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1. What have you found particularly difficult/surprising about living in your country?

2. What have you found particularly stimulating/interesting about living in your country?

3. In what ways have you involved yourself in your community so far?

4. What ideas have you got for getting involved further in your community?

5. What do you consider to be the main differences between your host culture and the culture back home?

6. Briefly outline which areas of your community/ host culture you are going to explore in your community report. What are you going to do to investigate these topics?

1. What is the local language?

2. How confident are you at using it?
Speaking: (What depth of conversation can you have? Barter in the market, chat with friends, hold a discussion)

Writing: (Are you able to write in the language? Your name, a note to your headmaster, a letter to a local)

Listening: (What can you understand? Announcements/ directions, listen to the radio)

Reading: (What can you read? Posters, street names, newspapers)

3. How do you intend to develop these skills over the next 6 months?

1. Briefly describe the main work related responsibilities that you have at your project?

2. What aspects of the work at your project give you the greatest satisfaction?

3. Which aspects of your project do you/ have you found most difficult? Why?

4. In what ways do you intend to develop your role over the next 6 months? e.g. Secondary project, extra contribution at your main project?

1. In what ways do you feel you've gained personally from the last six months?

2. Is your year going as you expected? If not, how is it different?

3. Is there anything in particular which has surprised you about the way you have reacted to the challenges you've met?

4. Which skills or personal attributes do you hope to develop over the next 6 months?

5. How do you intend to achieve this?