Teach English in France. Live with your French host family and teach them English for a few hours each week in everyday situations. You will teach English to both children and adults in exchange for your accommodation and all meals. Some of our French host families may also pay you a small salary in your role as a conversational coach in English.
There are French host families looking for a live-in English teacher living throughout France. Many French host families live in the Paris region and a large number in the south of France. Teaching English abroad in France is a really interesting way to see the sights and sounds of France whilst building your experience.
At Lingoo, we call teaching English conversation in France ‘working as a Language Au Pair in France’. Teaching English in France as a Language Au Pair allows you to gain valuable informal English teaching experience without the need for a formal language teaching qualification. However if you have a TEFL or similar qualification for teaching English in France then you will find it even easier to select an interesting host family.
Language Au Pairs in France have no domestic duties or child care on their homestay with the French host family. Your work is about teaching English to your French host as part of your working holiday. All or our French host families will provide authentic French local meals and accommodation while you teach them English conversation skills in their home. You can choose between FREE and paid membership options.
Requirements for an English conversation teacher (Language Au Pair) in France.
- Aged 18-30
- No formal teaching qualifications (though great if you do)
- An interest France and a desire to help people them improve their English
- Unmarried and without dependents
Planning a teaching job in France as a English Language conversation Au Pair is the first step in planning a working holiday to remember. You choose where you stay, when and for how long. Your time in France won’t cost you much more than your flight and some spending money.
All our French hosts all have published personal profiles on Lingoo so you can see who you will stay with, see inside their home, learn about their interests and read reviews from previous guests. We make it easy to get to know your French hosts before you decide to stay with them for a teaching holiday.
You can start planning your working holiday teaching English in France when you join Lingoo as a Language Au Pair.
Plan a gap year or career break teaching English in France with Lingoo as a conversation Language Au Pair. Teaching English conversation in France allows you to gain valuable teaching experience without the need for a formal qualification. Read more
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