French Language School in South of France

Actilangue Ecole Privee De Langue Francaise, Nice:
Actilangue students are take care of by French Experts. Michel Durand is the Director of studies and he is a teacher for Actilangue since 1980. He is responsible of the organisation of the classes, the recruitment of new teachers and their education. Michel Durand is co-author of the Actilangue’s books.

- We have great experience in teaching French as a Foreign Language. This guarantees the excellent quality of the courses.
- The school is located in the centre of Nice and is only five minute walk away from the beach.
- We are happy to arrange different types of accommodation of excellent quality at very good rates.
- The school offers a leisure and sport programme as well as excursions during the week, Saturday and Sunday.

The latest direct teaching methods are applied in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere guaranteeing optimum intensity and maximum individuality. All students use materials developed by Actilangue (included in the course price). A special feature of the Actilangue program is the emphasis on conversational French. Students in the intensive courses have either one or two lessons in small conversation groups. Students are grouped by age and mutual interests in addition to their knowledge of French in such a way that conversation focuses on topics of interest to all.

General French Courses; Intensive French Courses; Half Intensive French Classes; Combination Courses; Private French Lessons; Junior French Program.

All teachers are University graduates and have post-graduate qualifications and experience in teaching French as a foreign language. Most also have other areas of expertise (literature, art, history, etc.). In addition to this the teachers are selected for their ability to stimulate students in their studies of French. The average age of the teacher team is between 25 and 35 years. All teachers are motivated and dynamic. Most of them work many years for Actilangue.

The Actilangue language courses are conducted solely in French by experienced instructors. All teachers are University graduates and have post-graduate qualifications and experience in teaching French as a foreign language. Actilangue was in 2007 one of the first schools in France to obtain the label of “Quality French as a foreign language (FFL)” delivered by the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Actilangue is accredited for the “Bildungsurlaub” in Germany (Hamburg, Hessen) and by the CSN in Sweden.

Living with a French family is the first step towards becoming better acquainted with the country, its people and its language. As the school cooperates with 100 carefully selected families, you have the possibility of expressing your personal preferences. All homes are carefully inspected and only those where the students will be made comfortable and welcome are accepted. Actilangue provides comfortable homes in safe, middle to upper class neighbourhoods that are located 5 to 20 minutes either walking distance or by bus from the institute. Available are single and double rooms with breakfast, half or full board. On the first day, the host family will show the students how to get to Actilangue.

The programme also includes the following activities during 4 afternoons and one Saturday and one Sunday :
- visit of the old city and the castle in Nice
- visit of Antibes and the "Picasso Museum"
- excursion to Monaco/Monte-Carlo
- excursion to Eze Village
- diving
- windsurfing

These activities are available only the first 2 weeks of the course. The third and fourth weeks, if booked, include only the tuition (20 less/week).