Eurolingua English Homestay - Killiney, DubIin Bay

  Ireland

• Dublin: 
Dublin

Dates: Year round

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!

Highlights: Your host and teacher, Carmel, has a teaching diploma and experience as a TEFEL teacher teaching adults in a comfortable home environment on the east coast of Ireland. She specialises in adult English for situations from social to business English. She offers a warm, bright personality and likes meeting people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. She keep a clean, well run home and is a good cook. The two bed roomed town house has all modern conveniences including a sun room and a small flower garden complete with two house cats and is a non-smoking environment. It is situated in Killiney, a magnificent seaside setting on the coast of Dublin Bay, five minutes walk to the beach and 10 minutes walk from the train station. Only 35 minutes by electric train (DART) from the heart of Dublin, close enough to the city yet far away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. The Dublin and Wicklow mountains and the magnificent countryside of County Wicklow, the Garden of Ireland is on the doorstep! Located within a 10 mile radius of Dublin City which offers all the amenities of any capital city such as Theatre, Cinema and Museums. It also offers many bus tours of the city and countryside and is the gateway to the rest of Ireland. The area offers golf, horse riding, swimming and walking in magnificent scenery. Dalkey Village just below the hill is a charming medieval town, its history dates back over 3,500 years. It has been designated a Heritage Town - a prestigious accolade. Located alongside the Town Hall and next to St. Begnet's Church, the Heritage Centre serves as a central focus for the historical and cultural development of the town and will convey to visitors the richness of this unique area. It is also renowned for its pubs and restaurants which are local to such stars as U2 band and Enya who live in the area.

Excursions and Local Attractions
St. Begnet's Church, the Heritage Centre, Dublin, the beach and coastal areas, Dalkey Village (medieval town), Theatre, Cinema and Museums.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: please refer to the Eurolingua web site

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Ireland Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• 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