What Exactly is a Gap year abroad and what to do during?

If you haven't understood what we've been telling you, you're in exactly the right place!

In this paragraph, in fact, we want to explain what a gap year abroad is and why it might be exactly what you were looking for.

By Gap year, literal translation "gap year," we mean a period of break from study, work, and daily life, usually to be undertaken right after high school.

After all, that's the time when you feel you most need to get out into the world, to explore and figure out what you like most, what you dislike least, what you're excited about doing. In short, to find your place in this diverse world!

You probably still don't know what to do after high school, and you have a few months off before you start college, find your first job or start any other kind of business. Here, now is just the right time to consolidate your knowledge of the foreign languages you already know, or to learn an entirely new one.

What better way to do that, then, than with a gap year abroad? Sprachcaffe today is offering you just that: the chance to take advantage of these gap months to enrich your language skills, your resume and, most importantly, your mind with memories, experiences and reasons for personal growth.

Now you know all the features that make gap year abroad a truly must-do experience, especially if you choose to go with Sprachcaffe. After all, we have made this our main mission, and we do what we can-and the impossible!-to ensure that our students have the most complete, effective, and enjoyable experience possible.

Included in our trips is everything you need to learn in a welcoming environment that makes you feel at home away from home. We know how hard it can be to spend so much time somewhere else in the world, in a place where everyone speaks in another language. Therefore, we try to ensure any services and amenities that can make it lighter and more enjoyable.

Don't wait for the right time to come, or you will never leave. That time is now, it's already here: it's time for you to give yourself something for yourself, for your future, and to better understand who you are and where you want to go. Traveling is the key to self-awareness, and doing so by learning a language allows you at the same time to acquire valuable language skills that will come in handy in your future.

Remember that with Sprachcaffe you can customize the trip according to your personal needs by choosing:
● Length of the trip, from a minimum of 8 weeks;
● Frequency of the study course, choosing between standard (4 lessons per day) and intensive (6 lessons per day);
● Accommodation (in cases where there are multiple options, such as homestay, hotel or residence);
● Free time, which you can spend as you like, joining us or exploring independently

Sprachcaffe schools are always well connected to the city center, major attractions and accommodations, so you can get around comfortably on foot or by public transportation.

Full board is also usually included in the package, so that you don't even have to worry about getting lunch or dinner. In some cases, other services are also included, such as housekeeping and linen, but these are specifics you will learn more about by reading the page of the destination you are interested in.

In any case, we're talking about an opportunity to seize, a trip that will be able to change your life and make you see the world from a different perspective. After all, every country has its own customs, its own ways, its own nuances, and it is difficult to understand them until you immerse yourself in them. Once you do, however, the awareness you gain you carry with you into so many other aspects of life.

So what are you waiting for?

Fill out the gap year form and choose whether to book directly or have a fee sent to your e-mail address so you can get a more complete idea about cost and information. Every trip has a price, being so customizable, but remember that this is the best investment you can make for your future.

And that Sprachcaffe will know how to give you the most life-changing experience you can imagine in return.

We are waiting for you!

Our gap years, regardless of the destination you choose to go to, are all structured the same way and follow the same logic.

The first thing you need to know is that the minimum duration of the Gap Year is 8 weeks: this means that you are not obliged to stay abroad for an entire year if you don't feel up to it. Especially if it is your first experience away from home, in fact, such a long period might be scary: therefore, you have the option to determine yourself how long to stay based on your goals and feelings.

In any case, the Sprachcaffe team will be able to support you in organizing your gap year abroad and make sure your experience is as enjoyable and fun as possible.

Of course, the maximum duration is 12 months, and in some cases you can even choose to extend your experience!

The weekly course price decreases as your stay increases, but the kind of service you can count on is still the same.

Included in the price, you find:

1. Language course;
2. Full board (if provided);
3. Accommodation of different types depending on the destination (homestay, residence, etc.).

The minimum age required to participate in most of our courses is 18, but don't worry: with Sprachcaffe, you can leave even earlier thanks to our study abroad vacations for teens!

Remember that for us, study travel is not just about classes and courses, but also-and especially-about activities and fun. In fact, we believe that the free time you spend exploring the city you are in is an integral part of your learning experience! It allows you to immerse yourself in the local culture, to interact with locals, and to put yourself out there all round-this, for Sprachcaffe, is a key point of gap years.

Therefore, during the weekend you will be free to organize your days freely, discovering your host country. Or you can join us by booking the exciting activities we have in store for you: between excursions, guided tours, sports and cultural activities and beach parties, with Sprachcaffe trust that there is never a dull moment!

By now you've probably noticed: the advantages of a gap year abroad are really, really many! But many we haven't examined yet: let's find out more about them!

First of all, you should know that the customization of the trip is not only about the length of the gap year, but also about the length and frequency of language courses. Only you can know how many lessons you need to deepen your knowledge of the language you study, and how many lessons, most importantly, you can sustain: we do not all perform better under the same conditions, which is why you can decide for yourself.

Specifically, you can choose from:

1. Standard course, which involves four lessons per day.
2. Intensive course, which includes six lessons per day.

Each class lasts 45 minutes.

In either case, however, classes are held in the morning, Monday through Friday. This means that, during the afternoon and throughout the weekend, you will be free to spend time as you see fit exploring the country you are in.

In any case, these courses are different from the standard courses we offer on study vacations because they are developed over a significantly longer time frame.

Another advantage of our gap year courses is that you can study from any language level: in fact, we offer courses from A1 to C2 level, with C1 and C2 available upon request.

How do you know what language level you have, you may be wondering: you don't have to worry, we take care of it. In fact, before your trip, we will send you a language test to determine your language level and, consequently, place you in the study group best suited to your initial skills.

In addition, among the unmissable benefits of our gap years is, of course, the opportunity to form friendships of an international nature. Not only will you need them to consolidate your language, because the language of study will be the only one in common between you and your classmates, but it will also be something extremely valuable that you will be left with from this experience. Among our desks, we are proud to say, we have seen truly wonderful friendships born, and it is one of the characteristics that makes our study trips such a special occasion

You are lucky to have encountered Sprachcaffe in your path at all: indeed, ours is a well-established reality, and over the past forty years we have certainly not stood still at one point, quite the contrary!

With commitment and dedication to language learning and to our beloved students, we have ensured that we are able to offer as many destinations as possible, and among them are some of the most exciting destinations in the world!

Today you can leave with us for your gap year and reach any corner of the world, from the nearest England to faraway Beijing in China, and then on to Morocco, France or Spain.

In short, with us you have the chance to touch a point on the world map and catapult yourself into a totally different reality, fully immersing yourself in the place on a cultural, linguistic and social level.

One thing is certain: whatever destination you choose to go to, you will be a new person when you return, and not just because of language skills! With new awareness of yourself and your abilities, new international friendships, and new ambitions, the world will be in your hands from then on, and no one will be able to stop you.

When planning a gap year, what to do is the last question you'll ask yourself: there will be so many opportunities that you won't even have time to think about it! In fact, you'll wonder if it's possible to make the days last even longer so that you can get everything done and take advantage of every single moment.

First of all, you have the opportunity to live in an entirely new place. Not spend a weekend there, not take a vacation: live, in the true sense of the word. This means that your possibilities are almost endless: you can explore every single square inch of your host city. And, if you choose Sprachcaffe, you know you can count on some of the most beloved destinations around the world, as we could see before! Imagine, for example, spending an entire year-or as long as you like-in the world's most famous metropolis, London. With all that this city has to offer in terms of history, culture and entertainment, a lifetime would not be enough to appreciate it all!

In short, what to do depends very much on the destination you choose and the kind of vacation you want to experience. There are locations with the sea, which allow you to take a bath between classes also because of the great proximity of the school to the beach (we really thought of everything, eh!). There are, on the other hand, other areas that are particularly interesting from a natural point of view: excursions cannot be missed, and they will be able to give your stay

Remember, then, that Sprachcaffe also organizes lots of exciting leisure activities, which you may or may not choose to participate in depending on your personal organization and preferences. Of our destinations, we will take you to discover the main, must-see attractions, but we also organize excursions to more special and fairy-tale places, things you hardly discover when you are just a tourist.

In your free time, in any case, you can choose in total autonomy what to do. You can study in the classrooms set up in the school, go out to bars, restaurants and stores in the shopping streets, go to the nearest park and enjoy the sun while reading a good book or chatting with one of your classmates-you can really do whatever you want.

Sprachcaffe considers this free time of yours fundamental to the learning journey. It may seem like a contradiction, but you only have to think about it for a second to see that it is not: when you are out on your own in a city you do not know and in which a language other than your own is spoken, you are forced to adapt, in a sense. You are driven by necessity to put your language skills to use and ask that passerby for information, answer that clerk's question, place your order in that restaurant... in short, if you want to make yourself understood, you have no easier way than this.

And all of this for us is the most functional school that can exist, combined with structured language classes. It is the full immersion you need to come out of your shell, stop unnecessarily shaming yourself into speaking a new language, and give you the chance you deserve to put yourself out there.

Through all of this, we know, your self-esteem and the awareness you have in your abilities will grow by leaps and bounds. You will discover yourself as capable as you didn't think you were, and you will realize how all your fears were just due to self-imposed brakes. You will be free to express yourself, and at that point you can be sure: no one will be able to stop you anymore|!

Now you know all the features that make gap year abroad a truly must-do experience, especially if you choose to go with Sprachcaffe. After all, we have made this our main mission, and we do what we can-and the impossible!-to ensure that our students have the most complete, effective, and enjoyable experience possible.

Included in our trips is everything you need to learn in a welcoming environment that makes you feel at home away from home. We know how hard it can be to spend so much time somewhere else in the world, in a place where everyone speaks in another language. Therefore, we try to ensure any services and amenities that can make it lighter and more enjoyable.

Don't wait for the right time to come, or you will never leave. That time is now, it's already here: it's time for you to give yourself something for yourself, for your future, and to better understand who you are and where you want to go. Traveling is the key to self-awareness, and doing so by learning a language allows you at the same time to acquire valuable language skills that will come in handy in your future.

Remember that with Sprachcaffe you can tailor your trip to your personal needs by choosing:

● Length of the trip, from a minimum of 8 weeks;
● Frequency of course of study, choosing between standard (4 lessons per day) and intensive (6 lessons per day);
● Accommodation (in cases where there are multiple options, such as homestay, hotel or residence);
● Free time, which you can spend as you like, joining us or exploring on your own.

Sprachcaffe schools are always well connected to the city center, major attractions, and accommodations, so you can get around comfortably on foot or by public transportation.

Full board is also usually included in the package, so that you don't even have to worry about getting lunch or dinner. In some cases, other services are also included, such as housekeeping and linen, but these are specifics you will learn more about by reading the page of the destination you are interested in.

In any case, we're talking about an opportunity to seize, a trip that will be able to change your life and make you see the world from a different perspective. After all, every country has its own customs, its own ways, its own nuances, and it is difficult to understand them until you immerse yourself in them. Once you do, however, the awareness you gain you carry with you into so many other aspects of life.

So what are you waiting for?

Fill out the gap year form and choose whether to book directly or have a fee sent to your e-mail address so you can get a more complete idea about cost and information. Every trip has a price, being so customizable, but remember that this is the best investment you can make for your future.

And that Sprachcaffe will know how to give you the most life-changing experience you can imagine in return.

We are waiting for you!