A:  Although our children received bilingual education, when they arrived in Australia, they still could not adapt the local language environment. If you enter a junior high school class, our children will feel a lot of pressure that will make students to lose interest in learning and create boredom and tiredness mood for study.

A: For homestay families, we will try to choose homestay parents who are one Chinese and one foreigner. This will not only ensure the English language environment, but also provide Chinese help in time when the child needs. If you have special requirements for your homestay, we can arrange homestay families in pure Chinese or pure English background upon request.

A: No. In Australia, homestay families will not send children to school. However, our homestay families will be arranged around the school, a one-way walk within 15 minutes. The school will have a special security officer to lead the children across the road. This will help children develop ability of independence and be easily integrated into local students, make local friends, and walk together to school. If you require a daily homestay family to pick up and send your child to school, we can customize a special plan for you.

A: The children have lunch at school. There is a cafeteria in the school, but only have simple Western-style lunch. Parents of our homestay families will prepare lunch for the children and bring them to school to share with the students.

A: No. We are not just like some other agencies, just simply moving English classes from China to Australia. It is not just entering an English school and attending class with other international students. Our children will enrol in formal Australian registered primary and secondary schools to study core classes with local children. In this way, children can truly engage with local Australian education, experience and feel the local life of study.

A: Learning this way for two to four weeks will not greatly help children at their core studies. However, the purpose of our study tour is not to teach the children take as much lessons as they can in these two to four weeks. We hope that through in-depth contact with different cultures, children will learn different learning skills and gain independent thinking skills. They will have independent opinions on their own future study abroad.

A: First of all, we demand that every student who participates in the study tour buys travel insurance before leaving, and we will buy basic medical insurance for students in Australia. If requires, we can also help parents to buy a higher level of insurance for the child. You only have to pay the difference between premium insurance and basic medical insurance. Second, each child’s homestay has a certificate of Australian government (WWC). Both homestay families have years of experience in homestay duties. In addition, our life teacher will also call and communicate with the children every day to ask if there is a need for help, and can ensure to  help the children in time. E.T.C.A. CORP. provide the safest and most comfortable environment for each child’s study life.

A: No. The local children are very friendly and full of interest in foreign students coming from overseas. They will take the initiative to greet and introduce the school to our students and take them visiting the school. In previous study tour organized by us, children were invited by local students to join them group activities, playing basketball, singing, rehearsing stage plays, and so on.

A: According to our experience, the following points are where our students and parents need to pay attention.

a) Ask the parents to pay attention to the time difference. Do not contact the child at night too late or too early in the morning. After 9 pm in Australia, it is very impolite to make a call at home to interfere with others’ rest.

b) When you live in a homestay family, your homestay family treats you as part of their family. In an Australian family, every family member must contribute to household work. They may ask the children to share simple housework, such as watering flowers, washing dishes, wiping the table, and so on. This is not how homestay families are bad for your children, contrarily, they treat children as one of their own family members. At the same time, they also improve the children’s ability of self-care and ability of sharing.

c) Be polite. When you ask someone, please say “please. When you get something, say “thank you” or “thanks”. Please use polite tone and attitude to communicate with people. We believe that even with language barriers, facial expressions and body language can help you get the most help when you need it.

d) Don’t show off your wealth. Children in Australia need to earn their pocket money by themselves. Local children do not feel envious of the valuable items and money ,because they want to get anything by their own work. They don’t like the children who always show off. So please ask parents to bring personal belongings to their children as appropriate.