SAGSE 50th Anniversary 1967-2017

Benefits of the SAGSExchange

Learning • To improve your German by participating in an authentic immersion SAGSE exchange. • To increase your school results as a flow-on effect. • To improve your English! Yes, it has been proven that learning another language, especially another Latin-based language, helps to improve your understanding of how English is composed and how grammar works. • To experience the vast German culture, the history and its people. • To visit and observe some large German cities and gain a perspective outside of the Australian context. • The experience of using the German you learned at school to communicate with Germans.

Personal • To improve your thinking skills and analytical capability through the situations and experiences you will encounter whilst on a SAGSE exchange. • To gain an appreciation and tolerance of how other people live by staying with a host family and attending a German school. • To develop your self-confidence and independence. You will be required to act independently, use problem-solving and leadership skills on many occasions. • To acquire an understanding of others who are learning a second language. • For most students, this exchange has a maturing effect which makes you want to work harder to improve your final school graduation results. • With luck, you will have gained a second family for life!

Future • Employers recognise that the skills gained as a result of the SAGSE exchange are transferable to all facets of the workplace. • More pathways will be opened to future possibilities and careers, such as studying, working or visiting Germany later on. • You will have successfully completed the experience of a lifetime – and one you will never forget! • You will have become a stronger, more mature, outgoing and compassionate person!

Terminal 2 @ FRA: the goodbyes are difficult after the warm SAGSExperience

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