Language homestays allow children, teenagers, adults or family groups to eat, sleep and breathe a foreign language. Staying with a friendly host family abroad provides that unique space in which you can grow in confidence and build language proficiency. Whether you or your child are studying for a qualification, brushing up your language skills or looking for a more authentic cultural experience, a language homestay gives you access to an effective learning experience like no other.
- Language exchange – you or your child stays with a family abroad then a family member of the same age stays with you and your family. Find out more
- Homestay – you, your child or family group stay with a family abroad. Find out more
- Stay with a teacher – you or your child stay in the home of a teacher abroad for more structured lessons. Find out more.
Learn fast, gain confidence, have fun
Our hosts are ready to welcome you into their homes. They have all been approved using stringent security checks. Now they are ready to help you learn fast, grow in confidence, and experience their culture and lifestyle. We help you choose who you stay with based on location, lifestyle, interests (and even diet or religion).
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Join Lingoo now if you are studying for an exam, brushing up on your languages for work, or preparing for a holiday.
You can book as many language homestays as you like in the following 12 months when you join Lingoo. Become a Lingoo member and start arranging the ideal language homestays for you, your child or family group. Read more about becoming a Parent Member or, if you wish to host a Language Au Pair, read more about becoming an Au Pair Family Member.
Adults who who wish to join and travel alone or with a small family group can read more about becoming an Adult Member.
You can find out more about the Lingoo community, how it works, and read some real-life stories from our members by visiting our FAQs and blog pages.
It’s a relatively new way for a you or your child to learn or improve your foreign language skills. Book a stay with a host family for language and cultural immersion or with a teacher for formal, structured lessons. Your Lingoo host provides accommodation and meals and a fast and effective way to eat, sleep and breathe the language to help with exams, confidence and proficiency.
It’s is a new, intensive way for learners of all ages to eat, sleep and breathe a foreign language. The teacher provides meals, accommodation and formal or informal lessons to help accelerate language acquisition. All of our validated homestay teachers hold a professional qualification to teach the language or languages they offer.
Two members offer hospitality to each other on a reciprocal basis. It offers members of all ages a fun way to make new friends and experience a new culture as part of learning and using a foreign language.
Hosting a language Au Pair in your home can provide daily access to a native speaker ready to help children or teenagers improve their foreign language skills. It’s an intensive, fun way to boost language confidence without the need to travel. What’s more, unlike a teacher, there are no fees. You provide accommodation, meals and a warm welcome in exchange for enthusiastic language support.
Choose a homestay with someone who shares your (or your child's) interests, your lifestyle and even religion. Most hosts are happy to share their hobbies and provide fun activities and day trips. All these elements make up a successful language homestay experience. You can find out what kinds of interests some of our hosts offer by searching here.
Offer paid stays in your own home to families, children or individual adults, and if you hold a recognised teaching qualification, you can also offer formal language lessons as a homestay teacher. You’re in complete control of who stays in your home, for how long, when, how much you charge, and what benefits you offer. You even decide which age group you’d like to host. To find out more about hosting and teaching from home, read more … For tips on how to become a successful Lingoo host family or teacher, read our blog.
You need to know that your homestay plans will be safe and secure. Since 2007, we have been using a stringent validation process for members; no one can actively use our site without first being validated by a human being. We physically check each member’s profile and members must supply a current identification document and proof of address. For added security, we allow members to create a credentials file (available to members on request). Our hosts are then evaluated by visitors with feedback left on their Lingoo profile.
We also protect your personal information on our secure servers in an encrypted form and our secure messaging system maintains your privacy during communication with other members. Any financial transactions through Lingoo are also safeguarded through enhanced security. Read more about security on Lingoo.