Student Testimonials

I wanted to thank you for 2 lovely weeks in the French Alps and in my French school classes.  You can’t control the snow and weather but you managed to produce just enough snow so I could enjoy my skiing vacation.  My French class was a lovely break from the slopes each afternoon and gave my family a little time ‘away’ from mom.  It was terrific – a lovely town – the apartment was beautiful and well situated for our walking needs…and our last night at La Grange was wonderful.

I hope you have a little break between winter and the summer visitors to enjoy a walk along the river  (thank you tour guide for that great suggestion).

Thank you and wishing you well with the new season.

Corinne was brilliant, really enjoyed the class, lots of fun and have really developed my confidence this week.  You have inspired me to carry on! Thank you!

I loved the school, loved the team, loved my teachers. So happy I chose your school! Not only the school team was helpful with study related aspects, but very flexible and accommodating to students’ personal needs. I only wish I had more time in Morzine to continue my French journey with you. Thank you :)

I would absolutely recommend Alpine French School! I loved the class, it was challenging, engaging, informative. I learned appropriate cultural information of France, Morzine, le vin etc.  Nicolas est très gentil and fair and knowledgeable, formidable comme prof. I would highly recommend this school for the adult classes.

I have had a really positive experience with Nicolas and would recommend the school to others. Thanks for all the enthusiasm and hard work put into making the sessions interesting, engaging and useful.

I would highly recommend the school. Marine is an amazing teacher! Thank you.  The lessons flowed together so well.

The course has provided a great springboard to start our journey through learning French.  Day 1 was challending and Elise tailored the lessons to match our abilities very well.  A great mix of lessons and tasks in an environment that suited my mindset and the way I learn.  I certainly did not enjoy learning French like this EVER before.  Thanks to you all!

Nicolas was very well prepared.  I enjoyed the week and it was challenging! A truly excellent teacher!

Marjolaine est une prof qui motive ses étudiants avec une passion pour son métier.  Mes cours ont répondu à mes attentes, bravo et merci à Marjolaine!

Good variety of subjects on the course.  Very useful and interesting content.

Ségolène was a great teacher.  She made the class feel comfortable and it was obvious that she put a lot of time in preparing for the class.

Je suis déjà rentré à Barcelone. Ç’a été une vraiment magnifique expérience chez vous. Merci bien à Nicolas pour m’aider à reprendre le français, pour toute la patience qu’il a eu et pour nous montrer la culture et l’histoire de la Haute-Savoie. Merci aussi pour avoir eu l’opportunité de connaître les Alpes françaises et tout les options sportives qu’on peut trouver là-bas.

Je vous ajoute une photo dès le balcon au Jora (un logement excellent) pendant ma dernière nuit où j’ai joui des étoiles filantes: (c’est un peu trouble mais la grande ours est parfaitement visible)

I would like to thank you sincerely for making the French classes fun and a very memorable experience.
I do not remember I ever felt so happy when going to school. I will remember my morning walks through the quiet and sunlit Morzine, and over the bridge, to the school, looking forward diving into the French (not from the bridge) with the other keen students.
Thank you, Laure, for keeping everything well organised, being there, always helping. And, we loved the cheese and wine tour!
Thank you, Aurélie, for helping with all the questions popping up in my head. I now feel confident to use French with any (reasonably patient) native speaker and use le Subjonctif!
It was great to be at your school, meet the like-minded people and be a student again. I’d need to come back!

Last week I was with you having booked one to one tuition for fifteen hours over five days (two hours each morning followed by one in the afternoon) to improve my French. I flew across from the UK especially, as the school had been recommended to me by my cousin who lives in Les Gets (she had attended a group conversational course with you last year). I was a little apprehensive as flying across from the UK and booking fifteen hours of one to one tuition for a week was a bit of a hit on the bank account.

But I must say, it was money very well spent and worth (as we say in England) every penny. In the morning I had two hours with Celine and after lunch one hour with Justine.  Celine’s instruction was exactly right for me at my level. With her fifteen years spent teaching in England she knew instinctively what I needed and what was best for me to progress, I learnt so much in the period of five days it was incredible and I completely surprised myself. After two hours each morning with Celine, I would then spend an hour with Justine to confirm what I had been taught in the morning – which was a perfect system. Both Celine and Justine made me feel relaxed and not worry about making mistakes.

It was most definitely money well spent and I exceeded all my expectations.

I would also like to say that everybody in the school was relaxed, friendly and happy (I was always hearing laughter), I didn’t feel like a student but part of the team and I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in the school.

My lessons with Alpine French School have really helped me to eliminate some of my entrenched errors despite speaking French for over 20 years and living in France for more than 10 years. The lessons are creative, engaging, interesting and effective. I’ve not only learned to refine grammar and increase the depth my vocabulary; I’ve learned about French politics and the more enigmatic aspects of French culture. Best of all, the lessons make me want to keep on learning. Thank you Alpine French School

L’ambiance dans l’école était très bien.  Nous avons parlé beaucoup pendant les cours et je n’ai pas de suggestion pour améliorer le stage!  Merci pour les 4 semaines à Morzine :)

C’était un super bon expérience, c’était très cool! Je voudrais bien rentrer ici.  Je suis un peu triste de partir!

My husband and I have just completed a week’s intensive course at the Alpine French school in Morzine and we can both see an improvement in each other’s French. To anybody who is undecided as to whether or not they should try it, I would definitely say yes. Go for it!

As an ex teacher I know that the best thing that we can do for our pupils is to give them confidence and enthusiasm and the teachers at the AFS certainly do that for you no matter what your level of French is or how old you are. It was great to listen to a native French speaker who spoke clearly and slowly (enough). Each day I heard lots of new vocabulary which was frequently repeated so that by the end of the week I felt as if I had learnt a vast amount. There was a good balance of activities to suit different learning styles and plenty of opportunities to practice speaking.

Not long after the last lesson I happened to be in a small shop in the village and began a conversation with the shopkeeper who was amazed and delighted. He exclaimed, “ah vous parlez francais. C’est magique!” What better testimonial could you get than that!

 

Alpine French School had a lovely happy atmosphere.  The course met my expectations with the use of different teaching methods: cards, games, riddles, and all grammar points were fully explained.  The one to one private intensive format worked really well and was the best part of my course!  The teachers are the best, go to Alpine French School!

I had a great time and enjoyed the lessons, the food and the activities, especially the canyoning, which was challenging and memorable!

I would thoroughly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn French in a French environment.  The enthusiasm of the staff is very encouraging and the teacher was very good at assessing my learning needs.  At first I was very nervous but I felt I was put in the right class and felt I have grown and improved so much.  Thank you!

What better than learning French with a wonderful teacher in the beautiful Alps!  The perfect mix of intense morning study and active afternoons where you are free to do what you want.  Everyone at the school and all the Morzine locals have been so friendly, I can’t wait to come back!

Thank you for the week’s intensive French Courses.  Tricia and I really enjoyed our weeks and both of us thought that our tutor was excellent.  We look forward to booking some further lessons when we can.

L’été était parfait pour moi à Morzine!  Les leçons étaient très bien et je pense que j’ai fait des progrès!  Et pour moi aussi l’organisation était super, merci pour tous!  Je ne vais pas oublier cet été à Morzine.  On se voit bientôt, je reviens en Janvier pour skier :)

Je suis heureux d’annoncer que nous avons tous deux bien reussi l’examen de “Open University”, malgré tous les soucis. En fait, Lindsay m’a battu! De tout facon, tout le monde est tres content. Nous vous remercions une fois encore de votre aide.

“I am sad to have to stop my lessons – this is a very first for me and this is a glowing testament to our teacher who inspires confidence and makes the otherwise daunting subject of French grammar seem far less so. She brought boundless energy and above all fun to the lessons. Also she was flexible in keeping the subject varied and interest levels high”

“Great structured lessons”

“I got my lessons for free using a government training budget organised by Alpine French School Chamonix”

“Christelle teaches in a fun way, making it easy to learn”

“I enjoyed learning new vocab and speaking French with people of a similar standard”

“Everything about the course was good, a good blend of everything I had wanted before the course started, plus loads that I didn’t realise I needed”

I enjoyed everything about the course! The structure of the week was really good. Day on day developing what you had done the day before and building from there. A great learning experience and never felt like it was too much. The teacher was fantastic!

“Professional and experienced teachers with a great balance of work and fun”

The teachers were fantastic – well informed and enthusiastic! They both conveyed great enthusiasm and got us to overcome our demons. Their approaches varied and the pace was well-judged

“The lesssons although structured, are also flexible to take account of all the students’ needs. Highly recommended”

I had lessons with Alpine French School and enjoyed every minute. It was both challenging and rewarding and I would recommend it to anyone, even if you are a fairly fluent French speaker already. The Alpine French School staff helped organise all the funding too so the whole process was hassle free from start to finish

I have had several courses of lessons with Alpine French School in the last three years and can highly recommend them. I was virtually a beginner when I moved to the Morzine area and can now get by quite comfortably running my business and dealing with every day life in France. Helen has always been incredibly helpful and organised my yearly training budget so that I receive my lessons for free. The teachers have been great too, I have had all of my recent lessons with Christelle and she is brilliant. She is good at reading the class and tailoring the lessons accordingly. I have had a mixture of intensive courses, group and private lessons and all have been very beneficial. The weekly conversational classes are great too just to keep up the practise in a positive learning environment. I’m looking forward to starting up with lessons again soon!