Connect your students with a classroom abroad
Intercultural learning through video exchange
Connecting Classrooms is a free language exchange that pairs your class with one of our partner schools in Spain or France to promote language learning in an authentic, creative, and motivating way.
Enrollment Open for the 2026–2027 School Year
Designed for Spanish & French classes, grades 7 – 12
100% Free
Flexible & asynchronous
Safe & moderated
Real students. Real voices.
Language learning feels different when someone is listening.
See some examples of how your students can share insight into their school life and explore culture together via short video exchanges.
Student life
Hobbies & interests
Culture in action
Food & traditions
Daily routines
Everyday life
Give students a reason to use the language they are learning
The students loved this project experience; they were thrilled when watching the video sent to them from our partner school in Granada, Spain. … The experience is unforgettable for both students and teachers.
This project has given our students the opportunity to see how their peers abroad live, learn about their customs, and hear different perspectives firsthand. Our students have experienced the benefits of opening their classroom to new friends and asking meaningful questions across cultures.
Participating in the video exchange project has been a great way to propel student learning, language proficiency, engagement and intercultural competence. Our students developed critical thinking skills, made profound cultural comparisons and better prepared themselves to become world citizens!
Connecting Classrooms brought language learning to life for my students. My students had fun showing off our school and learning that some things that they take for granted are not universal. I highly recommend Connecting Classrooms as a supplement to any language program.
Accepting requests for 2026–2027
Start your free virtual exchange
Fill out the interest form below and a Forum Coordinator will help get you started.
See what a virtual exchange looks like
Everything in one simple, teacher-friendly place
See your partner classroom, manage activities, and keep the exchange moving with ease.
A simple space students can use right away
Students open a private classroom link to view their current activity, upload a video, watch approved videos from their partner class, and leave responses.
Ready-made activities with a clear learning purpose
Choose structured video activities or customize your own to help students use the target language while exploring everyday life, culture, similarities, and differences.
You decide what your partner class can see
Student videos and comments wait for your review before they are shared. Permission tools and visibility controls are built directly into the teacher portal.
Why teachers choose Connecting Classrooms
Connecting Classrooms gives students meaningful international connections without adding live-call logistics or an unfamiliar workflow to your week. You stay in control, and a Forum Coordinator is available when you need support.
Free from start to finish
No subscription or hidden fee. Just sign up and connect with your partner classroom abroad.
Flexible & asynchronous
Record videos to share and respond to your partner classroom at a time that suits you class schedule.
Teacher-approved and secure
Review and approve student videos and comments before they are shared.
Dedicated 1:1 Support
Your Forum Coordinator will assist with matching, setup, permissions, and participation from beginning to end.
The interest form takes about two minutes.
Accepting requests for the 2026–2027 school year
Connecting Classrooms is available on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to submit your interest form early.
Guided activities
Students share videos on topics aligned to your curriculum.
Each activity is designed around ACTFL’s world-readiness standards for learning languages and the five Cs (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities).
Introduce Yourself
Students introduce themselves, and share details of their interests, hobbies, and families. This simple first activity helps students build confidence before exploring deeper cultural topics.
School Life
Students share a typical school day, class schedule, routines, favorite subjects, and/or school traditions. Then, they compare similarities and differences between their own school experience and their partner class’s experience.
Hometown & Regional Culture
Students introduce where they live by sharing a local tradition, food, landmark, festival, region, or part of daily life. They finish with questions for their partner class to keep the exchange going.
How it works
Submit your interest form
Tell us about your school, target language, class level, class size, and goals. It takes about two minutes.
Get matched
Forum finds a compatible classroom abroad and introduces you to the partner teacher.
Create videos
Students use guided activity prompts to record short videos about daily life, school, culture, traditions, and more.
Receive & respond
Your class receives videos from its partner classroom, prepares responses, and continues the exchange throughout the school year.
“Connecting Classrooms has been a fun, authentic, and meaningful learning experience for me and my students.”
Ready for step one?
The interest form takes about two minutes, and there is no commitment.
A first step toward meaningful international experiences
Connecting Classrooms gives your students a first experience with building international friendships.
Many schools use the program as a tool for cultivating curiosity, confidence, before organizing a school exchange, language immersion, or customized school trip abroad.
About Forum by Prométour
Connecting classrooms and cultures since 1992.
Forum by Prométour has supported World Language teachers with meaningful language and cultural experiences for more than 30 years, including:
30+
Years of educational experience
1,000s
of student participants
1:1
support from registration onward
What teachers are saying
Hear from teachers who have used Connecting Classrooms to make language learning feel more real, relevant, and motivating for their students.
The video exchanges have been beautiful and well worthwhile for my students and me. Students’ proficiency and confidence grew through the making and watching of these videos. My students looked forward to this work.
An incredible program! My Spanish students connected with a school in Spain, exchanged videos, explored the culture, and used their language skills authentically. The lesson plans and resources made everything easy. Highly recommended!
Connecting Classrooms paired our students with a school in France to exchange videos about real life topics and culture. It was highly motivating for my students, and I would recommend it to any language teacher.
Connecting Classroom was such a good experience. My student had the chance to practice and improve their speaking skills as well as getting to know new students from abroad.
This has been our first experience with Connecting Classrooms. Both the students and I have enjoyed preparing and doing our activities and watching the other school students’ videos. Despite it doesn’t take much time, we would like to manage time in a better way next time.
Forum by Prométour matched us with a great partner school near Barcelona. My students loved watching their videos. It was a great experience ¡Gracias!
They offer a wonderful video exchange opportunity to teachers and their students! Teachers are matched with schools in another country and they exchange videos with guided subjects and questions. This is an excellent way to learn the culture of another country while getting to know new people.
Connecting Classrooms is a wonderful window to other cultures and a direct way to make language learning meaningful and tangible. The program gave a concrete target of communicating using interesting topics from everyday life.
