Many students experience other cultures as exchange students. One day you might have the opportunity to visit another country and live with a family. What would you do to get ready? You'd exchange letters with your family, decide what to pack, make plans for your stay... and be prepared for anything to happen.

In this chapter you will review and practice:

* describing and characterizing yourself & others; expressing likes and dislikes, and preferences; 
  asking for information
* asking for and giving advice
* asking for, making and responding to suggestions; relating a series of events