東日本大震災被災地の中学生をメルボルンに招待するプロジェクト

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　今回の学校体験で、英語が大変だっだけれど、どうにかなるな、と感じました。単語をいっぱい覚えることが大事だと思いました。ホームスティでは、みんな優しくて、いろいろと話しかけてくれたり、ジェスチャーなどで、分かり合えることもありました。でも、次の参加者へのアドバイスとして、自分の趣味や部活のことや、好きな食べ物など少しでも説明できるように、英語で言えるように準備したり、写真を持っていったりするとよいと思います。

　オーストラリアは、何もかも、でかいと感じました。学校は平屋で、他の学校もそうだと聞きました。
いろいろな人種の人たちがいて、仲良く生活していました。

学校やホームスティでの会話で、“あなたはどう思うか。”と聞かれて、とても大変でした。この体験から、自分をしっかり持つことが大切だと思いました。

I thought prior to coming to Australia that the English language would be an obstacle but I relaxed and take it easy because I thought I would be able to manage and overcome that difficulty. I decided that it was most important for me to acquire as much vocabulary as possible.

All the member of the family where I stayed is very friendly and was kind to me. They tried to speak English by using body language as well so that I could understand English better.

For future students in this project for next year, I recommend that it is useful for them to prepare stories about themselves in respect to their hobbies, studies and some Japanese foods.

I found that everything in Australia is so big and wide. The structure of almost all school in Australia has one floor, not built like a high-rise building in Japan.

I found that there are many immigrants with various nationalities in Australia. Those people are living together peacefully with Australian people.

The most difficult experience was how to respond to the questions by Australian people at school and the homestay house. Their questions were always “what do you think about this “and “What is your opinion to this”. I had a hard time to responding with my thoughts. I know now that it is very important for us to have own view.