Purdue University offers a summer exchange program called “Homestay”, with Japan. Aya stayed with us for about 26 days in Aug of ‘06. This has been wonderful experience. We still e-mail often.
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Education First (EF) is a global language travel company that specializes in international cultural exchange, foreign language instruction, and educational travel. EF’s Educational Homestay Programs (EHP), is dedicated to the promotion of international understanding through cultural exchange and language learning. EHP students come from many countries to stay with host families in North American communities, engage in language lessons, and participate in cultural activities. Students that participate in the Northern California program have the opportunity to experience San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento. This video is just a glimpse of the wonderful memories that the students take home with them.
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EF students describe their immersion experience abroad, sharing their daily life with host families or other international students at the residence.
EF Education First has been breaking down barriers in language, culture and geography since 1965. EF International Language School provides students with the fastest way to learn a language with schools across the US, Canada, England, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, providing immersion courses and a first hand experience of a new culture.
http://www.ef.com
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A short video of my five days’ stay in Japan, October 22-26, 2007, courtesy of the Japanese government, for the launching of Ship for South East Asian Youth Program Batch#34, as one of two Philippine homestay host families’ representatives. In thanksgiving for the goodwill and friendships we enjoyed!
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