By staying with a friendly host family in Galway Ireland, you, your child, teenager or family group can eat, sleep and breathe the English language (and Irish culture) as part of a total language immersion.
Staying with a host family offers a relaxed, fun, yet intensive approach to language learning. Your child might be preparing for an English exam. Or perhaps you’d like to feed a personal passion to improve your English. Staying with a host family in Galway offers great value for money. There are no fees to pay to a middleman, so it’s cheaper than a language school or an agency. It’s an effective way to learn because you live with your host family, practising English all day and avoiding the temptation to speak to other students in your native language.
Galway on the West coast of the country is often considered the most Irish of Ireland’s cities. It is very much bilingual, where, unlike many other big cities in Ireland you will often hear Irish spoken in the shops, pubs or simply in passing conversation on the streets. Walks along the picturesque River Corrib with the grand Galway Cathedral in the background are blissful. An ancient European sea port, Galway is steeped in history and remnants of the medieval city wall are dotted throughout the city. Modern day Galway however, has a cool, arty and bohemian vibe. A young city, over a quarter of the population are students attending the prestigious National University of Ireland. Talented performers belting out enticing melodies line the streets, dotted with colourful shops and pubs alive with traditional music. Nearby are the unique and impressive landscapes of Connemara, The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher.
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Your hosts provide a welcoming environment, support your learning, and offer an authentic window into their culture. And to help you make the most of your stay, you communicate with your host family before you book, getting to know them and their interests.
Lingoo has hundreds of registered, approved host families in Galway. We’re confident you’ll find one where you want to stay, that shares your interests, and even your diet or religion. Each host family has a personal profile that includes their interests as well as references and evaluations from previous guests. And because you’re able to communicate before you travel, both parties avoid that awful moment when you first ring the doorbell and wonder who will answer – because you already know each other.
If you are interested in finding a host through Lingoo for your child or teenager, then please click here. If you are interested in finding a host for you or your family, then please click here. To learn about all other membership opportunities on Lingoo, please visit our home page.
Finding a host family in Galway that best suits your lifestyle and interests is so much easier when you use Lingoo.
Lingoo host family profiles are diverse. They range from traditional and single-parent families to single adults and retirees. But all of them believe that learning a foreign language should be fun and full of the discovery that classroom settings simply cannot offer. They will help you learn and practise the language in everyday situations and while indulging your hobbies. If you would also like structured language lessons, click here to find out more about staying with a homestay teacher.
Some hosts can also arrange to pick you (or your child) up at the airport or station and transport you there again when you return home. The Lingoo contract is also there to help unaccompanied children pass through immigration. The identity of every host is checked personally by the Lingoo team before they can register with us. Together with references and visitor evaluations, contracts for each reservation, and support from the Lingoo team when misunderstandings occur, we ensure that your homestays are safe, secure and offer great value for money. Even your deposit is covered by our cancellation rules. Click here to JOIN NOW.
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