The difference with a Learn&Co Spanish, Italian, German or French exchange programme is that it’s all about the group experience. It’s also about bringing carefully matched schools together so they can develop long term partnerships for ongoing future exchanges.   Many other programmes are focused on exchanges between individual students. But in a group the experience is shared, which offers many benefits.   When the students are back from their trip, they can collectively discuss and compare what they learned with their language teachers. It’s also a confidence booster, travelling abroad and settling into a new environment with familiar faces around you.   What’s more, with group exchanges, everyone is exposed to a range of different accents, which is highly valuable when it comes to honing listening skills.   And when the programme develops into a regular fixture for the school, it can only improve over time, becoming something all the students look forward to being involved in as part of their language studies.