Name: LEOlingo North
Brand: LEOlingo North
SKU: 51442
Rating: 9.79 (19 reviews)

<h3>What inspired you to work for <a href=https://www.goabroad.com/providers/leolingo-north rel="" target="_self" className="link"><ins>LEOlingo North</ins></a>?</h3>
<p>As a language and sports teacher, I liked the idea of learning languages through games and activities. I always loved to travel and communicate with people from all over the world. That is the idea of LEOlingo, to learn a language from native speakers in an active environment.</p>
<div class="awesome-image centered " ><img src="https://images.goabroad.com/image/upload/v1682055331/images2/interviews/HThJVVbIhVfLgCxoCZToNilwU9D4fpSlcSC1dwfE.jpg" alt="A student on high ropes."><div class="caption"><p>This student is enjoying hanging out on some high ropes at LEOlingo adventure camps.</p></div></div>
<h3>What is your favorite part of your job?</h3>
<p>Organizing camp activities, creating full board and lodging for kids and counselors, working with people from all over the world, learning more about the world and different cultures, and speaking different languages the whole day long.</p>
<div class="awesome-image right-aligned " ><img src="https://images.goabroad.com/image/upload/v1682055332/images2/interviews/Faa1YMt53nrTc1Vs0EWCwyxeDPdnzvpJOKVTtuEd.jpg" alt="Onsite at camp overlooking the lake."><div class="caption"><p>Participating in LEOlingo adventure camps are what we look forward to the most every year.</p></div></div>
<h3>How do you use your education and international background in your current role?</h3>
<p>I have learned English, French, and Spanish in school and during my time at university. I have traveled the world and I have lived three years abroad. Furthermore, I studied education and became a French and sports teacher. I organized class trips with outdoor activities and language trips to England and France.</p>
<h3>What advice would you tell your pre-travel self?</h3>
<p>It is fun and challenging being in a camp atmosphere and working with people from all over the world. Also, it is fun to learn more about the world and different cultures while learning to speak in different languages.</p>
<h3>Why should someone choose LEOlingo North over competitors?</h3>
<p>LEOlingo is a small family business and everything is organized, very personal and well thought out. Every member of the team is very helpful and enthusiastic. We care about good working conditions, nature, sustainability, good food, fair trade products and a friendly learning atmosphere for kids and counselors.</p>
<h3>What is LEOlingo North's mission and how do you continue to work toward it?</h3>
<p>Beyond the practical elements of language instruction, LEOlingo is committed to creating an open and fair environment for campers, their families, and our staff members. We foster an environment where individuals are free to explore and express their individual ideas. We welcome all questions, concerns, and suggestions for making sure all members of the LEOlingo family feel safe and respected.</p>
<div class="awesome-image centered " ><img src="https://images.goabroad.com/image/upload/v1682055333/images2/interviews/6LOhi1SaWDEd4zu4TqKpq473yuMapPIxlIszjW6h.jpg" alt="Group photo with the LEOlingo team."><div class="caption"><p>Here is a group photo of myself and the LEOlingo team hard at work outside. </p></div></div>
<h3>What do you hope participants take away from your programs?</h3>
<p><a href=https://www.goabroad.com/providers/leolingo-north rel="" target="_self" className="link"><ins>LEOlingo</ins></a> offers the opportunity for young people across Germany to easily step into a completely different country to fully immerse themselves in a new language and culture. Whether English, French, or Spanish speaking, counselors from all over arrive as ambassadors from their respective countries ready to deliver a lively insight into their native language and culture.</p>
<p>Campers get to step out of the classroom for the week-long language camp offering a diverse program full of fun, excitement and learning in a nurturing environment. Beyond the typical summer camp experience, LEOlingo allows participants to create memorable bonds not only with other German children but also with their diverse staff of counselors.</p>
<div class="awesome-image centered " ><img src="https://images.goabroad.com/image/upload/v1682055333/images2/interviews/YZHEFwYn3HfeldHgc3srbcdx003BOeyWgpyofr6f.jpg" alt="Group photo with the LEOlingo campers."><div class="caption"><p>Hands up if you are having fun! Group photo with the campers at the LEOlingo camp.</p></div></div>
<h3>Why is it important for people to travel abroad and experience new cultures?</h3>
<p>At LEOlingo our mission is to open doors for young people, allowing them an enjoyable and safe place to learn, question, and connect. As our world grows smaller, we hope to ignite curiosity and build understanding across borders for all of our campers and our team.</p>
<h3>What does meaningful travel mean to you?</h3>
<p>Meaningful travel means to step into a completely different country, fully immersed in a new language and culture.</p>


Sabine Goerner

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Teach your native language in Germany! LEOlingo is a small language camp in Germany founded in 2006/2007. We give German children the chance to learn a foreign language in a holiday camp atmosphere with native speakers. English is the main language taught, but there are French and Spanish camps as well.

Camp counselors will manage 12 children from 7 to 15 years old. An 5-day training period will help the counselors prepare for their tasks and responsibilities.

The language camps are handled by two administrators: Sabine Goerner, based in Schwerin (near Hamburg), and Andrea Baer, located in Sengenthal (near Nuremberg and Munich).

We look forward to receiving your application if you are available over summer for camps in Northern Germany.

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LEOlingo is a small language camp provider in Germany, which was established in 2006 by Andrea Baer (South/Bavaria) and Sabine Goerner (North). LEOlingo gives German kids the opportunity to learn a foreign language while attending camp with native speakers as counselors. The idea of the camp is to learn a language in a fun setting, with games, theater, sports, arts and music. There are no grammar lessons or any other school settings. The camps take place during the German school holidays, mainly in summer. There are 5-6 days long Overnight and Day Camps. Overnight Camps are usually combined with specials such as climbing, canoeing or waterskiing etc. While most LEOlingo camps revolve around learning the English language, there are also camps focused on teaching children French or Spanish.

LEOlingo is a small language camp provider in Germany, which was established in 2006 by Andrea Baer (South/Bavaria) and Sabine Goerner (North). LEOlingo gives German kids the opportunity to learn a foreign language while attending camp with native speakers as counselors. The idea of the camp is to learn a language in a fun setting, with games, theater, sports, arts and music. There are no grammar ...

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I have done LEOlingo for 3 summers and it's been incredible every single time. The camp is very well organized and the person running the camp will give you everything you need in order to have a fun (and successful) summer. The activities are also great and the co-workers I met are what kept bringing me back every year! Additionally, the camp also provides vegetarian and vegan meals, which was a plus for :)

Doing LEOLingo was a great experience for me as it combined having a summer job with traveling. You get to know your coworkers well who, in my experience, have been really nice and interesting people from all over the world and the person who runs the program is very caring and makes sure that all your needs are met. Overall it was an amazing summer!

I have worked as a counselor at LEOlingo for the past two summers and will be returning this summer. The director respects and prioritizes the counselors needs over everything, making sure they are well taken care of and well-equipped to teach games and activities to the children.

Incredible summer job opportunity

LEOlingo is an incredible company to work for. I've met some lifelong friends there as well as getting to experience a wonderful summer in northern Germany. Throughout the camp you'll have opportunities to do windsurfing, stand-up paddle boarding, high ropes courses, canoeing and many more exciting activities.  It's a perfect way to spend a summer abroad!

The greatest summer you can imagine!

LEOlingo is one of the coolest travel jobs I have had! Imagine, stand up paddle boarding and windsurfing in the Baltic sea, building rafts and canoeing in some of the most beautiful lakes in Germany and meeting some of the coolest kids on the planet. Imagine all this, AND you get paid to do it!
I have come back twice to LEOlingo because I love it so much! Sabine is so welcoming and helping you out with anything you need. The team always becomes one big family by the end of summer and the memories you will make are priceless. 

Whether you want teaching experience, a summer job or just an experience of a lifetime, LEOlingo is the place for you!

Best summer ever!

LeoLingo is truly a fabulous program. I've taught with other English camp programs elsewhere, and I can definitely recommend LeoLingo as my favorite. They are very personal and caring. This isn't like a giant 250 staff member company where you never meet the leaders or stay in one place long enough to get to know your co-workers well. LeoLingo is a rich family atmosphere where the leadership is invested in their program on a personal level. The team is small and tight-knit, and the city of Schwerin will really feel like home thanks to the effort the leadership makes to connect their employees to the culture and to the rest of the team. LeoLingo provides a rich opportunity for training in researched-bases ESL practices, while being able to travel all over Northern Germany, and meet people from all over the world.

A truly life changing experience

Before going to Leolingo, you read a bunch of reviews saying that people lives' changed once they came back from their summer as english teachers in Germany. Well at first I would not believe it, but now that i've actually experienced it I'm on of those saying that too. 

Leolingo in itself is an amazing company/program, which encourages kids to play, write, be outside, and all of that in an interesting way. and so many songs that will be stuck in your head for months! Kids are always interested about where your from, how different your life is in your native country. They travel through you coming there and it's magic to be part of that. 

The life at camp was an incredible experience. I met so many great people, either my host family, or the other councellors I was working with or people beyond that. I discovered so much about the german culture, but also about myself. This trip, where you spend more approximately 2 months surrounded by nature, lakes, sea, woods is so resourceful and enjoyable. You do things you thought you'd never get the opportunity to do such as canning to beautiful islands. I traveled to Berlin, Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. So many incredible places, added to the locations of the camps that are as amazing.  However I am not saying that they are no downsides, but they account for less than 1% of the experience and you just learn how to deal with those over time. 

I am so so thankful for this experience. I have grown so much during this summer, in terms of discovery, responsibility, independence and openness. Leolingo is one of those things you have to do one time in your life and that you will tell your grandchildren years from now. I would like to thank again all the ones who made that possible and took care of us during this summer!

Best Summer I've ever had!

This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to work for LeoLingo in northern Germany - an opportunity that ended up giving me the best summer I have ever had! 

Before I even arrived in Schwerin, Sabine made sure that I had all of the information that I needed to be successful in arriving. As someone who doesn't speak German, this was very comforting and settled any nerves that I had about traveling on my own to a new place. Upon arrival, I was welcomed by Sabine with warmth, humor, and support - things that never wavered for the entire summer working for her. 

Sabine treated all of us counselors as family, going above and beyond to make sure that we were comfortable and had everything that we needed. She even organized outings for the counselors to get to know one another and hosted parties for the entire group! The way that we were welcomed into this organization then translated to how we interacted with one another - I can happily say that I am leaving LeoLingo with lifelong friends that I found in my fellow counselors. 

Through-out the summer, I had the opportunity to work in Hamburg, by the Baltic Sea, and at various locations in Schwerin. Each place was beautiful, and we were treated so kindly by the staff. The camps themselves were incredible, over the course of each week we got to bond with awesome kids and see before our eyes the way their confidence with English grew. It was amazing to walk away from each week knowing that you made a positive difference in a young kids life! 

As much as working for LeoLingo allowed me to help kids learn and grow, I myself had one of the most transformative experiences working for this organization. I learned new things about myself, gained confidence, and had personal growth in really positive ways! I would highly recommend this experience to anyone who enjoys working with kids, meeting new people from around the world, having fun, and being challenged to learn and grow. If you're considering LeoLingo, i encourage you to take the leap and go for it! I'm sure glad I did

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