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Application Form | Placement Test | Pre-Program Interview

Complete this form and we will be able to select your host family

Congratulations for being part of our Latin Cultural & Spanish Immersion Program! Before we select your host family in Boquete, we ask you to please fill out the following questionnaire.

If you take your time to carefully fill out this interview we will be able to know more about your expectations, your preferences and other things that will definitively be very useful for us when we sit down to select the most appropriate and convenient host family for you.

Selecting the right host family for each individual is the key of a successful home stay during your Spanish studies abroad.

You and your host family play a very important role in this program and this is why we ask you to please let us know anything you might consider important, at any moment of the program, even if it is just a small thing that to your eyes might appear insignificant.

PAY ATTENTION! The following symbol indicates required fields *

First Name*
 
Surnames/Last Name(s)*
 
Sex* MaleFemale
 
Date of Birth*
 
E-mail*
 
Home stay start date* (please indicate date when you wish to start your home stay and if not sure select an approximate date)
 
Home stay end date* (please indicate date when you plan to leave the house of your host family and if not sure select an approximate date)
 
Amount of people that will stay with you in this home stay*
 
Names and ages of people in your group (please indicate who will and who will not be taking Spanish lessons)
 
Meals I/we would like to have each day at my/our host family* (the cost of the home stay depends on the amount of meals you will have each day. Certain families are not able to be with students during lunch. Most students have lunch with our teachers and staff.)
 
Would you like to have your cloth washed by the family or would you prefer to do it by yourself?* (the cost for having the family wash your cloth is $5 per week. You can also use the family's laundry)
 
Would you prefer to have a hot shower?
 
Do you mind sharing a bedroom with a family member, brother or sister for example?
 
 
I. Taking 5 as the highest value, please rate the importance of the following issues*.
 
  1. Growth in my international & cultural perspective
  2. The opportunity to practice my Spanish with the family members
  3. The possibility to make new friends
  4. Valuable and different points of view in topics of significant importance
  5. A complete description of my host family before I arrive
  6. Logistic help (timing & movements)
  7. Prior information about our community, country and culture
  8. Information regarding how to handle cultural differences
 
 
II. Questionnaire. In this section there are no correct or incorrect answers. We are just trying to figure out what type of family you are looking for in order to be able to offer you what you need. Please answer with complete honesty*.
 
  1. Briefly describe your family at home. Brothers and sisters, ages, professions, etc. If you're married, please also tell us about your husband/wife and sons/daugthers.


  2. Are you looking for a place near our school within walking distance? Do you mind having to use public transportation to get to our school? Please note than none of our host families is farther than a 15 minute ride by bus from our school.


  3. Do you suffer form any specific sickness or disease like asthma, diabetes, etc.?


  4. Do you have a special diet, or are there any types of food you can't eat? What is your favorite kind of food?


  5. At what time during the week would you like to arrive home? And during weekends? Is it necessary to have a key to your home? Please take into account that in our Immersion Program you are expected to become another member of a family, and you should consider your new home as yours, not as an hotel. Communication will make everything flow easily.


  6. What types of activities would you like to be able to share with your new family?


  7. Would you like to have a little chore to do in your new house?


  8. Who should we contact in case of any emergency, and how should we contact him/her?


  9. Do you have an international insurance? Consider acquiring travel insurance. If you don't have any, let us know and we shall send you some useful information.


  10. Which type of music and sports do you like? What are your hobbies?


  11. Do you practice any religion? If yes, which?


  12. By using only three words, please describe yourself.


  13. How do you imagine Boquete?
 
Please free to add anything you consider important for us to know in order to find the best family for you.
 
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