JAPAN TOUR APRIL 1999
　　THE SEQUEL FEEDBACK SUMMARY


　1999年に本校を訪れた、姉妹校（Mentone Gilrs' Secondary College）の生徒たちが、研修後に提出したアンケートの結果をまとめてみました。

Rating :

Comments :

1. Speeches should have been more organised.
2. Scary meeting the family / happy but very nervous.
3. I felt like I was royalty.
4. I felt very welcome.
5. The tour of the school was great / very daunting / it was good to know where we were.
6. Would have liked to have seen a science class.
7. Culture activities were fun and interesting/ kimono dressing was excellent / I loved them.
8. English class was enjoyable / I had fun helping them with their English.
9. Sport class was fun.
10. Class with host or buddy was a bit boring because I didn't understand much.
11. It was good to see how their classes operated.
12. The classes were very confusing.
13. I didn't like school much.
14. Lake Biwa Museum was really good - loved spinning Physics experiment / interesting.
15. Hikone was a little boring but beautiful / I thought there would be more inside / I found it a little hard to understand the tour guide.
16. Saimyoji Temple smelt nice / very pretty surroundings / very relaxing.
17. We should have practised more for the farewell party.
18. Farewell party was fun / well organised.
19. Family home was very cute / very nice.
20. Parents were very friendly / kind / caring / understanding.
21. Had lots of fun with sisters/brothers.
22. I loved my host mum's cooking / had a lot of choices / delicious.
23. I was treated like a Queen.
24. I was surprised at their English ability / they tried really hard / they improved while I was there.
25. I became really homesick.

Specific questions answered as follows :

1. 14 participants were able to practise their Japanese with their host family a little bit. Some families spoke mostly English and our students wanted to speak Japanese, so they spoke Japanese whenever they could.
2. Students benefited by staying with a family in the following ways :
   1. new experiences (bath, food, Japanese life, culture)
   2. practise Japanese / improved Japanese speaking
   3. new relationships / met really nice people
3. The difficulties encountered were :
   1. homesick (overcome by ringing friends, keeping busy)
   2. not being able to communicate (overcome by using gestures, dictionaries, simplified English, miming)
   3. didn't feel very welcome (overcome by having the attitude "take the good with the bad")
4. Activities done and places visited with host family were varied. Students went to a local festival, parade, lookouts, parks, movies, shopping in Kyoto, restaurant visits, karaoke, friend's places, Japanese barbecue, carved a Japanese stone, museum, traditional bath, ceramics shop, tea ceremony, boat trip on Lake Biwa, grandparent's house, supermarket, bowling, scenic drive.
5. 8 participants would not have any problems staying with the same host family. 4 participants said they would not like to stay with this family again, and the remaining 5 made no comment. Only one participant gave a reason (didn't really get along with them too well.)