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DESCRIPTION :

DESCRIPTION OF THE HOMESTAY: Live with a host family abroad! The homestay program provides an opportunity to become a member of a host family living abroad. During this immersion program, the student will share the day-to-day life and special activities of a host family according to the country. 

Students should be prepared to participate in, and to adapt to the  family life and to help with various tasks around the house. So the  more the student will try to learn about their customs, diet and habits, the more rewarding the experience. The student participating in a Homestay program should be open-minded, mature and curious. He/she will make new friends, become acquainted with a foreign culture from the inside and make significant progress in learning a foreign language due to the constant immersion in the language studied. 

Most homestays are living in small town or in the countryside. Very few families living in city centres welcome exchange students due to the size of their housing.  This exciting immersion program promotes international understanding. It is an excellent opportunity to learn another language  and discover another culture. This language improvement comes from constant immersion within a family as well as their friends and relatives. This program is generally four weeks long, however some prolonged or shortened programs can be offered. 

Some options may be added: Home Schooling, Discovery Paris for french Homestays (see program description).

ELIGIBILITY : from 13 to 18 years old. This Homestay program is suitable to students who are already autonomous and used to travel and who have a sufficient level in the language to be improved (1 to 2 years of study is a minimum).

DESTINATION : Live in an Australian host family, share the everyday life of a Canadian family, live in a German homestay, live in a French family, discover our Spanish Homestays in Mexico and Spain, enjoy an American host family! 

LENGTH OF THE HOMESTAY: Usually 4 weeks. 

ACCOMMODATION : Host family. Students are hosted in homestays who will provide full board accommodation. 

SPECIFICATION : Please note that participants cannot choose a specific area in a country for the homestay. Nacel International reserves the possibility to  place the student anywhere in the hosting country. Individuals may choose dates all year round. 

DATES : June/July/August.

APPLICATION DEADLINES: We need to receive application at least 2 months prior departure.


FRANCE :

France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and which also comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. French people often refer to Metropolitan France as L'Hexagone (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory.France is the most popular international tourist destination in the world, receiving over 75 million foreign tourists annually. The country is known around the world as a diverse country in its people, architectures and landscapes.

France has produced some of the continent's most influential writers and thinkers from Descartes and Pascal in the 17th century, through Rousseau and Voltaire in the 18th, Baudelaire and Flaubert in the 19th to Sartre and Camus in the 20th.

In the last two centuries it has given the art world the works of Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse and Braque, to name but a few. It is also famous for its strong culinary tradition. France produces more than 250 cheeses and some of the world's best-loved wines.
 

AREA: 547,030 sq km

CLIMATE: Generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral

POPULATION: 63.4 million

RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%

LANGUAGES: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

GOVERNMENT TYPE: Republic

CAPITAL: Paris 

CURRENCY: Euro

NATIONAL HOLIDAY: Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1790)

GDP PER CAPITA (purchasing power parity): $29,600 (2005 est.) 
 USA = $41,600 (2005 est.)
 China = $6,800 (2005 est.)
 Bresil = $8,300 (2005 est.)