Terra Lingua USA's Purpose
Terra Lingua USA is a not-for-profit, educational organization dedicated to promoting language education and international understanding by providing family homestay immersion experiences. We offer affordable and quality cultural exchanges through an experienced and caring network.

History
Terra Lingua USA, founded in October 1997, is established as a not-for-profit educational organization to coordinate activities in the U.S.

Terra Lingua USA has foreign partners in Brazil, France, Germany, Russia, South Korea, and Spain, and has helped many young people discover a new appreciation for our global community while enhancing their language skills.

Structure
Terra Lingua USA is represented in the United States and abroad by an experienced network of local and state coordinators who work in cooperation with students, host families, and foreign language teachers. Our coordinators and local representatives are foreign language teachers, host families, previous exchange students! They are responsible for screening, placement, orientation, and providing one-on-one ongoing support to the students and host families.

States Served by Terra Lingua USA
Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah.

For your state coordinator's contact information, please contact the Terra Lingua USA national office.  If your state is not on the above list, there may be a coordinator in a nearby state who can serve you.  Please contact us! 
 
The national office of Terra Lingua USA is located in Durham, North Carolina. Our contact information is:

Terra Lingua USA 
1408 Meadston Drive 
Durham, NC  27712

Telephone: 919-306-0098
Fax: 818-479-8403
Email: TerraLinguaEast@aol.com

CSIET
On the basis of materials submitted and reviewed, the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel grants full listing to Terra Lingua USA in the 2008-2009 Advisory List. The CSIET mark certifies that this organization complies with the standards set forth in the CSIET's standards for international educational travel programs.