How do I convince my father to let me go to London?
Hello, I'm a 12-year-old girl in the 6th grade at a high school. I'm going on a horse riding holiday for two weeks during the summer holidays. It will cost a total of €640, of which I've raised about €500 on my own so far. My dad is paying the remaining €140. Then there are four weeks left for which neither I nor my dad have any vacation plans, etc. A friend of mine and another friend asked me if we could go on a language trip to London with her during the summer holidays. She told us we'd be staying with a host family for two weeks and would go to London every day to go shopping and learn English. Sounds really cool. Her friend and I agreed immediately and decided to ask our parents about it. We would be staying with a host family together, separate from her sister and her friend.
My father loves the idea that I would pay the €1,200 (especially for the 24-hour bus ride) from my communion money. I mean, why did I spend a year studying at these communion classes and molding Jesus into a mold? My father is okay with the money, but he's concerned about being alone. He hasn't completely forbidden me yet, but he's said he's still torn.
Now I really don't know what to do. How should I persuade him? What do you think of a language trip like this? Does anyone have experience with Pank Language Travel? What did you think, and would you recommend it, especially for 12-year-olds?
Thanks 🙂
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Hey, you,
so let’s go Don’t make you crazy here ;o)
It’s too small to call someone you don’t know.
So if your dad is still thinking about it, he’ll trust you in principle, beautiful! I don’t think that your English skills should be enough for a philosophical discussion, but we don’t even know that – what does the English teacher say about it – maybe there are still argumentative support…
There are supervised youth language trips, which also have an age-appropriate program, which does not consist of “only” shopping (but also!) Panke looks serious and your father will be able to judge… Have you done the English test on their side?
You can always have bad luck with the host parents, then you have to have a plan B in the bag (change, acquaintances, early departure or so)
I think it is important to look at the world and to start in England makes sense because of the language and the difference in culture is not so great if you like tea and porridge ;o)
LG HotteX
Porridge – the stuff is hardly anyone in England today!
Although I do not see this as critical with age, as some of my previous speakers (language travels) can be and even for twelve years, where: these are really interested in the language. Then they often take more than the “deflected” teenagers) – in total I must give Bswss, inicio & Co right.
Let yourself know what exactly you want: a shopping trip to London or really a language trip.
Apart from that, Panke has really not been in London’s programme, but only Bournemouth and recently also Portsmouth and Corfe Castle. At least Bournemouth offers full-day trips to London – but not even almost every day. Such full-day trips to London are available at almost every language travel provider, not just at Panke. If you actually want to make a good language trip, then you should compare a little bit more, tips have been given here:
Finally and finally: shopping in London is not worthwhile for your age class anyway. There is nothing that you would not get in Brighton, Bournemouth, Hastings, Torquay or elsewhere in England – only that it is often more expensive in London.
Hello,
So I think it’s great that you want to make a language trip! I have already made some of myself and can recommend it in principle. If you want to do this to just have a nice time with your friends, to shop a bit and to make quasi vacation, that’s really a great thing. However, the sense of language travel is actually to learn the language and that doesn’t work if you make a language course with friends and then also live with them. This is how you talk German all the time and that blocks learning English, so you can come back and barely be able to learn more than before.
Of course, this also depends on how intensive you participate in teaching and maybe you could try to get into a host family with language students from other countries, then you are forced to speak English.
My honest opinion is that you may have to wait two or three years, because for 12 years there are strict rules on language travel, you have only little spare time because of the supervisory obligation, everything is planned and supervised. In addition, you will later be more absorbent for the language when it comes to final exams etc. in school.
But of course You’ve made the trip now, after all it’s mega exciting to explore a new city in a foreign country with a few girlfriends!
Greetings:)
If you only did this for money, that was certainly the wrong motivation.
He has concerns because he’s alone in time? Actually, an adult person should be able to stand alone for such a time. If you ask me between which two opinions he stands, you could also say more about it.
Generally speaking travel is not bad, but it is really questionable how much it brings you. How good are your English skills now? Since the lessons are likely to be complete in English, you should have a certain basis so that you can really take whatever of it. I’d be doing it a few years later, even because you can take a lot more from the city. This is also overwhelming and you will certainly not let London explore you alone. That would make sense at 16. But if the financial resources are there and you really want that, why not?
No, I’m alone there 🙂
But thanks:)
For this purpose, the following comments:
(1) From the point of communion, as seems to me, you have no idea how to teach communion. It only seems to you to go for money.
2) The submission of two friends ZUSAMMEN in the same host family is the SCHLECHTESTE idea that you can have during a language trip. Benefit for you: NULL.
3) During a SPRACH trip, the ERLERNEN or TAKE a language, not on daily shopping.
3) To drive to London daily and to shop there, you cannot afford it at the prices there anyway.
4) What do you want your father to do in London for two weeks, and where should he live? A two-week city trip is NOT a relaxing URLAUB. For him, it would be a valuable vacation time.
5) For a language trip you should be older than children 12.
6) The company is called Panke. and offer courses in BOURNEMOUTH – this is approx. 100 km from London.
Edit: Underbrinegung;et.
1)Adapted to:)
2) Nice.
3) We just want to.
4)My father remains at home.
5)I think so.
6) It’s in London.
So your “language” is actually called “shopping spree”. From my point of view, this is totally hollow and will be associated with a lot of disappointment, but who likes it….
You won’t have fun with 12. Your English skills are probably not enough to talk to people. So it’s not going to be a language trip. Sure. You can drive there to be “once in London”. However, I would recommend such a holiday for older young people (16+)
“every day after london fade and shop”…from what? alone in london you can sit in traffic for hours…
fuer 12 juvenile makes speech trips hardly sense -you have only had cure English. to go with friends together into a host family – makes even less sense – because then you go 4 hours English and the rest German…
Pank traveling are not good.
a good language course offers the kaplanschool – but they don’t take 12!
if you want free time and shopping, you should make a youth trip with RUF travel, but you are too young….
Hello,
for the improvement of your English skills, a language journey with teaching and accommodation in different host families would be best, because you speak with each other only German. In addition, the weaker ones, the better ones.
Instructions Morning There is plenty of time left in the afternoon for culture, sightseeing and shopping.
AstridThePu
PS: Maybe there could be a problem because you are only 12.
You’re just too small for a trip!
And my friends who are allowed to do this?I want tips and no meckerei.And don’t kleiin in icch, even 1.71
Definitely too small!