CORE Strenghten Your Life Skills: For Teenagers and Young Adults – English

Unit 3 – What do I know about a country?: Step 3

Think about the expectations you had of your current country of residence. What has changed?

Write down your insights on a piece of paper.
- If you write on a paper, use one color (for example green) to write about your expectations and a different color (for example blue) for what you think now.
- Try to find at least three examples.

My past expectations: ...
My beliefs and expectations today: ...

Differences between then and now

If you are in a group, review all your expectations and your actual beliefs.

Think about writing a letter or an e-mail to a friend back home.

Write about your expectations for your journey and how they changed over the course of it.
- What proved to be correct? What turned out differently?
- What would you want people to know about your current location, if you know that they might be thinking about leaving their home country?

You can use the text box to write a draft.

Once finished with the draft of your letter you need to decide whether you want to send it or not.

You may also decide to share your letter in the «Discussion group» below, as long as you feel comfortable doing so.
Read some of the letters your colleagues shared. Feel free to comment on their letters.