French Language School in Perpignan, South of France

Academie De Langues France Mediterranee, Perpignan:
ALFMED is a French language academy in Perpignan, southern France. We offer foreign students a unique experience of learning French in privileged surroundings and complete cultural immersion.

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Quality, innovation, supervision are the Academy’s main objectives :
- Quality with our young and dynamic teachers, holders of university diplomas FLE (Français Langue Etrangère [French as a Foreign Language]), available modern means, educational coaching and well-adapted premises.
- Innovation by the teaching methods used essentially based on practical and recreational activities rather that on lectures; innovation, too, in the different original options offered, as well as in the cultural activities that are organized.
- Supervision by taking care of the student the minute he/she arrives, settling in and French immersion offered all through the stay.

The Academy’s original communicative teaching methods are principally based on a highly motivated and available teaching staff that is there to assist students at each stage of their training.

The Learning of French language is achieved at all levels, both during courses on the Academy’s premises and during excursions where you discover the regional culture, during immersion week-ends in a family and also through activities planned within the stay, visiting companies, active participation in local events.

> Our priority is to allow you to learn the language in a practical and recreational way, with a particular emphasis put on our teaching methods, comprehension and oral expression by putting students in real and imaginary situations, role playing, discovery courses, oral presentations...

> These original teaching methods are based on the constant use of numerous and various multimedia aids: press articles, agency news, French Web sites, video and audio documents, comic strips, French clips and songs, trailers from French films and novels.

> Updates of your written and oral knowledge are carried out at each stage of the learning to check the students levels and their ability to understand and be understood through reading, writing correspondence, a report, answering a phone call, or during a filmed interview.

> A follow-up for each student outside of his/her French classes is available to help each student re enforce what they have already learnt : recommendations on books to buy, DVD’s, assistance when using the language Lab and CD-ROM’s, different cultural outings to be done in the region : events, cinemas, tourist sites...

Intensive French Programs; Extensive French Programs; French Conversation Classes; Internship "Business" programs, French Summer Camps for Juniors; Summer French Immersion Courses for Adults.

All of our teachers’ mother tongue is French and they are holders of university diplomas FLE (Français Langue Etrangère [French as a Foreign Language]). They take active part in all stages of the learning, as far as courses are concerned, of course, in order to improve the performance of each student irrespective of his or her level, but also in accompanying students throughout their stay at our Academy in Perpignan.

Choosing Perpignan to learn French is a unique chance to live in a city in Southern France taking advantage, at the same time, of the proximity of Spain and Barcelona.

Perpignan, the Catalane":
Founded by the Romans, and ancient capital of the Kingdom of Majorca, this city renowned for its extraordinary climate, its palm tree lined squares and its sunny terraces will enchant you by its untarnished Mediterranean charm.
Located some 30 km away from Spain, Perpignan is actually the gateway to Spain, directed toward Barcelona, its Catalan cousin, washed by the Mediterranean Sea in the immediate vicinity and protected by the Pyrenees mountain chain. French for more than 3 centuries, the city has managed to keep its traditions, and enrich itself from the opening up of Europe.

In Perpignan, 1 out of 10 inhabitants is a student, the cultural life is very rich and thanks to its exceptional geographic position, all kinds of sports and tourism activities are within arm’s reach. The different immersion programs offered by ALFMED will allow you to live an exceptional experience: improve your French whatever your level, absorb the French way of life, and take advantage of the proximity of Spain to discover Barcelona.

The Academie de Langues France Mediterranée organizes all through the stay touristic visits but also intensive practice golf courses, sailing, windsurfing or horse riding yet another way to make the most of the region's fantastic natural environment. Depending on the season and during their free time, students can easily go to the beach, go skiing in the Pyrenees, spend the day in Spain or Montpellier. Your stay in Perpignan, at the crossroads of the south European route, will give you unforgettable memories.