The best way to study a foreign language abroad is by organising a complete language and cultural immersion. Arrange a foreign exchange student program to study English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or another foreign language. Instead of using an expensive school or organisation, through Lingoo you can become a foreign exchange student and plan and build your own program. As a student, it’s easier than you think to organise a foreign exchange trip directly with a local host family and school. Stay with a homely host family and they will help you join a local college or school program. Your exchange will be tailor made, much more personal and significantly cheaper.
Study abroad, choose your host, learn more than you imagined
You can gain so much out of a foreign exchange student program; travel to experience a new culture, discover ideas that open your eyes to fresh opportunities, learn a foreign language in an exhilarating way, and make new friends who introduce you to their community.
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With a Lingoo exchange program, you choose your host based on their profile. So you can find a host not only in the country and location where you would like to study but who also shares your hobbies and lifestyle. You can even choose a host who has a young person in the family the same age as you. And to make sure you have a great experience together, you can contact your hosts using our secure messaging system to get to know them before you book. So rather than arriving to stay with strangers, your exchange program partner becomes your friend before you arrive.
Take control of where you stay; Become a foreign exchange student and organise your program directly ; choose your ideal host family and save money too.
The educational and cultural enrichment provided by a foreign exchange experience is second to none. The thousands of young people who take part in a student exchange program each year say they have the time of their lives. They see the world from a new perspective, gain understanding of a new culture, and their host family becomes their ‘second family’ as lifelong friendships and bonds are formed.
There are fantastic language learning opportunities on an exchange program. You can combine formal language training in a school or college with informal conversations with your host family and friends. Because you’re practising all day, learning new things, and sharing every day activities in your target language, you learn faster and without realising how much you’ve learned.
The Lingoo foreign exchange student program has helped thousands of young people take the next step towards language fluency and maturity. Read more about Lingoo and what we can offer.
Gap years can be a fun, valuable investment in your future if you use them to learn a new language. And the best ways to do that are by working abroad as a Language Au Pair teaching English abroad.
If you work as a Language Au Pair, your role is to help the family you are living with to learn English through informal conversational practice. At the same time you benefit from a cultural immersion and a chance to improve your foreign language skills.
Living with a family abroad you eat, sleep and breathe their language. If you’re learning it for the first time, your host will guide you from your first few words to using the language in everyday situations. As your confidence grows, you’ll feel able to try your new skills in the local community. And because you’re making such an effort to learn the language, don’t be surprised if you make many new friends. At this stage, you’ll not only be gaining an insight into the language and culture but also the customs and community in which you’re living – something you just can’t learn in a classroom. Read more about becoming a language au pair during your gap year or one of the other membership options the Lingoo offers, such as a homestay or a language exchange.