彷若是一個遙不可及的美夢，終於在福爾摩莎海外遊學中心實現…

相信嗎我住台北但我選擇一個遠在彰化的遊學中心…

這是我們全家的第一次，小女兒大班，她最大的收穫是每天可以在homestay的美麗庭院裡，赤腳和小狗玩，這是在台北不可能實現的夢，她每天都玩得很快樂，二年級的二女兒說可以看到不同的人、事、物是十分有趣的，並且可以學到很多好玩的事，豐收。小四的大女兒說，交到許多的外國新朋友，和當地小朋友一起上課的感覺很好，紐西蘭的風景很美，一群人騎馬，好像是電影”魔戒”中的情境。

我說: 他鄉遇故知，同行的媽媽們，領隊，大夥回國後成了姐妹滔，這是意想不到的寶藏，值得一提的是隨行的媽媽們，早上也要到大學上課，可以訓練我們的聽、說、讀、寫，讓我對英文學習有新的體驗。這樣的經驗是很特別的，我們離學生的生涯久遠，重新上學校，又是和各國的年輕人上課，新鮮有趣，開了眼界。

早上上課，下午旅遊，晚上回homestay, 每天有三種體驗，二週活動，時間恰到好處。

親子遊學是一件非常美好的事，在孩子成長歷程中留下一份美好的回憶，開創孩子的世界觀，即使是大班的孩子，在媽媽的陪伴下，小小的心靈也會有深深的烙印，人生只數十寒暑，金錢和經驗的價值取決於您自已，以一個媽媽的立場而言，總覺到能力許可下，我願意豐富孩子的閱歷，畢竟是”行萬里路，勝讀萬卷書”

選擇好的遊學團體是遊學最重要的事，很高興有這樣的福份認識Formosa Overseas Study Center，感謝他們的細心照料，這一路上因為有你們，紐西蘭遊學變的更豐富美好，我們全家人都愛你們，祝福Formosa。

紀秀珠 

第一次出國就到了民風純樸，景色優美的『紐西蘭』，至今仍無法忘記那裡的一切…我還記得剛到那裡上課的第一天，彼此寒喧的情形，過沒多久場面就變得熱絡起來，儘管他們都是以前沒說過話的外國人，有時比手畫腳，手舞足蹈，增添不少樂趣，從他們的口中可以了解各國的風俗習慣，也因為他們都是從非英文國家而來的，所以彼此的溝通就必須藉著英文來拉近距離。

在那邊主要是以自己主動想要的心態去學習英文，所以記得快，學的好，縱使剛去的時候難免受到一些小挫折，不過『環境造就成長』，很快的就可以進入狀況，達到預期的目標，而紐西蘭的教育制度是值得讚賞的，不像在台灣每天硬塞給你東西，也不知道有沒有吸收到什麼，而那邊是一點一滴紮紮實實得交給你，學習英文變的輕鬆有趣並不會感到任何壓力，尤其是上課的時候，從對話中學習到新的單字，印象特別深刻，死背沒有運用到是沒法子永遠記住的…也許是好奇心，在那邊你會和外國人相處的很好，彼此有聊不完的話，分享一些心情。

而且假日都會一起到著名的景點遊玩，去看海豚，火山、坐快艇、滑雪、滑草、登山、探險…你不會在路途中稍作休息，因為每到一個景點的道路旁，是成群的羊兒還有低頭吃草的牛隻，在等著你的到來，你可以敞開心胸，懷抱這美麗又令人心動的景色，儘管是一草一木也都那麼吸引人…到紐西蘭雖然只有兩個月，並不是很長的時間，但看到了新事物，領悟到了新想法，交到了好朋友，覺得自己精神層面提昇了不少，當然英文也進步了不少，回想到在那裡的一切，總是甜甜的…。

How to describe my love to New Zealand Oh! It's all beyond discription.. However I finally found a suitable adj to discribe the beautiful place . I called it "paradise". One year ago, when I arrived New Zealand , the enormous blue sky impressed me a lot. The hills were dotted with hundreds of sheep, and the scenery was out of words. Not only the wonderful scenery, but also the warmth of relationship with my friends in New Zealand appealed me a lot. The days I spent with my home-stay mother and my friends enriched my life and broaden my horizon. As for me, I'm the one who seek for adventure.

Learning with the classmates coming from different parts of world was the most interesting thing . Oh! My love towardNew Zealand is endless. Though I can't stay there for a long time, I do take something way with me, my sweet memory.

1 September 2002, this was my new life in New Zealand. I enjoyed the scenery very much. Everything was so fresh in my mind, I learned not only language but also personal transactions with different cultures. I want to share with you my home-stay experiences. There were three persons in my home-stay. My home-stay Mother, Mary, she was a very nice mother, and my Japanese roommate, Kimie, she taught me a lot of things. Everyday Mary cooked different meals, pork, fish, sausage, and so on. She also cooked rice for me because I am a Taiwanese. I felt very touched.
As for my roommate, she helped me a lot. She showed me to how to take bus or ferry (boat) to school, told me her experiences in New Zealand. We always chatted and watched TV programs with my home-stay. In fact, I believe that if you want to learn the core of one language, you should choose to live in then active speakers houses. In Taiwan, from elementary school to senior high school, students always took grammar course. As a result, when we talked about grammar, we always felt it would be very boring. However, after finishing the course in New Zealand, I changed my stereotype. My teacher combined the grammar with our daily life. She let us practice what we learned with different games. Then, the grammar became useful and interesting. This was really a very special experience in my life.
After that, I think the best time was when I went to the tripsin New Zealand. I was lucky to make a friend who had a car in New Zealand. I want to appreciate the following people. Because of them, I had the most wonderful memory in my life. Thank you for my family, aunt Kay, aunt Sunny, and my all friends all over the world.