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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.

This year our summer holidays will be from June 23rd till August 5th. It does not matter if your holiday times are different, my pupil could easily go to school with his exchange partner. Here in Germany, it is quite common to exchange pupils to help them learn a foreign language. At the moment we have got a French pupil in our house, we found him with the help of an organisation on the internet. He is staying for three months and goes to school here. In September my son, 14, is going to stay with him for three months. There are two organisations for exchanges to France, but for England, I don't think there is anything like that. However, if you know a student exchange program, please let me know.

I am an English teacher in Germany. Looking for an exchange family for a pupil of mine, 13 years of age, for the summer holidays. His English is poor, it is because English is mainly taught with texts, word lists and written grammar rules, and reading is not exactly his best skill. But he is a chatterbox, very communicative, so I thought he might need a different approach to the language, with a lot of talking. His hobbies are quad driving, big trucks and arboriculture. He always talks about his favourite stump cutter and stuff. If you have a son of his age, who would like to do the exchange and visit him here in Germany, or if you would just like to welcome him in your family, please contact me: [email protected]