friLingue Camp Braunwald

friLingue's camp in Braunwald is a residential language holiday in the mountains of German-speaking Switzerland, where young people spend their mornings in language class and the rest of the day living the language. Classes are small — four to seven teenagers, an average of just over five — with young, mostly native-speaking teachers who are trained in working with minors, and a placement test on the Sunday of arrival sorts everyone into the right level from A1 through to C1. Afternoons belong to workshops the campers choose themselves and to the three excursions that fill every week, with a colourful evening programme afterwards and lights out at ten. Everyone eats together: fresh, homemade full board cooked by friLingue's own kitchen team, with plenty of regional ingredients and fruit at the mid-morning and afternoon snack breaks. Almost all children arrive on their own and English-speaking staff are always on site, so a shy first day usually turns into new friendships by the second.