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French Residential Courses are a great way of improving your French in a short space of time. What better way than being immersed in the language day and night to make real progress? Just think, even if you study French at school, college or in an evening class, you probably do a couple of hours of French a week……by taking a residential French course in France, you could be speaking and listening to French up to 16 hours a day (assuming you need 8 hours’ sleep, however you might need more as learning a language can be tiring!). In any case, you will be spending a lot more time studying, listening to and speaking French than is ever normally possible!
But there are so many French Residential Courses in France, where should you start? Well let’s break this down into 2 sections: courses for adults and courses for teenagers.
If you are an adult reading this blog and booking a course for yourself, you need to think about the following questions:
Alpine French School offers a range of courses for adults in the winter and summer. Based in the French Alps, just over an hour from Geneva, this allows easy access from most countries. The school obviously falls into the category of being a language school in the mountains; as such courses can include skiing and snowboarding in the winter and activities such as hiking, mountain biking, cycling, white-water sports, paragliding, trail running and much more in the summer.
If you are reading this blog for your children, then Alpine French School also offers residential French courses in France for children and teenagers.
Alpine French School offers Family French Camps in July and August.
Children from 5 to 17 years of age take French lessons in the morning with groups organised according to age and level including exam preparation courses. In the afternoon, they can either enjoy activities with their new friends or regroup as a family to enjoy the Alps as a family. With activities such as tennis, mountain biking, swimming, cycling, mountain biking, paragliding, white-water rafting, hiking, canyoning, climbing, adventure park, summer luge and much more, there is never a dull moment. A variety of accommodation options are offered including independent chalets and apartments, apartments shared with other students or hotels. Adults have the option of taking an intensive French course every morning. Read more about this here and watch this video which gives an insight into what the Family camps are really like.
If you are looking for a French Summer Camp for your 11-17 year old and would like to send them alone or with siblings or friends, then Alpine French School also offer a residential French course for teenagers with 24/7 supervision. In the mornings, students enjoy fun interactive French lessons including exam preparation if appropriate. Lunch is eaten with other students with French conversation with our activity leaders. Afternoons are filled with adventure activities before a little free time to relax and call family and friends after a busy day. Dinner and evening activities are also included ranging from ice-hockey matches to film nights. Weekends are more relaxed with full day activities and excursions to continue French learning outside of the classroom. Full-board accommodation is included and an airport meet and greet service can be included. Read more about this here and watch this video which gives an insight into what the residential French camps for teenagers are really like.
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