Edu-Culture Immersion Programs in France:
Edu-Culture Immersion (ECI) offer a 2-6 week individual immersion program for high school and college students ages 15-21. Our French immersion programs provide unique opportunities for teens to improve their foreign language skills while making friends from all over the world. Our families are located in the town of Gap in the French Alps, and the town of Hyeres on the French Riviera (Cote d'Azur). ECI also provide summer language immersion programs in Spain for high school and college students.
Individual Summer Immersion Program for High School & College Students:
You will live with a French host family and speak entirely in French for 2-6 weeks. You choose your dates of travel and length of stay.You have two program location options:
- Option 1 – The French Alps:
- Option 2 – The Cote d’Azur:
Morning classes are small, interactive, fun, and usually include other international students. To support classroom learning we have a unique Language Partner program – structured conversational sessions with French teens and university students.
Quality French Language Classes:
All our French language classes meet ECI quality requirements. Our students take a placement test, and they are divided into one of three levels. Our ECI classes have approximately 10 participants, allowing the students a lot of personal interaction & attention. There is a 90-minute class in conversation and a 90-minute class in grammar each morning, Monday through Friday.
The teachers we use are always native French speakers with extensive teaching experience. All instructors have degrees in teaching French as a foreign language.
Student Testimonial:
"I highly recommend the ECI program. It’s a real taste of French living away from tourism. The teachers were fantastic. Very understanding, very patient, and very knowledgeable. Our chaperones were very friendly, professional, and great to be around. They were eager to teach and help you get the most of your experience. I couldn’t have asked for better trip leaders."
- Anastasia
Parent Testimonial:
"Lucy had a great time with her family in Gap. They were very welcoming and she loved all the games and outings that they did. She feels like her French really improved and I think that she is a lot more comfortable with it, so we are very happy about it in every way!"
- Rebecca
For further information on our summer study abroad programs in France, please email us below.