Helping a Foreign Exchange Student
Posted May 24th, 2010 byCategories: Society
Current Events News help us to know what is happening in other places. This has helped me cope with my homesickness because I am able to read about what is happening to my home country
Being a foreign exchange student here is hard because you would have to cope with a lot of things. One is adjusting to the new environment. I grew up in a tropical country where there is an abundance of sunshine all year long and seeing only white snow everywhere and the freezing cold is a big adjustment for me. Also, with the cold weather come the thick clothes that I had to get used to when back home, I would only wear shirts and shorts. Another adjustment that I had to make was the language. I know how to speak English though but communicating it effectively was another thing. Reading the news also helped me practice my accent for I would read it out loud to practice. The news also helped me in getting to know more my host country. You could learn about the dynamics of the place as well as how they do things by reading the news.
The news is has helped me so much with nit just providing information but also in helping me to adjust to my new surroundings.