Are there home stays on LL/CE programs?
All language learning programs include a one week home stay with a local family. Placements are carefully arranged by an on-site coordinator who knows the community well. Generally only one student is placed with each family in LL programs in order to maximize language immersion. CE programs in Australia/New Zealand, and in Europe also include week-long home stays. This provides an excellent opportunity to become fully engaged in another culture. During all home stays, the program leaders stay in the community where the home stays are located and are available to the students to work through any difficulties they may encounter. Our experience in over 50 years of home stays is that they cause anxiety in advance, but that students often pick them out as the high light of their experience.
