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7 Interesting Benefits of Joining a Homestay Program

7 Interesting benefits of joining a homestay program! Many students dream of the opportunity of traveling abroad. But far fewer are aware of their options to make this dream become a reality. If y... read

10 Tips on Making Your Student Homestay Awesome For Everyone

10 Tips on making your student homestay awesome for everyone!Students thinking about studying abroad have several options with regard to their living situation. Student homestay programs place foreign... read

Tips for learning French

Tips for learning French! There is no better and more appealing way of learning the French language than as a foreign exchange student in France in one of our Homestay Programs. The opportunity to be... read

Planning your School Year Abroad: Nacel Checklist Step 2

Planning your School Year Abroad ! Nacel Checklist Step 2GET READY Before considering a school exchange abroad, you need to do a bit of soul searching to answer some essential questions described in m... read

Longevity and quality are good!

Nacel experience since 1957 !Nacel proposes its services since 1957: language travels have always been appreciated by parents and children. Today we can say that Nacel saw several generations, one aft... read

Host family and host family: why are they so different?

Host Family ; why are they so different?A "typical" host family with 2 lovely children: that could be what comes to mind when thinking about what a host family is. However, it exists various types of ... read

How to deal with culture shock when going abroad

Culture Shock! Tips for deal with it.Three weeks ago we talked about "culture shock" and tried to understand better what it deals with. Here are some advices to make the culture shock less important a... read

Not feeling good abroad? Moody, anxious, down in the dumps? You might experience culture shock!

Not feeling good abroad? You might experience culture shock!Going abroad and leaving your country, the one you've grown up in, your culture and traditions... that's not easy for anyone. You can even q... read

You don't know what to do this summer? Learn French while playing sports in a great summer camp in France!

Great summmer in France , learn French and play sports.!You want to impove your French skills but don't know what to do... Well, there are so many different ways to learn French in France like we've s... read

Learn French and get immersed in French culture while discovering Paris!

Discover Paris ! Learn French and get immersed in French Culture. Does a program combining French lessons, homestay in a French speaking family and discovery of Paris through activities exist? Yes, i... read

American Host Family : How to Behave to Get Along with your American Host Family

How to behave to get along with your American Host Family?You are flying to the USA soon and will be living with an American host family? Here are some information you should know before departure in ... read

17 Advices to Get Along With Your Host Family Abroad!

Enjoy your program and read this advices to get along with your host family abroad ! In many travel abroad programs, participants are hosted in a local host family. If this is a tremendous experience... read

Plan your American Summer Homestay Immersion June July 2021!

Live with an American host family for a few weeks! Nacel American Summer Immersion programs are designed to introduce students to American culture and develop English language skills by living with a... read

Summer Homestay Immersion in France: a win-win relation

Why choose a summer homestay immersion in France? Depending on the program, we either have a selection of volunteer or stipended host families who welcome students into their homes. If you choose ou... read

Travel to France with Nacel in 2021!

Bonjour from Paris,In these difficult and unpredictable times, Nacel is very proud to launch its new 2021 campaign!How did Nacel France manage through the pandemic?We have supported, assisted and ... read

Learn Spanish in Spain with Nacel!

Nacel Spain is happy to welcome you in Spain for the summer 2022 as well as for the school year 2022/2023! If you do not speak Spanish yet but would like to do an exchange program in Spain, we offer... read

Student Exchange Programs in France for Australian students (and vice versa!)

You are an Australian High School student and study French at school? Don't miss our Foreign Exchange Programs in France. A Cultural Exchange between France and AustraliaNacel has been organizing c... read

Meal times during your French immersion in France

Meal times during your French immersion in FranceWhen you arrive for the first time in France at your French host family's house, you might have to get used to the difference in meal times. In France,... read

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