Table 2.

Charting of included articles.

1	Date of publication
2	Location of study
3	Study population – must be students or homestay participants (i.e. hosts)
4	Study methods – what tools were used to collect data or assess educational outcomes
5	Study design – qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods
6	Length of the homestay experience being evaluated
7	Demographics of the students and hosts (i.e. are the students living in a foreign country)
8	Outcomes of the homestay experience
9	Recommendations from the researchers
10	Relevance to the educational value of homestays