Communication year abroad at school?

English is not for nothing world language. Some people present themselves among countries such as Thailand or Malaysia cliché developing countries in which people have not yet been told that Columbus America…., but believe me: You speak English pretty much everywhere in the world. With a strong, difficult to understand accent, but that is what Saxony does. Teachers in schools in particular can in principle be understood in English.

The second is that “you don’t have to be able to speak the national language” not means that you do not learn a word from the national language allowed in advance. Once your country place is fixed, you should start learning basic grammar and words of language, if necessary. Signs etc.

And finally: A student exchange year is primarily not there to provide excellent educational services. You get good education in Germany, you don’t have to go abroad. The main purpose of student exchange is to gain intercultural experience, because it is not possible in Germany. And for them it is not necessary to understand the explanation of the math teacher about vector calculation. An intercultural experience would be, for example: “Oh, here the teacher really talks all the time! The students do not ask questions, nor do they calculate exercises together. Really totally the frontal class, so I never had…!”