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Personal Narrative: My Personal Experience With American Host Family

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Since I came to the USA, for the first year, I have stayed with American host family. Host family is important role for international students, especially for people who are the first time come to the USA. I have been in host family for two years when I was in high school. To explore my experience as living with host family, I chose to use auto-ethnography. Auto-ethnography is a form of self-reflection and writing that explores the researcher 's personal experience and connects this autobiographical story to wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings. My purpose in writing my auto-ethnography was exactly to consider the structural and personal experience about cultural and to consider how, in my experience, I have made with the questions that how international can live with host family and how do success life in the USA. Before I came to the USA, I have all of information and live condition of my host to make sure I would have a good environment to study. …show more content…

After school, whenever they did not have time to pick me up, they called private diver to come instead. Therefore, I did not get any trouble when I was with them. Whatever happen, I was took the initiative with my host. In another way, this way can make me to initiate with society. When I was with them, I felt they were my second family. I helped them to cook, clear the house, decorate when we had party and any big events. Because of those, I can understand about their culture. It was also helpful for me to have conversations with them to improve speaking and listening skills. In order to, I could have a safe place to live, have people to share stories while being far away

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