- This page is general information about home stay for kids in Japanese schools.
Skits
Skits are a fun way for the students to practice the things they are going to do. It is common for Hometay preperation courses to teach in this way.
A sample Curriculum
- The majority of this sample curriculum was summarised from the JET Programme web site (here)
The children at a course for a Homestay course probably come from different schools, so introduction activities are a good way to break the ice.
- Self-introductions of the ALT and JTE
- Students' self-introduction - use the String Game
- Greeting expressions in the target country
Using realia from the target country can be a good way to help the students appreciate the reality of what they are about to do. The currency of the target country, stamps, passports are good examples.
- Target currency: coins and notes, counting in English.
- Shopping games: conversations in the shop
- Target country slang
- Teacher's introduce their town (using photos)
A day in the life of a home stay student:
- In the morning, in the house of your host family
- Before going out and when coming home
- Before going to sleep
- Meeting new friends
- Eating out/in (including manners of the Target Country)
One off events for home stay students:
- Going through customs (The New Horizon 2nd year texbooks have a lesson on this)
- Meeting your host family at the airport
- Saying goodbye to your host family
Communication with home
- Using the internet (and Skype)
- Using the phone
- Writing a letter, sending a post card.
Attempt to get a previous year's homestay student (or teacher) to come along and dispense some advice. General advice that is useful:
- Useful things to take with you
- Commonly used English expressions
- Situation of the target counties schools
- Difficult situations
- Information about money, food, farewell parties
Suggested Activities
- Show and Tell - students talk about something to do with Japan.
- Gambling game for facts about the target country. This is also a good way to practice using the foreign currency.
- Bingo and the Typhoon game for vocabulary review.
- Give a certificate at the end. It is fun.
See Also
- Homestay
External Links
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