Japanese Exchange~ (2 Viewers)

[Jenny852]

Hello pplz....anyone going on ( or been on) Japanese exchange??? I want some ideas of wat it'll be like coz there's one at the end of the year...anyone interested i can also give you guyz some info coz i got it...but has anyone been there?? I mean i've been to Japan once ( stopover only :'( ) so..i really wanna no wat ppl r like over there and how life really is...anyone going at the end of this year too??

 

[IceBreaker]

i think you have to host one exchange student in return .i know there's alot of paper work to do, but they organise your profile and present them to potential host families & if they like you they will host, with food , accomadation. I thinks its a great experience of a lifetime, i mean you get to experience the whole culture of a country, daily family life etc.....

which organisation Jenny are you doing it through? goodluck

 

[Jenny852]

o..really?! you have to host a student in return?? i thought that was optional...lol~ well...my teacher gave me some info on it..its with OHS but the actual organisation i dunno..gotta check..i'll tell you later icebreaker..*^_^*~
and yeah have u been on exchange? my teacher's suggesting that i try the scholarship to go to japan..its for one year...the exchange one that i might be going on is at the end of this year for three months...so i dunno...any suggestions?? And btw..thx icebreaker for ur reply*^___^*~~

 

[meLoncoLLie]

the japanese class at my school hosted japanese students last year in july, for 2 weeks. they themselves went to japan in september i think. they told me the japanese students took them out everyday after school and got home at like 8 or something. attending class in a japanese high school was boring (because they couldn't understand much japanese), but other than that they had heaps of fun. when the japanese students came here it was so much fun too, we took them to places and made really good friends.

 

[Jenny852]

wow~ that sounds good~! haha~ i like the"not understanding skool" bit...can imagine...lol~ but u no in jap skoolz they do alot of cleaning and stuff dont they? and..u no when u r exchange..do they just put u in any skool of their choice?? or do u get some sort of a say in dat decision makin process???

 

[meLoncoLLie]

i *think* you'll have to accept the school they put you in

are you doing beginners or continuers??

 

[nickyroony]

I went as exchange last year with our sister school in Japan. It's not necessary to previously host a student before or anything, at least for my school anyway.

Exchange was one of the best experience I've ever had. To be living with a Japanese family for two weeks, leading their way of life (and the best bit is having a hot both to sink into everyday) and seeing everything was just amazing. If you have a chance to go on it, you DEFINITELY must. It's an experience you'll never get again once you leave school. You can probably go for uni or something like that, but I still don't think it's the same.

 

[Rekkusu]

Yes, its quite true.. I've never gone to japan as an exchange but rather in meeting my dad's parents and stuff.

Its truly quite different to living in Australia, I'd advise you to try going to japan on the exchange. The schools hahaha well it really depends on which school you go to, not all schools make you wash and clean XP

 

[nickyroony]

The schools hahaha well it really depends on which school you go to, not all schools make you wash and clean XP

But that's the whole experience of it They made me sweep, mob the floor, everything. Made me really appreciate MY shitty school back home XD

 

[IceBreaker]

unfortunately i thought that you can only do at school(my school dont do japanese), its only until recently this yr, i've heard you can do it through OHS from a teacher. i wish they have introduced it at the begining of yr 11.

 

[Jenny852]

wow~ thx for all the opinions pplz~!*^_^* well..i think i'm gonna go...its sounds really great..btw ..do u get to go out like to wherever u like on the weekends and stuff coz there's fds i wanna visit when i get there...lol~ but i guess i wouldn't know how to get around...~haha~ oh yeah..icebreaker...do u take jap as well?? wat do u mean they only have it at skools?? cant u go apply for it seperately?? and yeah..meLoncoLLie..i'm doin beginners through OHS ..anyone doin dat as well??

 

[Rekkusu]

lols, gomenasai.. for I didnt do japanese..so not too sure..

Anyhow, yes you are allowed to go out in the weekends, but u'll probably need your host family to help you ^^

Also, you can apply through your school''s main office, i'm sure if u ask them, they will be able to provide u with pamplets for the exchange

 

[Jenny852]

みなさん、こんにちは! 御元気ですか?
lol~ itz okz Rekkusu..dont "gomenasai" for just not doin jap~ haha~ wat subjects do u take then? do u like jap? nywayz..well abt applying through skool...i think most skoolz have it but unfortunately my shitty skool doesnt..(thank god for OHS~~!!*^_^*
well..yeah..dats cool dat u can go out on da weekends...just "hope" dat the host ppl are nice...otherwise it'll be a tough time in jap...but srsly..wat if u dont like the host family..??? can u change?

 

[nickyroony]

If they offered to host you, then obviously they'll be pretty nice to you so I don't think that case will ever arise. Don't worry. My host mum treated me like one of her own from day one, worrying about everything, even doing my laundry O_O

 

[Jenny852]

haha~ really? even doing ur laundry? lol~ dats a bit private...but nywayz...dats good then~haha~ i'm guess i'm worrying about too much stuff to go on this exchange..~haha~nywayz..thx nickyroony for da info*^____^*~~

 

[AcStyle*]

I think i talked abt this in another thread but neway...i went to Japan back in yr10 w/ my Jap class. Technically it wasnt an exchange cos our skool didnt receive ne jap students. We lived w/ host families for 2wks in Kure (near Hiroshima). Basically we'd go to diff skools most days & do various 'intercultural' activities, etc. twas gr8 fun

Ur doin ur xchange thru OHS yeh? I'm not sure how they do it, but our trip was organised by some Jap travel company who specialises in this sorta thing. Will u b goin by ur self or w/ othr OHS ppls?

All in all, goin on exchange is probly one of the best things u'll evr do...so dive at it!

 

[Jenny852]

hi pplz...
i'm goin to jap through OHS prob with some fds...but not with all the OHS ppl...i dont think much of them are goin this year nywayz..but it seems to be really fun~~ so i'm gonna go !! yay~ how abt u guyz>>? anyone goin this yr as well?? it'll be cool if more ppl go...~~*^______^*

 

[frodo]

i went to japan for 10 months in 2003/03 with AFS. it was an awesome time, i wish i was back there now instead of trying to regain my lost japanese now at uni hopefully ill go back sometime soon

 

[Jenny852]

wow~ really ??jap for 10 mths..haha~ ur jap must've improved so much~! frodo u study jap in uni?? which uni?? i wanna study jap in uni too...in uts( int'l studies)..haha~

 

[AcStyle*]

So do u kno where in Japan u'd b going to?