By staying with a friendly French speaking host family in Belgium, you, your child, teenager or family group can eat, sleep and breathe the French language (and Belgian culture) as part of a total language immersion.
Staying with a Belgian host family offers a relaxed, fun, yet intensive approach to language learning. Your child might be preparing for a French exam. Or perhaps you’d like to feed a personal passion to improve your French. Staying with a Belgian host family 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 French all day and avoiding the temptation to speak to other students in your native language.
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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 French speaking host families in Belgium. 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 French speaking host family in Belgium 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.
Situated in west Europe, Belgium is a fascinating, compact, multilingual place with 3 official languages - Dutch, French and German. The linguistic diversity is a reflection of the country's complex political history. Scarred by battles and resistance, so many powers had an interest in the region that it only became an independent state in 1830 and still houses rivalry between the predominantly Flemish North and Wallonian South.
Known for its medieval belfries and renaissance architecture, the capital of Brussels also has a newer side influenced by innovative art museums and hip cafes. With its step-gabled houses overlooking pretty urban canals and magical market squares, Bruges is seriously seductive. The vast variety of Belgian beer is revered by many as the finest in the world and best enjoyed with a bowl of steaming mussels in a creamy rich sauce accompanied by crispy frites. For dessert eat your fill of delicious waffles and heavenly smooth chocolate.
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