Program	Ref.	Destination	Duration	Departure	Return	Price
Homestay	FH2	France	3 weeks	29/06	13/07	$ 2440 CAD
Homestay	FH4	France	4 weeks	29/06	27/07	$ 2580 CAD
Homestay	FH7	France	7 weeks	29/06	13/07	$ 3210 CAD
Homestay + Visit of Paris	FHV4	France	4 weeks	29/06	27/07	$ 3060 CAD

Homestay experience and Language study
in Tours, France

Age requirement: from 15 to 20 years old
Language requirement: open to all levels

Program description

This program is designed as an intensive language course for beginners as well as advanced students in French. Courses are offered in a language school which we have selected for its dynamism and high teaching qualities. Teachers, in their late twenties
or early thirties, are passionately fond of what they are doing and our students just love them!

The program is offered in the heart of the old city of Tours. The city of Tours, which has approximately 200,000 inhabitants, is known as both, an university and historical town. In its vicinity are among the most famous castles of France, such as Amboise, Chenonceau, Azay-le-Rideau, Ussé: The Sleeping Beauty Castle, Villandry: The Garden of France, and many others. Tours boasts a reputation for offering the best French in the country.

Host families

Participants are hosted by families living in Tours and its immediate vicinity. Host families are compensated for room and board as the students must be placed in a very specific area. Students spend evenings and weekends and the last week entirely with their host family.

Class size

Upon arrival, participants are tested on their French level and assigned to a class accordingly. Classes of 3 to 5 students.

Courses

Courses are conducted by highly qualified, ­specia­lized French teachers working in the school throughout the year. There are 20 instructional hours per week which observe the following schedule:

• 3 hours of language instruction each weekday morning – 15 hours
• Once a week, classes meet in the afternoon – 5 hours

Afternoon excursions

Two afternoons per week, students will participate in excursions. Examples:

• Full visit of the city of Tours
• Visits to the castles of Amboise, Chenonceau, Azay-le-Rideau...
  
  

Program	Ref.	Destination	Duration	Departure	Return	Price
Homestay + FSL (60 hours) + 6 visits of the city or excursions*	FHLT3	Tours	3 weeks	29/06	20/07	$ 4100 CAD

Homestay experience and Vivons à Paris and a very unique language program based on a full study and discovery of Paris
in Paris, France

Age requirement: from 15 to 17 years old
Language requirement: minimum 2 years of high school French

Program description

This program is under the responsibility of a very experienced team of French teachers. It is conceived for students between 15 and 17 with at least 2 years of French and having a very strong interest in arts and history. It is important to note that, even though students will use public transportation, this program requires a lot of walking, which they should fully enjoy. The program is prepared for groups of 4 to 6 students of different nationalities.

The goal of the program is to allow foreign students to study the French language and discover Paris. The daily visits of Paris are used as a teaching support. Students will have to keep a diary and bring the necessary material to gather documents, pictures, etc.

Mornings will be spent in class: 3 periods of 50 min, 4 days a week – 1 full day visits per week:

• 1st period: oral practice (accentuation, conversation with visual support)
• 2nd period: reviewing the grammar through explanation and application
• 3rd period: preparing the afternoon visit: documentation and explanation. Study of Paris map, the métro.

Afternoon visits are dedicated to a very thorough visit of Paris including history and actual living in Paris:

Week one – Discover the history of Paris

General guided tour et La Tour Eiffel; L’Ile de la Cité, Notre Dame, Le Marais – Musée Carnavalet (museum on the history of Paris); Le Quartier latin, St Germain, la Sorbonne, les écoles célèbres, le Panthéon; Le Musée du Louvres; Day in Versailles.

Week two – Paris in Modern times

Les transports parisiens: le métro et le bus - Découverte du quartier des Halles et Beaubourg – shopping; Le musée d’Orsay; Full day in Paris: Les Champs Elysées et la Défense; Le musée d’Art Moderne et la Maison de la Radio; Qu’aimeriez vous voir à Paris? Les Catacombes? Les égouts?

Week three – Paris chic

The famous restaurants and shops; la Cité des Sciences de Paris la Villette; Le Jardin d’acclimatation et le Jardin du Pré-Catelan; Découvrir Montmartre; Free shopping day.

Students will be hosted in the area of Enghien (20 min north of Paris – famous for its lake and horse track). Host families are compensated. Weekends will be spent with families. Students will be provided a “carte orange” – train (RER) pass for the daily visits.

The price includes everything: airport pick up, lunches 5 days per week, all entrance fees and transportation, and le feu d’artifice du 14 juillet on a special Bateau Mouche in the evening...

Program	Ref.	Destination	Duration	Departure	Return	Price
Vivons à Paris	FHLP3	Paris	3 weeks	25/06	16/07	$ 4140 CAD

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