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Intensive French Courses in France

Jump to: Paris | Montpellier

This program, nested in the heart of two of France's most beautiful and culturally significant regions, provides adults and teenagers aged 16 and above with a rich and productive learning experience. Our partner institute in these two cities offers high-quality programs that prepare students for a wide range of exams, including the DELF and the DALF.

The class sizes are small (between 5 and 12 students), which guarantees that each student receives individual attention from our skilled and motivated teachers. The curriculum takes advantage of proven language teaching methods to foster the learning process, including audio-visual activities, written exercises, role play scenarios and group work. Further, students are each provided with texts designed for their individual skill level to enhance and solidify their active and passive vocabulary.

Beyond classroom activities, the school organizes a variety of extra-curricular pursuits, such as:

• Guided tours through ancient and historical parts of the host city
• Museum visits and tours
• Cinema, theater and opera nights
• Social events
• Sports
• Excursions to the Loire Valley, Mont St. Michel, St. Malo etc.

In addition to being fun, these events provide students with opportunities to use what they learn in class in the real world. For short stays, it is also possible to combine private and group lessons.

For all programs, course material, tuition and reservation fees are included in the price. Students receive an official certificate of attendance.

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1. Program in Paris

Our partner school in Paris was established in 1988. Each year, it hosts students from more than 50 countries world-wide. The campus is ideally situated in the center of Paris and it provides easy access to Paris' excellent public transportation network, including the RER, metro or bus. This modern institute accounts for 16 spacious classrooms which are each equipped with modern audiovisual equipment.

The school offers optimal conditions to learn the language and discover French culture:

• A warm and friendly atmosphere
• A modern and dynamic teaching methodology integrating contemporary culture
• Lively Parisian surroundings
• A typical Parisian building with bright and spacious classrooms, in the heart of Paris, just a few minutes walk from the Louvre, the Opera, Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Georges Pompidou Center and the Marais
• A school open all year round to students as well as to professionals, to French and foreigners alike
• 20 lessons of 45 minutes per week; all levels possible
• Stays in single rooms in carefully selected host families

The Courses

We offer courses varying in intensity from 26, 30 or 34 lessons lessons a week (one lesson is 45 minutes). It is also possible to combine a regular course with private lessons, for example 26 group lessons and 5 private lessons a week.

Accommodation

In order to allow students to benefit the most from their stay in France, we organize accommodation in host families with individual rooms and half board (breakfast and evening meals).

Dates 2008

Courses begin each Monday. Complete beginners begin on the first Monday of the month.

The school will be closed on the following holidays: 24 March, 1 May, 8 May, 14 July, 15 August, 11 November, 25 December.


 

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2. Program in Montpellier

Montpellier, capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, has a long tradition as a University city and is home to one of the biggest and best known Universities of France - more than a quarter of Montpellier's 250, 000 inhabitants study here. Montpellier offers a beautiful historic centre with narrow picturesque streets, elegant private mansions dating back to the 16th century and many tree shaded cafés, and also an interesting cultural life.

Thanks to its countless historical treasures, the city is officially called a 'Ville d'Art'. Many street musicians and artists as well as a variety of famous festivals contribute to its cultural life. The warm, Mediterranean atmosphere is reflected in the day to day life of the town. Montpellier opens like an amphitheatre towards the Mediterranean with its long, sandy beaches and the étangs (lagoons) with huge colonies of wild pink flamingos. Thanks to its excellent location between Provence, the Camargue, the Cevennes mountains and the Pyrenees, Montpellier offers a wide range of excursion opportunities. The interior is fascinating and unspoilt with many gorges, creeks and picturesque villages.

This is also the biggest wine growing area of the world with excellent wines to be discovered and tasted. The climate is excellent. Summer lasts until the end of October and in winter one can even enjoy a sunny afternoon at one of the numerous café terraces: The sun shines more than 300 days a year.

The Courses

We offer a variety of programs in Montpellier :

• Standard French : 20 lessons of 45 minutes per week
  Program: vocabulary assimilation and enrichment, gramar and sentence structure, oral and written expression exercises, lessons on French culture and civilization.
• Intensive French : 30 lessons of 45 minutes per week
  This program includes the standard program and adds intensive oral expression lessons.
• Combined clases: 20 group lessons plus 5 hours of private lessons
• Business French : 20 lessons of general French and 10 lessons of business French per week
  This course is designed to extend the standard course and familiarize students with commercial and economic French.

DELF and DALF preparation is also possible in each of these programs. You will find the exam dates at the bottom of this page.

The Diploma in French Language Studies (known in French as the Diplôme d'études en langue française, or DELF) is a certification of French-language abilities for non-native speakers of French, administered by France's International Centre for Pedagogical Studies (Centre international d'études pédagogiques, or CIEP) for the country's Ministry of Education. It is composed of four independent diplomas corresponding to the first four levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, A1, A2, B1 and B2.

The Diploma of Advanced French Language Studies (known in French as the Diplôme approfondi de langue française, or DALF) is a certification of French-language abilities for non-native speakers of French administered by France's International Centre of Pedagogical Studies (Centre international d'études pédagogiques, or CIEP) for the country's Ministry of Education. It is composed of two independent diplomas corresponding to the top two levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, C1 and C2.

For more information on these exams, see http://www.ciep.fr/en/delfdalf/

Accommodation

Host Family in individual rooms with half-board
We place enormous care in selecting the host family that is best for the student. The families provide breakfast and the evening meal. All of our families are carefully selected and screened. Students have their own room as well as their own keys to the house, which ensures maximum independence. However, students are encouraged to spend a maximum amount of time with their families in order to make the most out of their stay in the country. Students must adapt to the habitual meal times of the host family.

Residence in individual rooms
The residences are designed for students who wish to have the maximum amount of independence and meet other students of all nationalities. Students have thier own small studio a private kitchen and bathroom. Meals are not included at all in this option.

Activities

The school proposes a variety of activities each week during the afternoons, evenings and weekends. For example, there are tours of the old city, visits to the underground museum, wine tastings, cheese tastings, visists to the planetarium, a restaruant evening, excursions to Arles, Nîmes and Avignon, and much more.

Dates 2008/2009

Courses begin every Monday, except for absolute beginners, who can begin the first Monday of the month.

Business French classes are in the summer only, from 7 July to 22 September.

The exam dates of the DELF and DALF are as followed:

For 2008:
DELF B1: 10 December
DELF B2: 11 December
DALF C1: 12 December

For 2009:
DELF A2: 27 May
DELF B1: 11 March, 28 May and 26 August
DELF B2: 12 March, 29 May and 27 August
DALF C1: 13 March, 28 May and 28 August
DALF C2: 27 May
Exam dates of December are not yet available.

The school will be closed on the following holidays: 24 March, 1 May, 8 May, 14 July, 15 August, 11 November and from 13 December to 4 January 2009.


 

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