... see whether the homestay families' and ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers' experiences with the students impacted their lives as much as it did to the students. Upon searching for academic resources, however, I discovered an imbalance of information between educators and students-there were many sources which recorded the experiences of exchange students, but there was a lack of credible resources which recorded the experiences of host families or of ESL educators. For my research project, I have resolved to focus my attention on private ESL schools. I would like to show that although the private sector of ESL educational institutions has been present for many years, its growth and importance as an industry has increased only in recent years (1990's), and has affected Vancouverites socially, economically, and culturally. Perhaps this recent growth is a reason why there are insufficient sources that write about private ESL institutions; this could also ...

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