Morzine Interesting Fact Number 1 Morzine’s economy was based around agriculture and slate-mining until the Grand Hotel was built in the 1920s and when the Pléney cable-car was built in 1934. This opened up the area for summer visitors initially and then subsequently skiing became more popular in…

March 29th, 2018

Social life at Alpine French School on our French and Ski Courses

One thing many students are looking for when they come to Learn French in France is that they will meet other students who they can spend time with. They also want there to be social activities so that they can enjoy their time outside of the classroom. Many…

March 26th, 2018

News

Belgium: the land of funny french and great family holidays

It’s fascinating hearing different French accents. Even in Morzine we might overhear someone asking for a bottle of “ving” and assume they must be on holiday from the south somewhere! What is also interesting is how the actual French can differ in our neighbouring countries of Switzerland and Belgium.…

March 16th, 2018

Kwiziq: Alpine French School’s e-learning partner

Kwiziq is a modern e-learning solution for learning French online. The team who set up Kwiziq are a modern, forward-thinking team who are constantly improving and re-developing Kwiziq to make it more user-friendly and adding new resources. The features that made us choose Kwiziq as our e-learning partner include: …

March 12th, 2018

Intensive Courses

Winter 2018 French Intensive Courses/Learn French + Ski

We have had a great winter at Alpine French School, as have students on our French Intensive Courses and our Learn French and Ski courses. Morzine-Avoriaz has had one of the best winters in several years in terms of snowfall, which means that anyone who has come to the…