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Language exchange in New Zealand

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

Language exchange in New Zealand

A language exchange in New Zealand take 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 English 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 English. Apart from travel cost to New Zealand and spending money, a language exchange to New Zealand is free. 

Find an English language exchange study holiday in New Zealand by searching through published offers on Lingoo. A Lingoo language exchange takes place between two families or individuals with matched interests who choose each other before making a booking. Using our secure messaging system you can know your exchange partner before you travel and avoid that awful moment when you arrive at the doorstep to meet strangers.

Select your English language exchange partner living in New Zealand from hundreds of registered and approved families with detailed profiles on our site. Simply find a New Zealand family in the New Zealand 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 New Zealand.

During the exchange study holiday you or your child will be completely immersed in the English language plus the local New Zealand culture and daily life. If you would like to supplement your learning, many exchange partners will help you find a local English language course with a language school or English 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 an English language exchange in New Zealand, you, your child, teenager or family group can eat sleep and breathe the English language and culture as part of a totally immersive experience. Language exchanges offer a relaxed, fun, yet intensive approach to learning the English language in New Zealand. 

Language exchange in New Zealand
Language exchange in New Zealand

Marked by volcanoes and glaciation, New Zealand is a long and narrow island nation, made up of two main landmasses and 600 smaller islands. The popular cosmopolitan cities of Auckland and the country's capital Wellington are situated on North Island with gorgeous beaches and great surf. Moody windswept coastlines, primeval forests, snow capped mountains and impressive geysers makeup the hiking paradise landscapes of Fiordland on South Island. There are lots of opportunities to see the penguins, whales and seals that ring the shores.

Renowned for its love of extreme sports, Queenstown is the place to head for bungee jumping, skiing, sea kayaking and whitewater rafting. Due to an 80 million year stretch of geographic isolation, New Zealand has a distinct biodiversity and is home to many flightless birds. The majority of the population is of European descent but indigenous Maori culture is also strong and biculturalism is celebrated in modern day Kiwi 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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