Study English and enjoy a complete English language immersion with a student exchange program in Ireland. With English student exchange, you choose your host based on their profile. So you can find a host in Ireland 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 English student exchange program partner becomes your friend.
Ireland is an island with the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. Depending on where your Lingoo partner lives, you can visit the exceptional Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Connemara in the west or the Ring of Kerry in the south west of County Kerry.
The green midlands, the lake regions, the cliffs overlooking the sea, have all played there part in creating the inspiring tales of Celtic culture. Visiting these places with people who live there and know the history well definitely the best way to immerse yourself in the Irish culture, tradition and English language.
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Nature is the dominant force that has shaped Ireland but there are also interesting cities to visit during your stay. Dublin is a city that has been rejuvenated by the foreign investment generated by Ireland’s Celtic tiger policy of the mid 1990’s onwards. Dublin is today a rich busy city, full of pubs and restaurants and with a real European feeling.
During your stay, don’t miss a visit to Galway Bay, with the three rocky Aran Islands guarding the entrance to enclosing to the bay. The sea port of Cork is another place not to be missed in Ireland.
The educational and cultural enrichment offered by English student exchange experience is second to none. The hundreds of young people who take part in English student exchange program each year say they have the time of their lives. They see the world from a new perspective, gain understanding of English culture, and their host family becomes their ‘second family’ as lifelong friendships and bonds are formed.
English language learning opportunities are rich too. Because you’re practising all day, learning new things, and sharing every day activities in speaking English, you learn faster and without realising how much you’ve learned.
Many of the English host families will also help you to organise a local language course to complete your student exchange overseas program in Ireland. The best way to improve your English language during a student exchange program is with a cultural immersion program in Ireland. Read more about joining Lingoo.
How to book an English student exchange
Students over 18 should join Lingoo as an Adult Member. Join now . Students under 18 must ask a parent or guardian to join as a Parent Member. Join now.
If you’re aged 18-30, unmarried, and have no dependants, you can also travel to Ireland as a Language Au Pair. It’s a new approach to working holidays in Ireland
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.
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.