Your host family: in connection with your German course - so as to learn German all the better

 Your host family in Vienna

The DeutschAkademie language school selects its host families very carefully, and pays them regular on-the-spot visits. The host family lives at most 30 minutes from the language school.

One decisive advantage is that you will have the opportunity to use your new language intensively with your host family. In that way, you can put your learning into action.

At the same time, you can experience a new culture by taking part in the activities of the host family. You go shopping together, learn how to prepare typically Austrian dishes, or celebrate birthdays together. It is nice to come home in the evening after your German course, sit down at the laid table and be able to talk about the day's experiences (in German, of course!). This is an outstanding opportunity to learn German in its natural environment and thus an ideal complement to your German language course at the DeutschAkademie.

What is included? Included are your own room, half-board (on request) and washing of your laundry. In some host families you are shown how the washing machine works. You receive keys to the building and to the flat. Towels and bed linen are made available. For an additional fee, it is also possible to take all three daily meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner, with your host family. You can decide how often you would like to eat with your host family.

You will be put up in a single or double room in the host family. Because the public transport system (underground, trams, bus...) in Vienna has outstandingly good coverage, you can cheaply and easily get to any point of the city.

Your host family will also take into account any special dietary needs, allergies or illnesses. Please be sure to let us know about these before making your reservation!

 The advantages of a host family

• You speak a lot of German in a friendly atmosphere. That's like an additional intensive German course.

• You've always got someone to talk to, even outside the German language school.

• You discover a new culture, and can ask a lot of questions.

 A successful stay with a host family

Requirements for a successful stay with a host family:

A host family is not a hotel. Please consider that you are a guest who is being treated as a member of the family. Please be friendly and respectful to everyone in the household.

Important:

Please book your stay with a guest family at least one month in advance.

The expression "host family" is used in a broad sense: Many hosts are traditional families with children. But singles of all ages, single mothers with one or two children, or elderly couples whose children have already left home often rent out a room.