Hi, also die Frage steht zwar schon da, aber um ein bisschen mehr Kontext zu bieten: An unserer Schule soll nächstes Jahr ein zweiwöchiger Austausch stattfinden. Der Bewerbungszeitraum fängt erst nächstes Schuljahr an,also in meinem 11ten Schuljahr, aber unsere Englischlehrerin meinte, es wäre sicher keine schlechte Idee mal als Übung einen solchen Brief an unsere Gastfamilie zu schreiben. Sie meinte außerdem, für diejenigen, die sich bewerben wollen (wie ich) wäre es besonders einen Vorteil, so etwas schon mal geschrieben zu haben.
Hier also mein Host Family Letter für einen Austausch in die USA und ich bin gespannt auf Verbesserungsvorschläge :)
Dear Host Family,
My name is xxx, I am currently 16 years old and visit the 11th grade of the xxx. I live in xxx, a village with about 500 inhabitants near the small town of xxx where my school is situated. I live in a house with my mom, xxx, my dad, xxx, and our Cat called xxx.
I´d say I am a good student. My favourite subjects are English and biology. I am a part of our schools girls` choir as well as one of the lead singers in our school band. Besides that I am also an active member of our school club against discrimination of specifically queer people, but also other minorities. We organize projects for people at our school to educate themselves on different matters.
I love sports and I`ve been on swimming teams since I was 5 years old. I started to play badminton about two years ago with my two best friends, who I try to spend time with at every given oppurtunity because they unfortunately changed schools last year. Other than that, I also go running regularly and I`ve been thinking about picking up basketball.
Another hobby of mine is being creative. I love painting with acrylic paint, even though I am not extremely good at it, and I enjoy writing short stories! I learn English, French and Latin at school, however, I´ve been trying to teach myself some Spanish and Swedish. Furthermore, I like to read, listen to music, especially rap music, and I also do acting.
Even though I am a bit shy, I still like to meet new people and I`m not opposed to try new things! Being very open-minded and intrested in other cultures, I already took my chances and was an exchange student going to France twice. While I enjoyed my time there and met amazing people, I would like to experience something fully different from France.
I`ve always been fascinated by the USA and wondered how different it must be to live there. I enjoy travelling, go on vacation to different countries every year, and the US have always been one of my top destinations. This exchange will hopefully help me to improve my language skills, clear up cliches, broaden my horizons and getting to know the "American Way of Life", which is probably a lot different from what I`m used to.
I`m really excited I got the chance to be an exchange student and I`m thrilled to get to know all of you. I was wondering if you could already sent me some information on for example the high school, if there`s a specific dress code, what rules I have to follow in your house, for instance what chores I`ll be expected to do, etc.
I would also like to thank you in advance for hosting me for two weeks and letting me temporarily become a part of your family.
See you soon!
xxx
Bin gespannt auf eure Vorschläge!
