To give students the best chance of a positive educational outcome, they require a customised language-based program that fosters the key foundational attitudes of respect, openness, and curiosity. Living the everyday experience of a different culture builds cultural self-awareness, cultural competence and allows students to see what lies beneath the surface of the “cultural iceberg.” Our participants are carefully matched with a French correspondent of a similar age and personality, then, they attend school and socialise with their correspondent and live with their family. We also limit the number of students in the same school in France so each one can become completely integrated into the French way of life. Our track record proves that students who click with their correspondents are more likely to talk and share, improve their French, have amazing experiences and create bonds that can last a lifetime.