Study German and enjoy a complete German language immersion with a student exchange program in Germany. With a German student exchange, you choose your host based on their profile. So you can find a host in Germany living in a town or city where you would like to study but who also shares your interests and has a young person in the family of the same age. 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 German student exchange program partner becomes your friend.
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The educational and cultural enrichment offered by a German student exchange experience is second to none. The hundreds of young people who take part in a German student exchange program each year say they have the time of their lives. They see the world from a new perspective, gain understanding of German culture, and their host family becomes their ‘second family’ as lifelong friendships and bonds are formed.
German language learning opportunities are rich too. Because you’re practising all day, learning new things, and sharing every day activities in speaking German, you learn faster and without realising how much you’ve learned.
Many of the German host families will also help you to organise a local language course to complete your student exchange overseas program in Germany. The best way to improve your German language during a student exchange program is with a cultural immersion program in Germany. Read more about joining Lingoo.
How to book a German student exchange
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If you’re aged 18-30, unmarried, and have no dependants, you can also travel to Germany as a Language Au Pair. It’s a new approach to working holidays in Germany.
Forget the traditional definition of ‘Au Pair’. You will have no domestic duties. You also don’t need a formal English teaching qualification and won’t be expected to plan and deliver formal lessons. All you need is an interest in people and a desire to help them improve their English language skills.
You can plan a working holiday or gap year of a lifetime as a Language Au Pair teaching conversational English.
Speaking German every day is the best way to learn it. By choosing the right Lingoo partner in Germany for you or your children, you can make sure that the interaction is not only useful, but fun and natural as well. Lingoo gives you the choice to hone your search so you can filter your selection by interests, religion, diet and location.
This way you will find the perfect family to not only improve your German but also make your stay an unforgettable experience. Sharing the same hobbies as your partner makes it even easier to feel at ease and will quickly widen your vocabulary in a subject you feel comfortable talking about.
Visit Germany in a totally authentic way, discovering traditions and places normally missed by tourists. Germany is a country rich in history and artistic splendour. Choose carefully between a rural or metropolitan location. For city lovers you can immerse yourself in a beautiful and lively German cities of Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin or Munich. For nature lovers, Germany is one of the countries that has more carefully preserved it’s nature and countryside. This is certainly something to be taken advantage of during your stay in Germany.
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 through a homestay or by working as a Language Au Pair.
If you work as a Language Au Pair, your role is to help the family you are living with to learn your language. But there is no reason why you can’t also learn theirs during your ‘down time’.
Living with a family abroad you eat, sleep and breathe the 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.