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French language exchange

Choose an approved French language exchange partner family living in France for you, your child, teenager or family group, to learn or improve your French in a friendly, home-from-home environment.

French language exchange

A French language exchange takes place between two families or individuals who agree to offer hospitality to each other on a reciprocal basis. For adults it offers a new way to travel, stay in the home of somebody that shares your interests and improve your French language skills all day. For children and teenagers it offers a fun way to make new friends and experience a new culture as part of learning and using French.  Apart from travel cost to France and spending money, a French language exchange is free. 

Find a French exchange language stay in France by searching through the French families listed on Lingoo. A French exchange takes place between two members with matched interests who choose and get to know each other before making a booking.  Speaking French every day with your French exchange partner is a way to improve your French in a relaxed and authentic situation.

Using our secure messaging system you can meet and get know your French exchange partner before you travel and avoid that awful moment when you arrive at the doorstep to meet strangers.

Select your French exchange partner from hundreds of registered and approved families with detailed profiles on our site. Simply find a family in the French town where you’d like to stay, look through their profile photos, see if you share the same interests, diet and even religion. If you like what you see, contact them through our secure messaging system, and when you’re both happy, book a language exchange holiday in France.

Learning with Lingoo is the most authentic way to learn French in France.  Staying with a Lingoo member living in France that you have selected personally is the best way to ensure that you get the most out of your French trip.  France is so full of magnificent sights and places to visit.

During the exchange study holiday you or your child will be completely immersed in the French language plus the local culture and daily life. If you would like to supplement your learning, many exchange partners will help you find a local French language course with a school or teacher. 

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If you are interested in finding a language exchange for your child or teenager, then please click here. If you are interested in finding a  language exchange for you or your family, then please click here. To learn about all other membership opportunities on Lingoo, please visit our home page.

With a French language exchange in France, you, your child, teenager or family group can eat sleep and breathe the French language and culture as part of a totally immersive experience. Language exchanges offer a relaxed, fun, yet intensive approach to learning the French language in France. 

French Language Exchange

Depending on your tastes, you could go hiking, sightseeing in interesting towns and cities or visit interesting museums, guaranteeing you a complete immersion in French culture and the French language. There is so much choice of where to spend your language trip. You could an explore the most beautiful areas of Brittany and Normandy, visit the romantic sights and wonderful architecture of Paris or the historic centre of Bordeaux.

No trip to France would be complete without sampling French cooking and touring the food markets where the ingredients of the most popular dishes are found. Only by living with a local family will you get to sample the real traditions and lifestyle of day to day life, in French.

During the exchange study holiday you or your child will be completely immersed in the French language plus the local culture and daily life. 

 

How it works
1
Search
Look through current language exchange offers Visit the ‘Offers’ page (you don’t need to be a member).
2
Register
Your subscription provides each Member access to unlimited language trips for a 12-month period
3
Connect
Match your interests and read evaluations from previous visitors. Start getting to know your exchange partner using the secure Lingoo messaging system before making a booking
4
Book
Finalise the details of your stay via our secure an online reservation tool. You will receive a contract containing all the important details of the language exchange.

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