An Exchange Year

[3Nazima]

International students exchange was largely catalyzed by the World Wars. The IIE was formed in 1919. It was formed with the goal of promoting understanding among nations. In 1921 IIE president Stephen Deggan campaigned for the U.s government to give international students no-immigrant visas, an effort that succeeded with the posing of the Emergency Immigration to the U.S, it marked the begging of a long tradition of American student exchange. During World War II, the number of exchange students drastically decreased, but after WWII the exchange year became more popular.

Goals of Exchange year are increasing understanding and tolerance of other cultures and improving foreign language skills. Around 914,000 exchange students from other countries were arrived to the U.S in 2021. Nearly, 1.1 million exchange students come to the U.S every year.

I am an exchange student, and in my opinion it is a great experience in life to live in a different country and receive and education that is completely different from the educational system in my country. Learning different cultures and traditions is a good opportunity.

 

1. What do you think of exchange year? Would you like to be an exchange student?

2. If yes, in which country would you like to be an exchange student?

 

https://www.nwse.com/blog/history-of-student-exchange/

 

[2Tyler]

I think it could be better for those students if they go to another country for school. not really I like where I am right now. none I don't want to be one.

[2Rosalie]

I am a exchange student too and I just can say it is a super experience.  I think you have to do something like that when you are young because thats the time you actually have time and can go. 

[7kenzie]

I think exchange year is pretty awesome. We get to meet students from another country and learn about their country as well. If I was an exchange student, I feel like Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom would be a really awesome experience.

[4Zoe]

i think that an exchange year would be a really good learning experience for students to learn new languages and other cultures they mightve never heard of. if i were to be an exchange student i would like to go to spain and learn new things about it and the people .

[4Alexia]

I think it is a great opportunity to learn a language and also to get new experiences. I think you should be really open that everything is going to change and the place where you are going is probably not going to do things the same way as you. I would like to be an exchange student in France or Italy, so I could practice the language and know more about their culture.

[7Darbie]

Exchange years are really cool! It's a great way to learn another culture and language! I wish in America it was more accesible because I have heard that exchange years are opportunities of a lifetime. If I were to be an exchange student, I would like to have an exchange year in either Switzerland, Spain, or Germany.

[2Dana]

I think an exchange year is really cool and interesting. I do think it is cool, but I don't I would be able to move from my home country to a new country and live there. The memories are probably very memorable, but I could not see myself moving out of America. 

[2 Tatjana]

I think an exchange year is the perfect oppertunity to get to know another culture and learn a new language. I mean I am currently an exchange student and I have learned so many things so far and my english improved. I would like to go to some other countries too and go to school there for example spain.