Hometown, Europe invites you to join young people from across the World for an English language-learning experience like no other! Whether you are just starting to learn English or have studied the language for years, you will soon feel at home with our friendly staff and the picturesque landscape at the English Language Village in Ftan, Switzerland. 

From the first songs and skits of the morning to the last “good night, sleep tight” of the evening, you’ll be learning English and having a great time! Gather in your school group (Brain Train) for focused language study; share the midday meal with staff and villagers of your Capitals (different mixture of origins and backgrounds); relax with a good book (in English, of course) before beginning the afternoon Simtown and the evening program.

Orientation in Hometown

To have a better orientation and learn something about important places or buildings of English speaking countries many places/rooms in hometown are called after them.

Carnegiehall = performance Hall in New York
                  in Hometown: the performance Hall (Rock 'n roll) and a meeting Hall
Madison Square garden = basketball place, arena, in New York
                  in Hometown: The gym
Pike's Place = fish market in seattle
                 in Hometown: the place in front of the main building
Palm Beach = beach in California
                 in Hometown: the terass with a beautiful vieuw on the mountains
Time Square = famous square in New York
                 in Hometown: meeting place
Wimbledon = tennis court in London
                 in Hometown: the tennis courts
Woodstock = festival in '69
                 in Hometown: campfire place
Washington DC = capital of the United States
                 in Hometown: the office
 

Nametags

Why we have to wear the nametag? The usual answers for this question are “Because we can´t learn the name of everyone!”, “The counsellors must know our name”, “You can communicate easier”, or just “You have to!”…

Becky says that is a tradition of the Concordia Language Villages wear nametags, they´re really functional at the beginning and they can also reflect your personality because the nametags are painted.

But some of us give really opposing answer. Cecilia (Fine Arts Council): “Because you don´t have to pay any Homey if you wear it!”. Stew, from the Chamber of Commerce, says: “The first days were useful for recognise the other people but now they´re just useful for the City Council to get homey!!”.

Bob, the judge, replies: “Everyone wears the nametag, so the City Council don´t get so much money. In five days we only have one person that doesn´t wear his nametag, so we earn just two homey! And Nametags are very useful, for example I don´t know the name of everyone!!”

It´s true: nametags are really helpful for everyone because the villagers are more than 100 and nobody can remember all the names!!

painting the nametags                                                         some of the nametags