Saturday, January 15, 2011

Visiting students

The recruiting team went to several schools and presented the Summer in the USA (SUSA) program to students in their English classes. Parents make it a priority to send their children to an English speaking country to be immersed in the English language. In our presentations we divide into 4 teams and play a Trivia Game on American teenage culture, spend 15 minutes having discussions with the students about America and what they like to do, then play the SUSA Student trailer. We stress the 4 Promises of SUSA:
  1. English Fluency
  2. Having Fun
  3. Making Friends
  4. Becoming Family
SUSA fulfills the promises by having an American family bring a student into their family. While they are in the USA, the Basque student does everything the family does for 3 weeks of their stay. For one week the student spends time at a summer camp with hundreds of other American teenagers. During the stay they learn to speak better English in everyday interactions. No English classes.

During the school visits we see students who have been a part of the program. They are happy to see us and we are happy to see them. Many times we are able to record a video message to their American family.  The day is long, but worth the effort.


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