
Many Shenzhen area residents have opened their homes to international students who attend the Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese Language Immersion Programs. The home stay allows you to experience Chinese culture in the warmth, variety and spontaneity of a Chinese home while having excellent, relaxed opportunities to practice Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese conversational skills. A home stay provides the opportunity to live in a Chinese home while studying Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese. By sharing life together with your home stay hosts; you have a first-hand experience of Chinese culture and opportunities to speak Cantonese or Mandarin Chinese in a family atmosphere. A home stay is not just renting a room in a home, but also finding a place to call home.
Since every home is different, every home stay is different. Some home stay hosts include a husband, a wife, and children, some are single parents with children, and some are single Chinese who enjoy sharing their homes with one of our students. Home stay students are expected to live with their hosts as "family members". This means you may be expected to keep your bedroom clean or to help with shared tasks, such as washing dishes after a family meal.