Homestay Programs Spain
PLEASE CHOOSE A PROGRAM :
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.
SPAIN :
Spain is the second largest country in the EU (after France), with a total surface area of 197,000 square miles (510,000 square kilometres). In addition to mainland Spain, territory includes two island archipelagos – the Balearics and the Canaries – and two enclaves on the North African coast, bordering Morocco – Ceuta and Melilla.
It is the largest of the three sovereign nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula—the others are Portugal and the microstate of Andorra. To the west and to the south of Galicia, Spain borders Portugal.
Around 17 million Britons visit Spain every year.
AREA: 510,000 sq km
CLIMATE: Temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
POPULATION: 44 million
RELIGIONS: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
LANGUAGES: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally
GOVERNMENT TYPE: Parliamentary monarchy
CAPITAL: Madrid
CURRENCY: Euro
NATIONAL HOLIDAY: National Day, 12 October
GDP PER CAPITA (purchasing power parity): $25,600 (2005 est.)
France = $29,600 (2005 est.)
USA = $41,600 (2005 est.)
China = $6,800 (2005 est.)
Bresil = $8,300 (2005 est.)
