Questionnaire for Hosted AFS Participants

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* 1. Your home country

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* 2. Name of your Area Team (in the USA)

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* 3. How well have these expectations been met?

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* 4. Did you gain anything else through the experience that you didn’t expect to gain?

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* 5. How good was the match between your (first) family and you?

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* 6. How well do you feel you became part of your host family?

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* 7. Additional Comments

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* 8. IF you changed families during your stay, how well was that change handled from your point of view? (Skip if didn't change host family)

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* 9. IF you changed families during your stay, was the next placement an improvement, in your opinion? (Skip if you didn't change host family)

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* 10. Additional comments

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* 11. Name of your host school

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* 12. How would you rate your school’s interest in you as an exchange student?

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* 13. What successes and difficulties – large and small – did you experience in adapting to school?

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* 14. In your experience, was it easy to reach your liaison (local AFS contact) in your town/area?

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* 15. How often were you contacted by your Liaison (local AFS volunteer)?

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* 16. How did contacts with your Liaison (local volunteer) take place?

  Never Sometimes Always
In Person
By Phone
By Email

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* 17. How satisfied were you with our support overall?

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* 18. How can we improve our support of AFS participants?

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* 19. Were any AFS volunteers (chapter members, liaisons, school personnel, aunt/uncle, families, etc.) particularly helpful during your experience?

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* 20. If Yes, please list them and comment specifically, in what way they were helpful.

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* 21. Overall, how would you rate each orientation, taking into consideration the organization of the event, facilities, staff and volunteers present and content?

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Arrival or Welcome Orientation (when you first arrived in the U.S.)
Post-Arrival Orientation (usually in October or November, about 6-8 weeks after you get to the U.S.)
Mid-stay Orientation (usually in January or February)
Pre-Return Orientation (This orientation)

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* 22. Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your AFS experience?

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* 23. Additional comments

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* 24. You were able to have this AFS experience because someone found a host family for you. While your departure is approaching, AFS is focusing on bringing more students like you together with families who are willing to host. To make this possible, we ask for your help:
Do you know anyone in your host community who would make a good AFS host family?

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* 25. Do you know anyone in your host community who might be interested in becoming an AFS student?

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