Learn Portuguese & live in your private teacher's home around Lisbon with Home Language International!
Home Language International (HLI) is a family-run business offering language courses in more than 20 languages in over 30 countries worldwide, including Portuguese lessons at an experienced private teacher's home in Portugal. More than 5,000 students take advantage of our services every year. Ian Josephs, Danielle Josephs, their 5 adult children and an expert team of dedicated staff all put in very long hours for HLI.
You stay in an experienced teacher's family home, have one-to-one Portuguese lessons and then continue to use the language during the rest of your stay in Lisbon. Because you are the only student, you are guaranteed individual attention. The lessons are completely designed for you, so the teacher will focus exactly on what you need. Mealtime conversation, television and social contacts are all in Portuguese.
All of our teachers in Portugal have a university degree (or equivalent) and/or a recognised teaching certificate. All teachers have been visited by one of our local organisers. Their qualifications have been checked and their homes throughly inspected. During your stay in Lisbon, a local organiser will monitor your progress and make sure your experience is both happy and successful.
Home Language International (HLI) is accredited by the Accreditation Body for Language Services (ABLS), Association of Language Travel Organisations (ALTO), and UNOSEL.
Lusa Language School offers Portuguese lessons for foreigners. The school is located in Cais do Sodré, in the heart of Lisbon, offering classes both onsite and online.
Lusa school is committed to delivering high-quality and personalised classes, according to age, background, and learning needs. We teach dynamic classes which encourage students to learn how to use their Portuguese in real-life situations, primarily through interactive exercises. Our teachers teach standard European Portuguese, but an enthusiasm to learn about different Lusophone cultures is encouraged at our school.
Our school has large, bright and airy rooms for studying, and communal areas for students to relax between classes, with a small library and a coffee machine.
Our teachers and staff are highly-trained and offer a breadth of both academic and practical experience. Our teachers and staff speak a variety of languages, including English, Spanish, German, in addition to Portuguese.
Lusa school organises regular social events for our students. Past events have included Angolan poetry readings and Brazilian cooking classes.
Iberlínguas was born on August 2011, on a beautiful sunny afternoon, in Marquês of Pombal, right in the heart of Lisbon. We teach Portuguese for Foreigners. We like our students to feel at home and so we try to make each day a special day.
Over the years, we created a strong, determined and professional team. We have been forming students and making our home into a large family that, little by little, is spreading throughout the world. We strive to be better and bigger every day, but never forgetting to look at each student as a unique being and with particular needs. It is with great pride that we hear the students' first sentences. When we can talk to them about trivial or serious issues, we feel that what we do is not a job, but a passion. We always say goodbye with a hug and somehow, they never go away. They will forever be part of us. And that's what sets us apart: being the great Iberlínguas family.
