2. Have Help Paying for Your Language Classes
Young girl in China
New best friend and mini language teacher.
If you've found a program to au pair in non-Anglophone country, like Smaller Earth's au pair program in Spain or Guangzhou au pair center in China, you'll have the opportunity to learn and immerse yourself in another language.
Depending on your country and program, you may be required to take a language course before arrival or upon arrival. With some in country language courses, your host family may be required to help out with the costs as part of your contract (a reason why au pairing to subsidize your study abroad is a fantastic and creative way to save a few bucks!).
However, even if you are not required to take a language course and/or you will not be receiving financial aid for this, language courses would be a wonderful opportunity to learn a new language while being able to practice it with native speakers.
Most people have probably endured the high school language courses where nothing besides a few key words and phrases remain past graduation -- this will be a chance to finally grasp the language and improve over time by using the language with locals and your host family. Also, did we mention that kids are the best for helping you learn a new language?