I would like to host only adults only teenagers both adults and teenagers

I can host only in July and August only from September to June all year round

Name*

Family name*

Address:*

Occupation*

Mobile phone number*

home phone number

Email*

Confirm Email*

Nationality*

Names, ages and occupations of all family members /other people living in the host family home:

ACCOMODATION DETAILS

Please tell us about the accommodation you can offer* 1 student in a single room 1 student in a double room 2 friends in a twin room 2 students in two separate rooms

Will the student(s) have an en-suite room or exclusive use of a bathroom?*  YES NO
If Yes, give details here.

Are there any pets in your home?*  YES NO
If Yes, give details here.

Does anybody in the family smoke?*   YES NO
If yes, is smoking permitted inside your home?

Has the family hosted foreign students before?   YES NO
If no, give details here

Can you provide breakfast, a packed lunch and dinner every day?  YES NO

If you want to host a teenager, can you transport your teenage student to and from school Monday to Friday?*   YES NO

If you want to host an adult, do you live within a 30-minute walk of the school?*  YES NO

If you want to host an adult, is your home on a bus route?*   YES NO
If yes, give details here

Mark the activities you are interested in*.
football   television   reading   basketball   cinema   travelling   tennis  
theatre   water sports   cycling   music   video games   swimming   IT  
photography   golf   clubbing   horse-riding   walking   dancing   art

Please give details of any other hobbies and interests you or your family have here:

Tell us anything else about your family, or ask us about hosting here:

Terms and conditions for host families – please read carefully

• Host families play an important role in our students’ language skills development. All our students have between an elementary and advanced level of English and their primary goal on their Language Place Total Immersion programme is to improve their language skills by practising English with native speakers as often as they can. While our students generally spend most of their time in class, studying or doing activities and excursions organised by The Language Place, it is important that they have real communication opportunities with their host families when they are at home in the evenings. For this reason, persons applying to be host families should be prepared to converse with their student on a regular basis and make the guest student feel very welcome and at ease in their homes.

• Hosts/host families are not required to entertain the guest student outside the family home but may do so if they wish.

• Hosts/host families are not required to collect students from the airport. Students will be transported to and from the airport by private bus.

• It is usual practice for hosts/host families to collect their student from The Language Place building on the day of their arrival in Ireland, usually a Sunday, and assist them with transporting their luggage to the host family home unless previous transport arrangements have been made with The Language Place.

• Hosts/host families are required to provide their students with breakfast, a packed lunch and dinner every day during their stay here. Please ask your student(s) what foods they like/don’t like. Some students may prefer to make their own breakfast/packed lunch and should be provided with the provisions to do so. A packed lunch could be a sandwich, a salad or a pasta dish with fruit and/or yoghurt or some cheese.

• Unlike Irish people, our Spanish, German, Italian and French students are used to eating their main meal in the middle of the day rather than the evening. They are not used to packed lunches and the novelty wears of sandwiches wears off after a few days! We would ask host families to vary the contents of the packed lunch (different breads, fillings, salads, etc.)

• Students who have specific dietary requirements will have indicated these requirements on their enrolment forms but as a general rule, the guest students will eat the same as other family members.

• If a student is not at home for dinner at your family’s usual mealtimes because they are on an organised trip with The Language Place, please leave dinner for them to warm up.

• Some students from warmer climates than our own, females in particular, will tend to eat less than Irish people.

• Generally adult students prefer to be within walking distance of the school (up to 30 minutes) or on a bus route. However, applications from hosts/host families who live outside the town are also welcome as some of our adult students have expressed a desire to stay with a host family in a rural setting. Preference will be given to hosts/host families who can provide transport for their student(s) to The Language Place every morning and collect their student from The Language Place every evening, in particular if the host/host family wishes to host more than one student at a time.

• The rate for hosting is €30 per teenage student / €35 per adult student per night. Hosts/host families will be paid by bank transfer or by bank draft by The Language Place at the end of the students’ stay. Do let us know which method you prefer.

• Occasionally, despite our best efforts to match our students with our hosts/host families, the hosting arrangement is not satisfactory and a student may ask us to organise alternative accommodation. In the very unlikely event of this happening, the student will be re-accommodated and the host/host family immediately paid in full for the time the student spent in their home.

• In the case of illness or other unforeseen circumstances the student may cancel his/her accommodation before arrival. In the very unlikely event of this happening, a payment equivalent to three nights’ accommodation will be given to the host/host family for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation.

Additional terms and conditions for hosting teenagers:

• Our teenage guest students welcome opportunities to spend time with Irish people their own age and for this reason we give priority to applications from host families with teenage children. Irish teenage hosts are very welcome to join their guest students on some trips and excursions organised by The Language Place. Costs are covered by The Language Place.

• Teenage students must be transported to the school every morning before 9.30 and collected from the school every evening at 17.30 or at 19.30 on Saturdays. Preference will be given to host families who can provide transport for their teenage student(s).

• Applications from host families who live in a rural setting are very welcome. However, once again, preference will be given to host families who can provide transport for their student(s) to The Language Place every morning and collect their student from The Language Place every evening, in particular if the host family wishes to host more than one student at a time.

• It is imperative that the whereabouts of a teenage guest student is known at all times. For this reason during their free time, teenage students are not permitted to travel to other towns/cities unaccompanied by an adult or a Language Place representative. They should spend their evenings and Sundays with the young people in their host family and not with the other students on the programme. If they wish to visit or meet up with another student, permission must be given by the directors of The Language Place. This is for the students’ safety while in Ireland and all students and their parents are made aware of this rule in advance.

• Our teenage students are all minors and are therefore not permitted to consume alcohol during their stay. This is made very clear to the student and their parents before they come to Ireland.

• In the event of a teenage student becoming ill during his/her stay in your home, please inform either Richard or Annemarie at The Language Place as soon as the student complains of feeling unwell. We can speak to the student in their own language to determine if medical attention is necessary, and make any arrangements to bring the unwell guest student to the doctor. Underage students should not be given any medication other than paracetemol or ibuprofen without our informing their parents as agreed with them in the terms and conditions for students. In case of an emergency situation when prompt medical attention is clearly necessary, please call an ambulance and inform us immediately. We are contactable 24 hours a day on 087 2297476 and 087 229 7473.

Please feel free to contact us at The Language Place at any time if you have any questions or concerns while hosting our students.

Richard Keogh, Managing Director, The Language Place

Annemarie Keogh, Academic Director, The Language Place

I have read the terms and conditions of the teen total immersion course*