué quieres hacer/probar allí?

¿Cómo te sientes al vivir con otra familia? ¿Estás nervioso? ¿Entusiasmado? ¿Asustado? (Explícalo un poco)

Vídeo de después de la estancia 

¿Qué hiciste allí?

¿Cuál fue el momento más memorable allí?

¿Qué aprendiste? ¿Cómo has cambiado?

Indica dónde vives y dónde realizaste tu estancia en la casa de la familia anfitriona. ¿Qué era similar y qué era diferente?

¿Qué le dirías a alguien que está pensando en alojarse en una familia anfitriona, pero aún no está convencido de querer hacerlo?

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