Long term study in immersion: Accommodation

• Host family
Our partner schools carefully select host families who, additionally, are subject to regular inspections, taking into account the feedback of students.
Generally, students of the same mother tongue are not accommodated under the same roof, except on request. Specific requests concerning the family (children, young people, animals, special diet, non-smokers...) are taken into consideration during the enrolment and are respected in most cases (enrolment deadline). It is very important to specify all cases of allergies or illness in order to inform the host family of it. Finding out about your interests and hobbies will also be useful to use for finding the family which will suit you best.
Generally, the families live within a relatively close perimeter of the school. Staying with a host family without doubt represents the best accommodation option during a language study stay abroad. The daily contact with the family offers the possibility to constantly practise the language, whilst discovering the expressions, the mentality and the customs of the people of the country. This authentic experience is a marvellous complement to the classes. Additionally, it happens often that the student and the host families form a bond and keep in contact after the stay.

• Campus
Ideal for students who wish to enjoy a maximum amount of independence, this type of accommodation also allows you to form bonds with the otehr students quickly.
You can stay in a single room or (more frequently) in a double room and, in most cases, you share the bathroom and the kitchen with the other students. The comfort of the houses meets the basic standards of the host country.

• Shared apartment
This type of accommodation allows you to share with local inhabitants in a single room. This option allows for total independence as far as meals are concerned (possibility to use the kitchen) and to share with people who also have an independent lifestyle. Very popular in Germany under the name of WG (Wohngemeinschaft) or in England (student house), this option is also proposed in Spain, Ireland, Malta, Italy and Austria.

• Residence
Residences are boarding houses for students which offer very attractive prices thanks to their links with our partner schools. For this reason, you meet numerous students there, but also sometimes travellers on holidays. The dining halls or the bar of the boarding house are suitable places to create contacts.
Residences offer various accommodation possibilities, including a single or double room, an indivicial or shared bathroom, kitchen...

• Hotels/apartments
You can also plan a language study trip whilst enjoying the comfort of a hotel or an apartment rented for the occasion. In most cases, our partner schools propose a hotel and apartment booking service. It goes without saying that this accommodation option is more expensive than the others.

• Course without accommodation
It is of course possible to book only a course with ESL and to organise the accommodation yourself. If you have friends or family on-site or simply prefer to get by alone, please do not hesitate to inform us. You therefore only pay the price of the courses without any supplement. You wish to rent an apartment on-site with other students? No problem, the best solution consists of booking one of the accommodation options proposed during the first or first few weeks of the course, giving you time to make friends and to carry out the necessary research on-site.