German pupil

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thank you Tony Croft, I've clicked myself through the ASSE website and their German links, they offer au-pair jobs, work&travel, highschool years in USA and language courses in different countries, also the UK.

A six-week language course in the UK costs about 3000 pounds, there are lessons every morning and you live in a host family that lives on this business and does not necessarily have children of their own. And if they have the same interests as the pupil, who knows?

 

Thank you Alec, I also think it can be done informally, a CRB check is a good idea if you really want to be on the safe side.

About the age, yes I think 13 should be the minimum level, as pupils in the UK don't start German until this age. My pupil started English at the age of 11, but as I said, his English is below basic, at the beginning it would mean a lot of showing and gesturing.

However, if they get along very well and become very good friends, maybe it can become an on-and-off thing, several mutual visits for more than a year.

Or maybe a family just wants to do a good deed and give him a home for a few weeks, like some people do with Chernobyl children. After all, he loves arboriculture, which is the reason why I posted in this forum in the first place.

 

If I had a wife and children of my own I would not hesitate to assist, unfortunately as a single man and with no spare rooms at the Inn I dont think it is a good idea, but wish you well in trying for this pupil, its not everyday A tutor goes the extra mile like this for his/her students:thumbup1: