How old can international students stay with a host family?

Choosing the right international student accommodation for your child is a crucial decision that requires a combination of factors. Here are some suggestions:

1.Budget Planning:

Be clear about the rent budget you have set for your children. Consider expenses such as rent, living expenses, utilities, etc., and make sure that the student accommodation you choose is within your budget.

2.Geographical location:

Consider the location of the apartment and make sure it is close to schools and other necessary amenities (supermarkets, hospitals, transportation, etc.). The choice of geographical location will affect the child's daily life and learning.

3.Security:

Find out about the safety of your student accommodation location. Choose a relatively safe community to ensure your child's safety while studying abroad.

4.Facilities & Services:

Inspect the facilities and services of the apartment, including dormitory facilities, laundry facilities, common areas, internet service, cleaning services, etc. Make sure these facilities are tailored to your child's needs and habits.

5.Accessibility:

Consider the traffic around the apartment, including public transportation, walking, and biking paths. Make sure your child has easy access to school and other important locations.

6.Social and cultural environment:

Learn about the social and cultural environment where the apartment is located. Consider choosing a place where your child can socialize and immerse themselves in the local culture.

7.Academic Resources:

8.Rental Contract:

Read the lease contract in detail to understand the terms of the contract, the length of the lease, the check-out rules, etc. Make sure the terms in the contract are reasonable and transparent.

9.Parent Community & Network Resources:

Participate in a community of international parents and learn from other parents about their options and experiences. Look for reviews and word-of-mouth reviews of international student apartments online.

10.International Student Services Office:

Considering the above factors and making informed decisions based on your child's personal preferences and needs can help provide a safe, comfortable and learning-ready living environment for your child. Do you have more questions about student housing?

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First of all, the accommodation in the school is generally closed and does not allow students to go out at will, while in contrast, students in host families can go out freely without time constraints and have more free space.

Secondly, living with the host family, which is mostly a local resident, and having a purely oral conversation every day can improve the student's language ability and adapt to the environment faster.

In addition, host families will have more opportunities to take students to participate in family gatherings, group outings, or church services, etc., which can enable students to integrate into local life in a very short time, make more friends, and better understand the local customs.

Finally, the Vousin host family can get along with the students and give them family-like care, so that the students can feel as little lonely as possible in a foreign land.

In the early days of studying abroad, many Chinese students will stay with local families, which is known as "homestay". It is not only to improve English proficiency, but also to familiarize yourself with Western life and customs, and better integrate into the local society. Unlike ordinary rentals, boarding students live and eat with their host families, and live with them day and night, so it is very helpful for international students who have just arrived abroad to quickly improve their English conversation skills and understand the local customs and culture.

However, different cultural backgrounds and living habits often lead to conflicts between boarding students and their host families. It is important for international students to follow the local customs, respect and follow the living habits, schedules and eating habits of their host family, and understand this clearly. To sum up, students living in Homestay should pay attention to the following aspects:

Most Westerners like to go to bed early and get up early, and boarding students should not use ** to chat with people after 9 o'clock in the evening, and do not make a loud noise in the bathroom, let alone return in the middle of the night, so as not to affect the landlord's rest.

2. Bathing: pay attention to personal hygiene

Westerners generally pay a lot of attention to personal hygiene and take baths frequently. It's a good idea for boarding students to ask when it's time to take a shower as soon as they move in, so they don't have any conflicts or no hot water. Try to shorten the bathing time to about 10 minutes.

After washing, clean the bathroom, wipe it with a cloth, and finally open the window for ventilation.

3. Practice conversation: find a topic to chat with

Being able to practice English with foreigners is the original intention of many boarding students. But it's best to find opportunities and topics to chat with the landlord, rather than asking the landlord to practice your English with you regardless of the occasion or face.

4. Appropriate help: housework

Active participation is the best manifestation of integration into the family, and boarding students should not have the idea of "I pay, you work", and should participate appropriately in some household chores, such as setting the table before and after meals, washing dishes, helping to clean the house, etc.

5. Clean up the room: Keep the room tidy

Foreigner families generally carry out household cleaning once a week on Saturday or Sunday, and the whole family will clean up the room, dust the carpet, wash the clothes, etc. At this time, boarding students should also do a full cleaning of their rooms and organize their belongings. Even on weekdays, don't have unfolded bedding and messy rooms, and keep your room clean and tidy.

Finally, it should be emphasized that although the homestay father and mother are not their own biological parents, during the boarding period, they are taking care of your daily life and food, and they have paid a certain amount of love and care, and boarding students should respect foreign "parents". Of course, homestay has a certain commercial flavor after all, if the host family's behavior is really unsatisfactory, you don't have to blindly tolerate your own dissatisfaction, but it is best to politely raise it and negotiate it calmly.

Advantages:

1) Boarding schools are closed and students are not allowed to go out, compared to homestays, there is more freedom for homestays.

2) Living with a local host family and conversing in English can improve your child's language skills.

3) The host family will bring the child to attend parties, trips, community activities or church services, so that the child can integrate into the local life in a very short time, learn about the local culture and make local friends.

Disadvantages:

1) The members of the host family have their own work and life, and parents may not be able to take care of and tutor their children all the time except for working hours.

2) The child is still young and under 17 years old, and needs to have a guardian, because the guardian has to bear certain legal responsibilities, so the parents of the host family may not want to be the guardian of the child.

3) There are certain cultural differences between international students and local host families, and sometimes due to incorrect expressions, unintentionally causing unhappiness between both parties, and not communicating in time to cause estrangement, resulting in negative impact.

It is best to send your child to a local host family, in fact, the cost of a local host family may be the same as the cost of the school's dormitory. But comparatively speaking, living in a homestay will be more comfortable than living in a school.

I think I should stay with a local host family, because it can protect the child's life safety, and it can also cultivate the child's adaptability, and it also helps the child's physical and mental health, so I think I should stay with a local host family.

You should live in a local clan homestay, the cost of studying abroad is already very high, and then going to live in Songsuichi's expensive dormitory will cause the child's life to be very nervous.