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Language holidays for young learners

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Language holidays for children and teenagers

Language holidays for children and teenagers allow young learners to eat, sleep and breathe learning a foreign language.  Help your child or teenager improve their French, German, Spanish, or Italian... by organising a language immersion holiday directly with another family abroad.   The best way for your child to improve their foreign language is to practice it everyday.  

With Lingoo you choose and contact foreign host families directly, giving you much more control where your child stays during their foreign language immersion holiday and saving you money.  

All major languages covered
Lingoo hosts and teachers are all native speakers living in the countries where the language is spoken. So, for example, your child can learn French in France or Belgium, study Spanish in Spain or even South America , Italian in Italy or stay with a German host teacher in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Search to see all of the languages spoken by Lingoo members.

Language exchange
With Lingoo your child could participate in a language exchange. You choose a like- minded foreign family for your child abroad. A language exchange is then based on the two families each offering hospitality in turn on a reciprocal basis.

Language homestay
With Lingoo your child could be welcomed by a host family or language teacher that you pay directly. Your child or teenager will be welcomed into the home of a friendly host family that you select from the published offers on Lingoo. You can choose a host family or foreign language teacher that fits perfectly with your child.

Language Au Pair  
Instead of sending your child or teenager abroad, invite a language Au Pair in your own home for native speaker language support for all of the family. 

All of our families have passed stringent security controls. Read more about security on Lingoo 

Choose an experience
Homestay with a Teacher
Homestay with a host family
Find out more

You can book as many language holidays as you like for one named child in the following 12 months when you join Lingoo. Become a Lingoo member and start arranging the ideal language course for your child. 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. 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.  

How it works
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Search
Look through our published profiles. Click on the search bar now (you don’t need to be a member).
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Register
Join as a Parent Member, complete the questionnaire and publish your profile.
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Connect
Choose between a language exchange, homestay, homestay with a teacher or welcoming a Language Au Pair. Find a partner for your child. Make contact and start to discuss a trip.
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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 homestay.
What is a language homestay?

It’s a relatively new way for a child or teenager to learn or improve their 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.  

What is a homestay with a teacher?

It’s is a new, intensive way for young learners 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.  

What is a language exchange?

Two members offer hospitality to each other’s children of the same age. It offers children and teenagers a fun way to make new friends and experience a new culture as part of learning and using a foreign language.

Why receive a Language Au Pair?

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.

Make learning fun

Choose a homestay with someone who shares your young learner’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.

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Become a Lingoo host family or homestay teacher

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

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Security is at the heart of our approach

You need to know that your young learner’s homestay 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.

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