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Swiss French Academy, Sion:
If you have a passion for learning French, or would like to improve your knowledge of the French language, and enjoy a unique holiday, then you will find our French Academy the perfect solution. Our French Academy in Crans-Montana, is more than just a language school in Switzerland. It offers a series of French immersion courses, providing language induction, accommodation, meals, cultural, recreational and sporting activities. Most importantly, your experience will be completely devoid of stress and hassle. Crans-Montana is approximately 20 km from Sion, 180 km (two hours) from Geneva and 300km (three hours) from Zurich.

Our French language courses cater for beginners to advanced. The courses are practical, relevant and memorable. From Day One you will be immersed in the French language and soon become comfortable with its pronunciation, grammar, rhythm and idiom.

Why choose us?

Photo of Study French in SwitzerlandIt is important to us that students complete each course feeling enriched and satisfied with their accomplishment and progress. Learning French in Switzerland should be a personal achievement, as well as a memorable one.

Centrally situated 4-star accommodation, with breakfast and dinner, has been meticulously chosen to provide comfort and style. So why not relax and learn French on the "sunny balcony" of Switzerland, as it is known, and let the French language unlock the many secrets of the Valais - one of the 26 cantons in Switzerland.

Our philosophy of learning French:
We believe that to constantly hear and experience a language is one of the most efficient ways to learn. Thus our aim is to provide a series of French immersion courses that are practical and relevant. Our structured morning sessions are reinforced in the afternoon’s informal program that immerses participants into the culture, history and sporting life of the Valais. This method enhances retention, encourages participation and provides maximum interest, thus offering students of French the best possible chance of success.

Teachers:

Our teachers are highly-experienced with university degrees. Enthusiastic and motivated, they will draw out your conversational abilities, encourage participation without inhibition, and extend your grammar and knowledge of the language. Learning French with our teachers will inspire you to achieve and continue the journey.

Courses:

- Full Immersion French
- Intensive French
- Standard French
- Business French
- French and Culture
- French and Wellness
- Business French and Fitness
- French and Skiing
- French and Golf
- French and Hiking
- Group Courses
- Private Tuition

Accommodation:

You will enjoy learning French in the luxury of one of our 4-star hotels. The hotels are well appointed with individually furnished rooms with TV, bath, shower, telephone and mini-bar.

Participants of the French+Golf course may enjoy one of Crans-Montana's central hotels situated on the golf course. Our other hotels are also centrally located and have a specific charm of their own, with healthy buffet breakfasts enjoyed in a sun-flooded dining room with panoramic vistas of the mountain peaks.

A three-course dinner at your hotel is included every evening except Saturday nights. Saturday nights are reserved for the restaurant of your choice. There are more than 40 establishments offering dishes ranging from regional specialties to haute cuisine.

Lunch is a delectable surprise from Monday to Friday during the French immersion course. It may be a quaint restaurant one day, a raclette or fondue in the mountains the next or a picnic by the lake the following day. All the while, indulging in some famous local wines and conversing with the locals.

Free time:

Image of Study French in SwitzerlandWhat could be more relaxing and pleasurable than learning French in Switzerland! Crans-Montana is equally seductive and beautiful in both summer and winter and suitably tranquil to reflect and relax. Take a moment to unwind or read the newspaper in a comfortable sun lounger with a café latte al fresco or sample one of the Valais' signature wines. Whilst in winter what could be more enticing, than unwinding in perfect insouciance by a warm crackling fire in your hotel?

Enjoy the wonderful shopping with top fashion designers from France and Italy, exquisite jewellery and the famous Swiss watches. Other leisure options include skiing, ice skating, curling, sledging, horse riding, swimming, tennis, hiking, and summer cross-country skiing on the glacier.

The vibrant night-life of the twin villages also offers a variety of restaurants, piano bars, discos, casino and a cinema.

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Address: Crans-Montana rue Prabé 8, Sion, Switzerland
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2024-03-03 were from:

Barcelona, Spain; Dubai, UAE; USA; Netherlands; Nijmegen, Netherlands; Gold Coast, Australia; Dominican Republic; Singapore; France; and more.
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