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Accommodation can be organised in host families, rented rooms or apartments. Also available are river cruises, cooking courses, painting and music workshops, and


excursions to local sites such as Mont Saint-Michel, Giverny and the D-Day landing beaches. www.afnormandie.org/en


Ciel Bretagne Learn the lingo in true style at Châteaux des Langues


touring the local area for true immersion. There’s even the chance to stay with a host family to complete the experience. www.berlitz.fr


S.L. Immersion


S.L. Immersion offers French language immersion courses for adults with private tutors all over France. Combining language and a cultural experience, the courses allow students to learn while staying in the tutor’s home. “They welcome you into their house, provide you with a comfortable accommodation, cook for you and share meals with you.” There are currently home-stay courses available everywhere from Provence, Haute-Savoie, Burgundy and Aquitaine to Paris, Versailles, Normandy and Brittany. slimmersion-france.com


Eurolingua Institute


Founded in 1993, the Eurolingua Institute offers French language home-stays, on a one-to-one level, with teachers all over France – Brittany, the Loire Valley, Champagne, Pas-de- Calais, Provence, Normandy, Aquitaine, the Dordogne and more. “You will be totally immersed in your language and culture from day one – the best way to learn any foreign language,” say the organisers. www.eurolingua.com


PARIS Accord Paris Located in the 15th


arrondissement, a short walk from the Eiffel Tower, Accord Paris offers French courses for all ages and levels of ability and commitment, including preparation for exams for qualifications in French as a foreign language – DELF (Diplôme d’études en langue française) and DALF (Diplôme approfondi de langue française). www.accord-langues.com


École de langue Française (ELFE)


ELFE offers combined group and private classes, business French, French for teachers, classes for au pairs and language study trips from its centre on Rue Montmartre, in Paris’s 1st arrondissement. Activities include tastings, fine art, fashion and excursions. Accommodation is available with local families, or in hotels, youth hostels or student residences. www.elfe-paris.com


Institut de Langue et de Culture Françaises Over the last half century, more than 130,000 students have benefited from the language courses offered by Institut de Langue et de Culture Françaises in Paris’s 6th arrondissement. The courses on offer include


written French, oral French, phonetics, business French, French culture and civilisation. ilcf.icp.fr


Lalangue Paris


This school, on Rue Réamur, offers the opportunity to learn French in small classes of no more than six. Expect individualised teaching and homework that leads to a fast and solid progression. Private classes are also available. www.lalangueparis.com


Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne Situated on Rue de Martignac, in the 7th arrondissement, the CCFS enables students from around the world to study French and France in the heart of Paris. With its academic heritage, it provides language, phonetics and civilisation teaching for today’s world. The courses are graded through the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. www.ccfs-sorbonne.fr


NORTH-WEST FRANCE Alliance Française Rouen The Alliance Française de Normandie (part of the wider Alliance Française network) offers courses and workshops at all levels throughout the year in the Normandy towns of Rouen, Le Havre and Cherbourg.


Established in 1987, Ciel Bretagne is in Finistère, on the westernmost tip of Brittany, in a 19th-century mansion in a wooded park overlooking the River Élorn. Every year it welcomes between 300 and 500 students and teachers of French from all over the world. www.ciel.fr


Châteaux des Langues Managed for almost 40 years by the le Marié family, Châteaux des Langues offers high-quality residential language courses. One of their venues is the 19th-century Château de la Mazure in the Mayenne. Instruction is via the total immersion method which ensures intensive teaching over the course of five days. www.chateauxdeslangues.com


Clé


Before the French Revolution they used to say that the people of Tours spoke the purest form of French. A great city, then, in which to learn the language. Founded in 1985, this school provides small-group or one-to-one language instruction to all ages and abilities, overseen by the director Céline. Prices start at €720 per week. Accommodation with a family or in an apartment or hotel is supplementary. Online courses are also available. www.cle.fr


Le Français Face à Face This is a one-to-one residential programme in Angers, exclusively for adults. By communicating one-to-one, all day long, in a structured and logical way, students


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