A homestay is an enriching experience which enables cultural and emotional exchanges :
- Living with a family will help you discover a new culture from the inside and improve your language skills in a more practical way.
- Hosting a foreign student is a real invitation to get to know one-another, and is personal and cultural enrichment
LIVING IN A FRENCH FAMILY :
We can offer homestays for periods of 2 weeks to 5 months in carefully selected families. These families are very motivated and ready to open their homes and their hearts.
- Homestay orientation for participants upon arrival
- We remain in close contact with families
- Staying with a family requires open-mindedness and a good sense of adaptability
- Half-board during the week and full board on weekends, on holidays and during the Christmas holiday period.
BECOMING A HOST FAMILY : read PDF form
We receive a lot of foreign students from 16 to 70 years old –or more- who come to study French or improve their language skills with us.
- Highschoolers, students from universities or higher education institutions, individuals
- From 2 weeks to 5 months
- Half-board during the week and full board on weekends, on holidays and during the Christmas holiday period.
- For a weekend or even just a dinner.
We always are in demand for families in the Agen or Villeneuve sur Lot areas.
- The selection of the family always starts with a visit by someone from IFLS staff
- Orientation meeting before the students arrive.
- Financial compensation