By staying with a friendly host family in the U.K, you, your child, teenager or family group can eat, sleep and breathe the English language and 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 the U.K. 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, practicing English all day and avoiding the temptation to speak to other students in your native language.
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Living for a while in the UK with an English speaker will give you the chance to use your English in real everyday situations. Take your time to choose a partner member who shares your interests and hobbies because this will give your more confidence when talking about a subject that you already know well.
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 the U.K. 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 the U.K. 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.
The UK is a country rich in diversity and cultural landscape, divided into four nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Depending on your preference you can stay and enjoy the green valleys of the Highlands, the busy and exciting cities of London or Manchester or the wonderful scenery of the Cornish coastline.
Staying with a partner member in the UK will enable you to see and experience the traditions of the United Kingdom. Perhaps you will learn how to cook the Sunday Roast, sipping the famous "five o'clock tea" or watching a live cricket match. Not forgetting the chance to sample a real fish and chips meal.
If you prefer the hustle and bustle or city life, you could spend time in one of the major cities of the UK: Your chance to live in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, in the most original way possible.
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