{"id":3766,"date":"2025-01-07T08:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T08:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2025-01-07T08:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T08:20:47","slug":"boarding-schools-vs-homestays-pros-and-cons-for-study-abroad-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/2025\/01\/07\/boarding-schools-vs-homestays-pros-and-cons-for-study-abroad-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Boarding Schools vs. Homestays: Pros and Cons for Study Abroad Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-7Jan2025-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-7Jan2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-7Jan2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-7Jan2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-7Jan2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Blog-7Jan2025.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents often ask the question what is the difference between sending my child to a boarding school vs homestay?<br>Students in boarding school learn:<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Independence<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Build self-confidence<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Have access to strong pastoral care from teaching staff, personalised attention<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Extra-curricular activities on site<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Lifelong learning<br>There are some disadvantages of boarding school which include:<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Homesickness<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Bullying<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060More expensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Homestay provides students with the choice to live with a host family. Students will usually have their own room and share meals with their host family. These hosts are usually vetted by the school or a homestay provider.<br>The advantages of homestay are:<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Learn more about the local culture<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Improve your language skills<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Home away from home<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Learn global perspectives, cultural diversity<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Cost effective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cHome away from home\u201d<br><br>The disadvantages of homestay are:<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Having to observe the rules of your host family<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Food preferences<br>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Might not be matched with the right family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every student is different and there is no one right answer. Go with what suits you and your family. At SEA, we have had students go to Australia or New Zealand and go to boarding school and others live in homestay. Both are happily in university and have great experiences to share. If you would like any advice or need help navigating study abroad, we can help your child reach their ideal study abroad program.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents often ask the question what is the difference between sending my child to a boarding school vs homestay?Students in boarding school learn:\u2022\u2060 \u2060Independence\u2022\u2060 \u2060Build self-confidence\u2022\u2060 \u2060Have access to strong pastoral care from teaching staff, personalised attention\u2022\u2060 \u2060Extra-curricular activities on site\u2022\u2060 \u2060Lifelong learningThere are some disadvantages of boarding school which include:\u2022\u2060 \u2060Homesickness\u2022\u2060 \u2060Bullying\u2022\u2060 \u2060More expensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3769,"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3766\/revisions\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/specialistedu.com.au\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}