The International Hospitality Council of Austin is arranging one-week home stays for English as a Second Language teachers from Mexico who will be participating in a training program at UT. Each ESL teacher will have a one-week home stay with an Austin family. The family may host one or more teachers for a week and/or may host a different teacher(s) all three weeks. The family will receive a stipend of $200 for each teacher hosted to help cover the expenses.

Dates of Home Stay Program
Week 1: July 12 to 18
Week 2: July 19 to 25
Week 3: July 26 to Aug. 1

Objectives of ESL Services Home Stay Program:

  • to give each teacher a chance to meet an American and learn more about American culture
  • to give each teacher a chance to practice speaking and listening to English
  • to give each host family the chance to make a friend from another culture and to learn more about that culture

We are looking for families who are interested in meeting people from other countries and have time to spend with them in the evenings and on the weekend. We have a very loose definition of "family." We are looking for families of all shapes and sizes. Single people, couples, families with small children, families with older children are all most welcome.

Your responsibilities as host:

  • pick up your teacher at the International Office at UT at 6 p.m. on the Saturday of your week and keep him/her until the following Friday morning.
  • arrange transportation for your teacher to and from the International Office at UT on week days so that he or/she may attend classes, which run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • provide all weekend meals and weekday dinner and breakfast (If you prefer, you may return the teacher to the International Office at UT early so that he or she can have breakfast at the Castilian Dorm).
  • spend time with your teacher on the weekend and evenings either doing your normal family activities or taking him/her somewhere
  • speak English with your teacher

Benefits to you:

  • You will make a new friend
  • You will help an English teacher to learn more
  • You might get out and do something interesting in Austin that you’ve been meaning to do
  • You will be helping to foster intercultural awareness

If you have any questions, please contact Margie Kidd at 512-858-4443 (home) or 512-576-2018 (cell)