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Emily White 3 weeks in Paris (1) Combined Course I’m reading French at University and wanted a real brush up of my skills over Easter before the end of year exams.  I needed some intensive teaching to ensure some rapid linguistic improvement (!), and hoped for a relaxed environment with some friendly people

Over 50 course in Nice Ms Rankin 2 weeks I wanted to pick up my somewhat rusty French.  A’level skills more years ago than I care to remember coupled with regular holidays in France didn’t quite add up to the skill level I once had.  So this year I decided to do something about it […]

Having been recently widowed I was looking for a new experience, and felt that a French course, a chance to explore Paris and meet new people would be good for me.  I admit to feeling very nervous before I went on the course.  I suppose as with anyone, it was that fear of the unknown. […]

Lucy Harfield One week French course in July. Rouen, France   I only had a week to refresh my French, but I’d used CESA Languages before so decided to check out their website for a short course.  I didn’t want to go south, but Paris didn’t appeal – too big, I just couldn’t face the endless commuting for […]

Mark Thomas 1 week French course in Antibes Standard Teenager course Last Easter in a weak moment I agreed to go on a French summer course to work on my language skills – my parents thought that immersion in the language would help me.  I knew it was a weak subject for me, so agreed to […]

Matt Taylor 1 week in Paris (1) Combined Course I wanted to improve my French for work and I was looking for a teaching environment that was exclusively French so that I could use what I already knew (a good O’level plus some Adult Education classes of late), but was still hesitant to use in real […]

Joe Smith 2 weeks French language course Teenager course, Antibes, France I didn’t want to go. Was actually quite cross with my mother for booking the course as I felt I’d done enough work for the year and wanted a rest. Very suprised to discover I really liked it – straight away!  No really, I […]

Hilary Smith French A level Easter course Nice, France I didn’t really have many preconceived ideas about the course.  I thought we’d be in small groups, taught by native French speakers and be staying with a “typical” French family.  The course was exactly as I expected, especially the high standard of teaching, college facilities and […]

I was looking for a total immersion in a French way of life and rapid improvement in my French language skills. My French language skills did improve quickly but looking back at it now, honestly I think my expectations were a little naive. I wish I’d had the chance to stay out there for longer, another month […]

Kate: 1 week in Nice Easter A’level course  I really imagined that the French Easter A’level Revision course in Nice would be similar to my French course at school in the UK.  Very teacher led, not much interaction with the students etc… Well I imagined wrong!   I couldn’t believe how wrong I was.