Host Family Accommodation For English Language Students In The UK
Host family accommodation can be an integral component to the studies of international students. Not only does the host family provide a home environment with the opportunity for privacy or integration but also potentially provides emotional support and friendship. Reputable schools select their host families carefully and they are regularly inspected to make sure that high standards are maintained, conforming to specifications of various accrediting bodies.
The homes that have been selected have diverse conditions and a ‘host family’ could be a single person or a couple, that are retired, or where one or both are working. It could be with or without young, teenage or adult children or pets. The hosts can be any age – early 20’s to middle aged or older. When students book their accommodation, they can request certain conditions, which schools take into account when allocating a host family. The student may have allergies, religious reasons or have personal likes and dislikes and request a home with no cats; no dogs; no young children, television in the bedroom, wireless...