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Learn English in your teacher's home

You, your child or family group can live with an English teacher who will provide you with structured language lessons and day-to-day conversation practice in a totally immersive and welcoming atmosphere.

Learn English in the home of your teacher

Learn English with one to one lessons living in the home of your teacher. By staying with a qualified English language tutor, you, your child, teenager or family group can benefit from total linguistic and cultural immersion in a friendly home environment. Enjoy a combination of structured language lessons and conversational practice in everyday situations.

A full English immersion through a teacher homestay means that whether your child is preparing for an exam or you personally are brushing up on your language skills for a professional qualification you have access to a uniquely intensive path to progress. Your English teacher will assess your needs or those of your child and develop a personalised, one-to-one language course. So it’s not only a more targeted approach to learning but also a more economical one as there are no fees for a middleman.

And unlike a typical teacher agency, you choose the English teacher personally. Using Lingoo’s secure messaging system you can get to know your teacher first and then make all arrangements – including payments – directly with the teacher.

They will help you learn and practise English in everyday situations, in formal lessons or while indulging your hobbies. So it is always worthwhile choosing one with similar interests to your own. Some English teachers can also arrange to pick you (or your child) up at the airport or station and transport you there again when you return home.

Our English teacher profiles are diverse. Some are full-time homestay teachers while others are school teachers with availability only during school holidays. Others are part-time homestay teachers and will explain their availability on their profiles.

•    All Lingoo offers clearly state the qualifications and experience of the English teacher.

•    All Lingoo offers clearly state whether you or your child will be the teacher’s only student

•    All Lingoo offers clearly state whether the teacher guarantees that there will be no other students speaking your language. 

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Watch our video on how Lingoo works   or    Download a brochure to read later

Using Lingoo you can find many offers from qualified English teachers who specialise in teaching English as a foreign language [TEFL] and are qualified EFL [English as a foreign language] or CELTA [Certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages teachers].

Learning English by staying in the home of your English teacher is a personal and fun way to learn a foreign language that puts you in control. And it will probably be an experience you will want to repeat. 

If you are interested in using Lingoo for your child or teenager, then please click here. If you are interested in using Lingoo for you or your family, then please click here. To learn about all other membership opportunities on Lingoo, please visit our home page.

Learn English in the home of your teacher
English Teachers

Hundreds of approved qualified teachers are registered with Lingoo. You can choose a teacher based on where you want to stay, shared interests – even diet or religion. Each Lingoo teacher has a personal profile that includes references and evaluations from students who’ve stayed on a homestay with that teacher. This all helps to avoid that terrible moment when you first ring the teacher’s bell and wonder who will answer, because you already know each other. 

Remember that Lingoo teachers go through a stringent validation process. Their identity and qualifications are checked personally by the Lingoo validation 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. The Lingoo contract is also there to help unaccompanied children pass through Immigration. Even your deposit is covered by our cancellation rules.   

How it works
1
Search
Look through current teacher profiles. Visit the ‘Offers’ page (you don’t need to be a member)
2
Register
Subscription provides each Member access to unlimited language trips for a 12-month period
3
Connect
Connect to other members, match your interests and read evaluations from previous visitors. Get to know your teacher using our secure messaging system.
4
Book
Finalise the details of your stay via our secure an online reservation tool. You will receive a contract containing all the important details of the teacher homestay.

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