If you are dreaming of travelling but don’t have lots of savings, or are looking for a way to travel and enhance your career rather than taking time out from it, here’s why becoming a language au pair is a perfect option for you.
1. Travel The World
With Lingoo, you have complete control over choosing your host family and destination. So whether you fancy a longer trip like a few months split between the Italian countryside and the Spanish beaches, or a shorter trip and just a few weeks of city living in Paris for example, we’ve got the perfect host families for you.
2. Immerse Yourself In New Cultures
Because you’ll be living with a host family and teaching them conversational language skills through everyday life activities, you’ll receive a cultural experience that goes beyond the usual tourist experience. Practice your language skills with your host family in real life settings, like at mealtimes whilst enjoying home cooked, authentic cuisine.
3. Learn Another Language
Your primary responsibility whilst staying with your host family will be to teach them your language, however there will also be plenty of opportunity for you to learn theirs, both inside and outside the home. You may even be able to take formal classes too and meet other language au pairs.
4. Enhance Your CV
Becoming a language au pair brings plenty of experience and enhances lots of skills. Working with children means that you will have to be creative and resourceful. You will also learn to communicate effectively and develop your problem solving skills. These are all things that employers love to see on your resume.
5. Be Independent and Self Sufficient
Travelling as a language au pair will enable you to see the world from a different perspective, whilst standing on your own two feet. Maybe it will be your first trip abroad or away from home but don’t worry, here at Lingoo we are here to support you and make sure you get the most out of your experience.
6. Make Lifelong Friends
The feedback that we receive from previous and current language au pair is that the host families they stay with end up becoming like second families to them. Committing to helping them learn and improve their language skills creates a very special bond between you and your host family and you will make some lifelong friends for sure.
7. No Requirement For Formal Qualifications
As a language au pair you will not be expected to plan or prepare formal teaching lessons. You will be informally coaching your host family through their language learning, using fun and creative techniques to engage the children and make it an enjoyable learning experience for everyone.
8. You Don’t Need Lots of Savings
Because you will be receiving free accommodation and meals in exchange for teaching your host family your native language, you do not need a huge pot of savings to embark on a language au pair adventure. All you need to factor in is the cost of flights and some spending money. In some European countries you may also be paid a modest salary.
9. It’s Easy To Arrange
Here at Lingoo we aim to make it as easy as possible so you can get started straight away and create your langage au pair profile today for free. Then it’s just a small charge per year to start searching for your perfect host family and dream travel destination. All our host families go through a stringent validation process and you can chat with them through our secure online messaging system to make sure they are the right choice for you.
Go on, start planning your language au pair adventure and make your travel dreams come true! Read more about joining Lingoo as a Language Au Pair
