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Re: Several AFSers in welcom families/need permanent ones no
Posted by Barb on 8/29/08

I do not know where you are located or if one of our AFSers are
in your area or not. However, as a counselor and PR person for
many years with AFS, I would like to comment to you about how
good the student is in his/her spoken English. You may often
find that Asian students in particular do not at first speak
English well, but will actually read and write better than your
native speakers as may well be true of other individual
students. As all students are screened and the number of years
of English is on their application as well as from many
countries the SLEP score to show their proficency.
One of the reasons they come is to be able to improve their
listening and speaking skills. This usually only comes with
immersion. Many have English as their target language and must
pass a difficult test in reading, speaking, and listening to
receive their "high school" degrees. A year in the USA almost
always gives them the edge on this.

With your assistance and that of your students, you will notice
if you work with a great number of them that they will work up
to the challenge of a difficult course. We in guidance always
try to put them in challenging courses as the teachers and
students are more accepting of them and it is truly where they
should be. If not, shortly they will be complaining that the
course is too easy. Keep in mind that for most of them this year
is truly for their own satisfaction and that they will not be
given credit in their native countries. Most will still have to
go back for a year or two before they graduate. Most do not
graduate here in the USA.

If you have more specific questions you may certainly contact
me. If you would like to see the foreign student guide for
schools that I have written you may go on our local web site at
www.misstennky.org.

Dr. Barbara Y. Wills
615-210-1552

On 8/27/08, skylark2868 wrote:
> On 8/27/08, Barbara Y. Wills wrote:
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>> Post: Several AFSers in welcome families/need permanent
>> ones now
>> Posted by Barbara Y. Wills on 8/27/08
>>
>> The Miss Tennky Area AFS Volunteer Leadership Team has
>> several students in welcome families in the middle TN area.
>> The Team would like to find permanent families ASAP. If
> you
>> are interested in assisting and opening your home to one
> of
>> these male AFSers from Japan, Denmark, Turkey, Egypt, or
>> Indonesia contact Jenny Myers at jmyers@watkins.edu or 615-
>> 385-9644. They are currently in welcome families and are
>> great guys. They may attend any private or public HS in
> MS,
>> TN or southern KY.
>>
>> Barbara Y. Wills
>> AFSPR@misstennky.org
>> 6115-210-1552
>
>
> The school where I teach has become very leery of exchange
> students. I'm not sure if my school is served by your
> organization, but in the past two years, some of the
> exchange students could speak almost no English. this year
> we have 3, and one of these has a very difficult time
> functioning in English, yet he is insistent on taking junior
> level courses.
> His English makes this impossible. Do the organizations who
> bring these students to the U.S. do any kind of screening of
> these students to make sure that they will be able to do the
> high school level work that will be required of them? I
> realize that it is supposed to be a good cultural experience
> for them and for us, but frankly, it is very frustrating
> having a student who does not speak or comprehend English in
> a class.
>>


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• Several AFSers in welcom families/need permanent ones now, 8/27/08, by Barbara Y. Wills.
• Re: Several AFSers in welcom families/need permanent ones no, 8/27/08, by skylark2868.
• Re: Several AFSers in welcom families/need permanent ones no, 8/29/08, by Barb.