My
study tour to Australia 2015
I had a
wonderful time and had benefited a lot from my study and stay in Australia. My
classes at the University had helped me improved my English skills and learned
many things about the culture and society in Australia. Through my home stay
life I was able to experience the daily life style of people in Australia which
is different from us here in Japan.
First, I
will write about what I had learned through the classes in Australia: The
classes were, Listening & speaking, reading & writing, culture, team
building and drama class. All the classes were very interesting and the
teachers were very good and kind. In listening and speaking class we were able
to practice speaking a lot and improved our TOEIC listening skills. In reading
and writing class we learned the technique for speed reading like skimming and
scanning especially in reading magazines and newspapers, then we learned to
write our original story, picture book and also to write report for the
newspaper, I really enjoyed the classes. Culture class was my favorite because
I like learning about different cultures. In this class we were taught about
the history, multicultural and life style of the people in Australia especially
the Aboriginal people, culture and their teaching. It was very interesting and
I've learned a lot from them. In team building class we did many activities
that helped us understand each other’s Idea and did things together. I also
enjoyed drama class, we had many performances and created our own drama too. In
addition, we also had sport class once a week and we were able to enjoy
Australian sport like cricket, catch ball and net ball etc.
Second,
about my home-stay life: my home-stay family was very good, kind and
understanding. I was able to adapt immediately to their life style, may be one
of the reason was because my host mother is Indonesian so we had an Asia way of
life and food. I was happy because I could go to church with my host mother
every Sunday, It was a great opportunity for me to meet new people, to pray together
and interact with them. I also joined many other activities with my host mother
like, Bible class and sharing, Choir practice, social gathering etc. Therefore,
I had many opportunities to meet many other foreigner living or studying in Australia
because Australian society is a multicultural society. People from different
countries, cultures and religions living together in peace and harmony, I was
very much impressed and inspired by this way of life. I think this is what we
all should learn to live with other people and culture. The culture festival in
Toowoomba helped me experienced the multicultural society in Australia. People
in Australia are not caught up just in work but they have time to spent with
their family and relax.
Lastly,
about optional tour: I didn't go for many optional tour except Brisbane trip
which was very good, we went to the zoo and was able to see many types of
Australian animals like, Kangaroo, Koalas, Emus and so on. I also visited many
places, parks, an Art gallery close by in Toowoomba. I enjoyed and had great
time.
To conclude,
I am happy and very pleased that I had been given this opportunity to
experience life in another country that had enriched my knowledge not only in
English Language but also broaden my thinking and views about the richness of life.
I had learned so much from Australia, the people and cultures and I hope that I
can make use and share my experience with others. I`m sure it will be useful
for my future life and work too. I feel that my expectation and my purpose to
opt for this study tour has been fulfill, though I found many differences from
what I thought but I was able to adapt and accept what was different and
learned from them that had change my way of understanding things and accept
them as they are.
I Thank and praise God for His blessings and being with me always:
I Thank and praise God for His blessings and being with me always:
Thank you so
much.
