{"id":927,"date":"2016-01-04T14:33:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/?p=927"},"modified":"2015-12-17T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:34:51","slug":"3-tips-for-hosting-students-learning-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/3-tips-for-hosting-students-learning-english\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips for Hosting Students Learning English"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most of the students who take advantage of our placement services for homestays are coming to the United States to learn English as a second language. That means that most of these students have already had some English education, but they may not be fluent, especially in the first few days and weeks.<\/p>\n

Language immersion is an amazing thing, and you\u2019ll be surprised at just how quickly your student starts to pick up more and more English. As a host family, you can make this process faster and easier if you use just a few tips for hosting students learning English.<\/p>\n

Take Them with You to Run Errands<\/p>\n

Your kids might be bored with running errands and might hate going to the grocery store, but your student is probably not going to feel the same way. Just by taking them with you when you go to the grocery store and run other errands, you\u2019ll expose them to a lot more chances to read and hear English in action.<\/p>\n

When grocery shopping, you can team up and find ingredients that your student uses at home a lot, and you can compare the words for them in English and their home language. Then you can pick up some familiar foods that will make your student feel more at home when you cook together that evening.<\/p>\n

Speak to Them Normally<\/p>\n

This might seem obvious, but as much as you can try to speak normally in English with them. Don\u2019t just point at different things and recite the names for them, and don\u2019t talk down to them. Let them know that they can ask you to explain anything, and that you would love to learn some of their language, too. Then, when they don\u2019t understand something, you can help them out, and both of you can learn.<\/p>\n

Introduce Them to Your Friends<\/p>\n

Finally, introduce your student to your friends and\/or your kids\u2019 friend (if they\u2019re closer in age). This will give them more exposure to different English speakers, so they\u2019ll get more immersion and more practice, along with a chance to make more friends, too.<\/p>\n

Basically, the more you speak with your student and give them opportunities to get out in the community, the more you\u2019ll help them hone their English skills. By the time they leave, they could be speaking as well as anyone you know!<\/p>\n

For more information on hosting international and ESL students, contact us today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of the students who take advantage of our placement services for homestays are coming to the United States to learn English as a second language. That means that most of these students have already had some English education, but they may not be fluent, especially in the first few days and weeks. Language immersion is an amazing thing, and you\u2019ll be surprised at just how quickly your student starts to pick up more and more English. As a host…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[36,35],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ushhost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}