This game is a role-play, designed to be a fun and interactive learning experience. Participants ‘pack’ their bags with their host culture’s values. The game centers on the lively and often revealing exchange between the returnee and the customs officer.
This interview is addressed to international students in a campus fellowship like Inter Varsity or those thinking of starting and leading an "International Student Fellowship" on a campus in North America.
A list of recommendations of homestay program for international students, compiled by Scott Bronner, an English teacher at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan
Here are stories told, scriptures read, songs often sung and food often eaten (including recipes for making it) during the holiday celebrations of Thanksgiving and Christmas in America.
This article was written many years ago by an international student at a Christian liberal arts campus in the USA. It still rings true today for many campuses!
Testimony of a Singaporean freshman on a USA campus seeking acceptance by an American roommate and a home-away-from-home among American Christian students.
A detailed description of how a fall tour is run for newly arriving international students. This tour was of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin conducted each year starting in 2004.
Topics: What is a host family, why be one, understanding international students, practical suggestions, hospitality hints, entertaining your guest, some organizational things, encouragement.
