Names of interviewers: Simon, Katharina, Emma

===== Where the subjects you had in america different?

Max: Yes, they were very different, because the Americans could choose their subjects in grade 5. For example if they only want Arts, Musik and stuff like that. If they don't choose Sports they don't have sports for the next seven years.The subjects are very specific.

What was the most unusual things you experienced?

Max: The chior was very awesome and unusual because they sang very well.

Did you do any american sports there?

Max: I played sports there but nothing typically american.

Did you miss anything from Germany while you were there and why?

Max: I missed the food because the food there was very greasy. We ate a lot of pizza and the mother of my exchange student only cooked from time to time.

Was it hard to understand the lessons in America?

Max: No, but most of the german exchange students slept during class. It was easy to understand them but to actually talk was another point.

When you came back to Germany did you miss anything from America?

Max: No, I don't think so. Well I miss the mentality of the people there.

How did the exchange work and do you think it was a good experience?

Max: The exchange was good and it was a nice expereience but my exchange student had a different personality. He didn't do any sports like I did so it was a bit difficult, but it still was nice.

Where did you meet your match for the first time and what did you do?

Max: I met him at the airport for the first time. They stood in a line and sang a song. After that my exchange student drove me home since he already has a driver's license. We visited a pumpkin farm. There they shot with canons to crush the pumpkins. We were also at a halloween party.

Would you recommend going to America?

Max: Yes, because I liked the mentality of the students and the two weeks there were really short.

Was it a good experience to talk with native speakers? Did it help at learning the language?

Max: Yes, I learned some word constructions like „I guess…“, but my language isn't the best. It was nice to talk to them and I understood everything but my speaking hasn't changed a lot.

Thank you for the interview.

Reported version

Katharina wanted to know if the subjects he had in america were different.

Max said that they were very different, because the Americans could choose their subjects in grade 5. For exemple if they only wanted Arts, Music and stuff like that. If they didn't choose Sports they don't have sports for the next seven years. He said that the subjects were very specific.

Emma wanted to know what had been the most unusual thing he had experienced.

He said that the chior had been very awesome and unusual because they had sang very well.

Simon asked if he did any american sports there.

He said that he had played sports there but nothing typically american.

Katharina asked if he missed anything from Germany while he had been there and why.

He said that he had missed the food because the food there had been very greasy.They had eaten a lot of pizza and the mother of his exchange student had only cooked from time to time.

Emma asked him if it had been hard to understood the lesson in America.

He said no, but that most of the german exchange students had slept during class. It had been easy to understand them but to actually talk had been another point.

Simon asked if he missed anything from America.

Max said no and that he didn't think so. He missed the mentality of the people there.

Katharina asked how the exchange had worked and if he thought it had been a good experience.

Max said that the exchange had been good and it had been a nice experience but his exchange student had a different peronality. He hadnt done any sports like him, it had been a bit difficult, but it still had been nice.

Emma wanted to know where he met his match for the first time and what he did.

Max said that he had met him at the airport for the first time and that they had stood in a line and had sang a song. After that his exchange student had driven him home and since he already had a drivers license. They had visited a pumpkin farm. There they had shot with canons to crush the pumpkins. They had been also at a halloween party.

Simon asked if he would recommend going to America.

Max said yes,because he had liked the mentality of the students and the two weeks there had been really short.

Katharina wanted to know if it had been a good experience to talk with native speakers and if it was a help at learning the language.

He said yes that, he had learned some words constructions like I guess…,but his language wasnt the best. It had been nice to talk to them and he had understood everything but his speaking hadnt changed a lot.

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