IPEE’s home stay program is a vital part
of our Total-Immersion method of teaching. The cultural interaction,
communication, and the students well being while attending our institute
are the prime focus of this program. If a host family is accepted
by IPEE, after completing a comprehensive application, interview and home
inspection by one of the co-owners, the family attends a seminar outlined
below.
ENABLING SEMINAR
FOR FAMILIES
General objectives:
1. To present the program
and the specific point of view of IPEE.
2. To establish the priorities
of the school in relation with the home stay program.
3. To delimit spheres of
actions between the student and the family.
4. to channel possible uneasiness
and listen to suggestions for resolution of possible problems.
5. To try to join two different
cultures.
6. To promote a relation
of confidence between the family and the Institute in order to efficiently
resolve any misunderstandings.
CONTENTS
PART I
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Welcome
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Introduction
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Costa Rica: its strategic tourist
position
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Costa Rican culture with regard
to other foreign cultures
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Individualized attention / temporary
availability
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Balance between Costa Rican
and foreign culture
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Needs of a foreigner
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Privacy or loneliness?
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Form of address, relationship
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Showing one’s emotions
PART II
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Differences between hotel, bed
and breakfast and home life.
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Integration into family nucleus:
rules of every house.
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Service
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Discretional use of the service
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Efficiency of the service (and
amenities)
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Food and nourishing habits in
general
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Limits of action radius
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Member or intruder? Change
of habits in the family routine
PART III
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Reasons why the service is offered
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“My liberty ends when the liberty
of the other starts.”
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Delightful moments and deceptions
of every age.
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Physical, mental and emotional
handicaps
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Taboos: religion - racism
- sexuality
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Ethics
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Honesty
CONCLUSION
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Duties and rights of the lodger
-
Letter of the Institute to the
family
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Doubts and suggestions
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