The main goal of the program is to enable our students to become informed and responsible global citizens. The host nation program strives to provide students with cultural and linguistic knowledge about the communities of their host nation. Students develop personal, social, and linguistic competencies that can help them in their adaptation to their new international environments. Students benefit from activities and experiences that focus on Communication, Culture, Communities, Comparisons, and Connections. Listening and speaking skills are developed in comprehension and survival phrase practice sessions.
Instruction is designed to be age-level and developmentally appropriate.
Thematic units, study trips, guest speakers, and language training are directly correlated to the DoDEA Host Nation, Social Studies, and Foreign Language standards. The DoDDS- Host Nation program provides elementary and middle school students with unique cultural and linguistic opportunities that their stateside counterparts usually cannot access. Thousands of our students return to the United States each year with fond memories of host nation experiences and knowledge and appreciation for a culture other than their own.