Description:
One-to-One Homestay, living in the tutor's home, including private room, individual and customised tuition, full-board (all meals), participation in family life and activities, cultural visits and excursions. Pick-up/drop-off at the nearest airport/railway station. A fantastic linguistic and cultural experience!!
Eurolingua One-to-One Homestay Programmes are available all year and are suitable for students of any age (16 - 75 years) and language level (beginner to advanced). Ideal for personal interest, business, travel or examination revision purposes. All Eurolingua tutors are fully-qualified teachers and native speakers, experienced in teaching their mother tongue as a foreign language.
The unique Eurolingua One-to-One Homestay Programme will ensure that you make maximum progress in the shortest possible time, whatever your starting level, beginner to advanced. You live full-board in the home of your fully-qualified foreign language tutor, receiving 4 hours per day (20 hours per week) of individual language tuition, specifically adapted to your own level, learning pace and interests, whether for business or pleasure!! The rest of the time you benefit from lots of conversational practice by participating in the usual everyday family activities of your personal tutor and family and by meeting people in the local community. You may, of course, have as much independent time as you wish. You acquire an authentic accent, total confidence and real fluency in the language.
Make spectacular progress in the shortest possible time. Individual tuition adapted to your own requirements, full-board accommodation (private room, all meals), local excursions and lots of fun!
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Highlights:
Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area
The house is an attractive Victorian terraced property with three bedrooms and retains many original features. The property is located in Horfield, a district North of the City centre, offering an interesting mixture of shops, supermarkets, restaurants and cafe bars. The shops and bus stops are just a two-minute walk from the house. Bus journeys into the city centre take approximately 15 minutes. Next to the house is a park that has public tennis facilities and a bowling green. There is also a sports centre and local swimming pool within easy walking distance of the property.
Travel
Bristol is located in the South West of England, 110 miles west of London, near the Bristol Channel. The journey from London to Bristol takes approximately 90 minutes by train or 2 hours by bus. There is a direct bus service from London Heathrow and Gatwick airport and also many direct flights from around Europe into Bristol International airport.
Description of Bristol
Bristol is the ideal place for people to learn English. It is a lively and exciting city that offers a true taste of England to the visitor. Bristol is a medium sized city with a population of 500,000. The city is not overcrowded with tourists at any time of the year, 50 it is a good place to get to know England and the English. At the same time it is a beautiful city with excellent modem facilities and elegant historic places. The city is based around its historic harbour area, now completely modernised and offering new entertainment venues. Bristol has two universities and two cathedrals. The Clifton district is well known for its Georgian houses and for the world famous Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Entertainment and Sports
The centre of Bristol offers aIl you could want in tenns of bars, clubs, restaurants, shops and cafes, with chic modem venues alongside the more traditional English ones. The city has football and rugby teams, and facilities for most types of sport. In summer there are many open air events such as the Harbour Festival, the Hot Air Balloon Festival, the Ashton Court Music Festival and many more. There is a city centre cinema and several large cinema complexes in the suburbs with nearby modem shopping centres.
Surrounding Areas
Bristol lies in some of the most beautiful countryside in England. It is very close to the Cotswold Hills, and the area of North Somerset, both with 5Orne of the prettiest English villages you can find anywhere. Not far away is the Bristol Channel (the broad estuary of the river Severn and the beautiful area of South Wales. Eight miles South East of Bristol is the elegant Georgian city of Bath, which is a world famous heritage centre.
City Museum Art Gallery, Bristol Industrial Museum, The Georgian House, The Red Lodge, Blaise Castle House Museum, King's Weston Roman Villa, SS Great Britain, Balloon Fiesta, Ashton Court Music Festival, Cheddar Caves, Bristol Zoo, Slimbridge Wildlife Park, Longl.eat Safari Park, Clifton Suspension Bridge, The Arnolfini Arts Centre, Imax 3-D Gallery. Bristol University's Gothic Tower, Cabot Tower, Old Vic Theatre, City of Bath (world heritage centre).
Minimum Education: High School
Language:
English
Language Used As A Medium of Teaching:
English
Subject Areas:
English,
English Literature
and Intensive Language
Cost in US$: please refer to the Eurolingua web site
Cost Includes: One-to-One Homestay in the tutor's home. Private room, customised tuition, all meals, visits, excursions, activities and participation in family life.
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
This Program is open to
Worldwide
Participants.
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Typical Living Arrangement:
Home-stays
Participants Travel to England
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
Typically The Application Process Time Is 2 weeks
Post Services Include:
Exit DebriefingAbroad
Job and Internship Network
Eurolingua Institute's Mission Statement: The Eurolingua Institute provides group and individual customized tuition in modern languages, paid work experience programmes, internships, and unique immersion programmes living in the teacher's own home.
The Eurolingua Institute currently teaches 11 languages at over 70 schools in 40 countries and at over 150 homestay locations worldwide.
Year Founded: 1993