Life changing experience

What was a life-changing experience for you?

For example, living overseas was a huge life-changing experience for me.  I was outside of my community for the first time.  At first, it was really challenging, and I became so homesick.  I went  through a lot of difficult times while living abroad.  However, it eventually changed my life for the better.  I became a wiser person with more knowledge and understanding of other people.  I also gained a lot of empathy about other people's perspectives of the world.


Vocab: 

living overseas: living outside of your country

homesick: missing your home 

eventually: something that happens at some point, but at an unknown time 

empathy: feelings of understanding towards other people 

perspective: a way of seeing things 

go through (a difficult time): experience something hard 

abroad: similar to overseas, outside of your country 


Questions: 

1. Do you enjoy living overseas?  Are you going through a difficult time?  

2. What is something you eventually plan to do in the USA you haven't done yet?

3. Do you enjoy learning about others perspectives?  

4. Is it good to have empathy for others perspectives?


Vocab Activity: 

After she moved abroad for college, Maria often felt ________ at first, missing her family and familiar surroundings.
However, as she learned to adapt and made new friends, she began to gain a new ________ on life.
Living in another country turned out to be a truly ________ experience, helping her develop ________ for people from different backgrounds.
She realized that everyone has to ________ at some point, but that these challenges can be ________.

Choose the best option to fill in the blanks in order:

A) empathy – go through a difficult experience – homesick – life-changing experience – perspective – eventually
B) homesick – perspective – life-changing experience – empathy – go through a difficult experience – eventually
C) eventually – empathy – perspective – homesick – life-changing experience – go through a difficult experience
D) perspective – homesick – empathy – go through a difficult experience – life-changing experience – eventually

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