{"id":10805,"date":"2025-12-16T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.sts-education.com\/high-school\/before-your-year-abroad\/prepare-yourself-with-our-language-courses\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:40:26","slug":"prepare-yourself-with-our-language-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/high-school\/before-your-year-abroad\/prepare-yourself-with-our-language-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare Yourself With Our Language Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-sts-hero sts-block-hero is-variant-full-background has-text-light has-background-media\" style=\"--sts-hero-padding-mobile:0px;--sts-hero-padding-desktop:0px;--sts-hero-text-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base-10, #fff);\" data-variant=\"full-background\"><div class=\"sts-block-hero__background\"><picture class=\"sts-responsive-image has-fit-cover is-skeleton\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sts-education.com\/13655_hero_lg_xl.jpg\" alt=\"Prepare yourself with a language course!\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/picture><span class=\"sts-block-hero__overlay\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"sts-block-hero__inner\"><div class=\"sts-block-hero__content has-align-center\"><div class=\"sts-block-hero__content-inner\"><h1 class=\"sts-block-hero__heading\">Prepare yourself with a language course!<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-sts-text sts-text-editor has-max-width-md\"><div class=\"sts-text-editor__content\"><div class=\"sts-text-editor__content-inner\">\n<p>Are you going on an exchange year to an English, Spanish, German or Italian speaking country? Prepare yourself with our digital language course! It&#8217;ll help you master the language once you&#8217;re there and make it easier to understand what your new friends, host family and teachers are saying right from the start.<\/p>\n\n<h2>In these courses you will learn<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>In small classes online. You will have the same classmates and teacher through the entire course.<\/li>\n<li>Functional language for everyday situations you\u2019ll encounter during their year abroad.<\/li>\n<li>Culture Corners \u2014 interactive sessions exploring the traditions and daily life of the destination country.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>The sessions deepen your understanding of local life, making your year abroad both linguistically enriching and culturally meaningful.<\/p>\n\n<p>You will also receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the course!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Start date and hours<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Spanish, German, Italian, French<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The courses are available in different levels, include 15 hours of study, and usually start in April.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/high-school\/destinations\/europe\/spain\/#add-ons\">Spanish course price<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/high-school\/destinations\/europe\/germany\/#add-ons\">German course price<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/high-school\/destinations\/europe\/italy\/#add-ons\">Italian course price<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/high-school\/destinations\/europe\/france\/#add-ons\">French course price<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/about-sts\/contact-us\/\">local STS office<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":10787,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-default-with-breadcrumbs.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sts_page_background_color":"","footnotes":""},"wpw_page_folders":[80],"class_list":["post-10805","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prepare yourself with a language course!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you going on an exchange year to a Spanish, German or Italian speaking country? 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