Saturday, August 28, 2010
Exchange Student in Poland?
Exchange Student in Poland?
Hey, I am a 15 year old male going considering becoming an exchange student in Poland for a year. I really want to go to a European contry and learn a new language(be conversationaly fluent) Only problem is I don't know if I'll persevere and study the language really hard. I hear Polish is realy hard, and I do not want to go to a country and come back not conversationally fluent( i didnt say fluent, so i dont wanna all those fluent retards who keep arguing over the defination of fluency) So would you recommend poland? i hear the kids are kinda immature, how would they react to a american exchange student? And a year in Poland, would I be pretty good? is it that hard to learn? any tips? thanks! (btw talked to a guy who went for exchange there, came back conversationly fluent, could read harry potter,etc) but i want to ehar more cases!
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Rotary would be good for you, I think. Here's a helpful forum. http://www.cultures-shocked.org/forum/?
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Hi! You should look into the top three programs -- AFS, YFU and Rotary Exchange. All are good, not sure all exchange with Poland. You'll need to ask each. Polish is pretty hard -- but then so is German. Nice thing about Poland, there aren't as many people there who speak English fluently so you will HAVE to learn Polish! In many "western" European countries, English is common so it's easy not to have to work so hard -- and you won't become as fluent! You won't be perfect after a year, but you should definitely be able to hold your own in most situations! It would also help if you took some lessons before you went, I'd advise investing in Rosetta Stone -- a great computer program for languages. To hear from other kids who have been on an exchange, try this forum and information center: http://www.exchangestudentworld.com/ And here are the web sites to the three programs I recommended: http://www.yfu.org/ http://www.afs.org/afs_or/home http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/youthprograms/RotaryYouthExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx Good luck! It sounds like a good exchange -- and different from the usual I here. I'm even considering going there to teach English!
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