Your exchange student from Spain should make you a paella. Every Spanish teenager knows that, but many will procrastinate until...
Tags: International Cooking
Every year hundreds of...
Jasmine (2nd from...
Tags: Host an exchange student, Reasons to host, cultural understanding
Around the world gift-giving traditions vary on special occasions of all kinds. Who gives gifts to whom? When? How should a gift...
It all began as an experiment: what would German exchange students like to make or bake for their American host families?
Jami Dauphin once thought her life was rather conventional - even a tad boring. It was nothing special, to be sure. Or was it?
As host parents we have a lot of explaining to do - the fun (even funny) kind of explaining. For example:
Tags: Culture Shock
In the 1960’s psychologists “discovered” culture shock. They were surprised that new immigrants needed so much medical care. A...
Tags: Culture Shock
This is the emergency message I received from Maria:
“Can you help me? I think my host mom is crazy. She yelled at me for no...
Tags: cultural values
World Gratitude Day is September 21. This is a perfect occasion for host families and exchange students to compare notes: how do...
Tags: cultural values, cross-cultural gratitude, gratitude in India,
In 1984, one man tried to tell the world what makes Americans tick. It was his job to prepare foreign visitors for culture shock...
Tags: cultural values, American values
From my ICES lookout post in Europe, I’m scanning the news: what’s happening with student exchange? Is anyone going to don a mask...
