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Situated in the heart of Nice, the capital of the French Riviera, the school has chosen a lovely mansion from the early beginning of the century.
Surrounded by its own garden, where you will be able to relax at break times, the modern, well-equipped Centre (library, multimedia) is right next to local shops, the beaches and the old town.
During high season, from July to September, our second summer centre is situated in proximity to the Roman Arenas and the Matisse and Chagall museums. A charming place with similar facilities

Tuition Programs

• 1 lesson: 45 minutes
• Minimum age: 17
• Schedule: ( 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ) flexible depending on the program chosen
• Maximum 10 students per class, except Express French 5 per class. 
• All levels available
• Teaching material 
• Airport or train station transfer to your family free of charge except on working days and between 10PM and 8 AM.
• Guided visit of the old town. 
• 25 lessons per week: mixture of 20 lessons group tuition in the morning and 5 or 10 lessons in the afternoon individual.
  In that case, possibility to take option BUSINESS French, LEGAL French, POLITICAL French. Choose when you make your reservation. If not, your private lessons will be general French.   
• Express French. 30 lessons per week, 2 weeks. Intermediate level required.  This course is designed for businessmen, engineers, skilled workers, ...wishing an intensive but short term course to update or improve their language skills
• D.E.L.F: Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française. 1st and 2nd degree.  8 or 12 weeks, 30 lessons per week. At this time, the D.E.L.F. is the only diploma of French as a foreign language which is officially recognized by the French Ministry of Education. It has been accepted by more than 50 countries and is widely recognized by administrations and firms.
  The D.E.L.F. comprises 6 units approving an advanced level of competence, oral and written, in the language: general expression, expression of feelings, French culture and civilization. YOU WILL PASS THE EXAM AT THE END OF YOUR COURSE
• French for older people, 2 weeks, 
  8 people per class, 15 lessons per week morning only, full activities program for 2 weeks, lots of excursions (MONACO, ANTIBES, EZE, wines tasting, and many many more..........
• Private tuition: minimum 2 lessons per day, maximum 5. 
• Long term course: 25 lessons per week, DELF exam at the end (1st degree if 6 months term and 1st and 2nd degree if 9 months term). Accommodation (French host or family only) is included (see below). Transfer at arrival included. Accommodation during holidays is also included in fees.  
• French for teachers: high level required. 30 lessons per week. You'll update your linguistic skills, your knowledge of cultural, social and economic aspects. Workshops on methods of teaching,...program details on request.
• Test and certificate of attendance
• Many social activities will be organized and some will be at very low costs.

   * Absolute beginners must start on these dates.
   ** 2 weeks only available 
   + Express French course start on these dates.

D.E.L.F. courses will start at the following dates. Exams at the end of the course.

  * 6 months will end March 25, 2005
     9 months will end June 24, 2005

  ** 6 months will end June 24, 2005

  *** 6 months will end June 26, 2004

French for teachers: July 5, 2004, 2 weeks duration.

French for people 50 and up:  June 03 or October 11.
                                        2 weeks duration.    

Closing Dates.

A free of charge excursion is offered on these dates.

Options Available

• Airport or train station transfer: one way to your hotel, studio apartment or French host: the school highly suggest by taxi. around 25€ from airport and 15€ from train station.
• SAILING and DIVING: please ask the school 
after arrival.
• Hotel accommodation upon request.
• Our prices are available from January 1st to December 31, 2004. These prices never include the Air Fare.

Costs

Prices are in EUROS (€)
Please convert in Canadian dollars when final payment is made. Thank you.

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Family , French host or studio accommodation.

It's our duty to find for you a suitable and appropriate family or residence.

• Arrival Sunday, 
• departure Saturday.
• Family: Room in simple or double occupancy, 2 meals per day. The families are located between 5 and 20 minutes walking distance or 15 minutes by bus from the school building.
          Per day, your lodging will cost you 27€ (single) or 25€ (double)
• French host: you share an apartment  with people up to 40, university students or young wage earners. Single or double occupancy, no meal included.
          Per day, your lodging will cost you 18€ (single) or 16€ (double) 

• Studio, fully equipped bed-sits flats. Private TV, kitchen, bathroom. People must bring their own towels
          Per week
  250€ (one person)   or   170€ (per person if 2 coming and leaving together)   
  EXCEPT
  from May 30 to September 25, 2004.
  375€ (one person)   or   250€ (per person if 2 coming and leaving together)   

Bed-sits flats building   
              

Town Information's

Previously depending upon the Earldom of Provence then, since 1388, upon the House of Savoy, Nice became French, in 1860, and that was approved almost unanimously by its population. Nice is henceforth submitted to French common law ; the district code sets the frame for municipal action. So, in 1886, the town hall set up in its current building,  which has been, successively, a barracks, a seminary and a hospital. It is the headquarters of the Town Council, whose function is to run the town. 

NICE and its area are undoubtedly the place for the opening up of art and culture. The Côte d'Azur has inspired, from time immemorial, the greatest painters, writers and musicians. It has compelled recognition of its avant-garde across the Atlantic, its museums are holding prestigious collections in edifices of renowned architecture. Nice is full of an extraordinary artistic and cultural heritage. 

The gentle way of life sustains the imaginary world of artists and stimulates their creativeness. Thus Van Loo, Toulouse Lautrec, Modigliani, Dufy, Renoir, Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, or Prévert, Nietzsche, Aragon, Tolstoï, Maupassant, and musicians such as Berlioz, Bizet, Massenet have experienced a real fascination over Nice, without forgetting the numerous architects of whom the town bears the stamp. 

Nice is not a provincial town as the other ones, its is a privileged city. A cultural and aesthetic atmosphere is prevailing here; it is maintained, still today, by Nucéra, Le Clézio, Arman, Yves Klein, Ben, Martial Raysse, Malaval, Viallat, César : the city is in an ever-lasting turmoil.

All of which to say that the cultural life is intense. It is punctuated by temporary exhibitions in the museums and the municipal galleries, by the programming of the theatres of which the most important is the Theatre of Nice - National Dramatic Centre. The Opera House of Nice's Theatre proposes events of great quality. On the bill, international stars will perform in concerts, ballets, recitals, lyric works. The art of living of Nice is also a cultural environment : a film theatre, libraries, municipal record and video libraries, events aimed at the population in the area, lectures the ones of the Ecole du Louvre, for example education facilities such as the Conservatoire national de région and the art schools and college and  the Mediterranean University Centre Nice is a modern city open to all artistic movements in which the population is always included. There is no doubt whatsoever about the success of Nice through the world. But, what are the reasons for it? The mildness of the climate, which is said sub-tropical? The diversity of the landscapes, the richness of the flora, the beauty of the great Mediterranean Sea?

In fact, everything is accentuated in Nice, the light is so bright that the colors are flashing. The pines are green and are happily rubbing shoulders with the blue shades of the Mediterranean Sea and the sky, the sun is highlighting the yellow tones of the flowers, the ochre sides of the houses, in a natural setting of rocks and hills : it is indeed easy to understand the fascination exerted by the Côte d'Azur on the artists, painters, writers, sculptors, musicians, who contributed to her fame and to whom the museums of Nice are paying a deserved tribute. The tourist trade was born in Nice in the eighteenth century with the winter stays of famous aristocrats, first English, than Russian and American who gave to the region a bright and fashionable way of life. Slowly, the popular touring has been developing and after the second world war, the summer season is definitely taking over the winter one. Today, the tourist industry is the first economical activity of Nice. All kind of leisure and touring are offered : green touring, sea, sportive, luxury, alpine, congress and trade tourism. The Acropolis, the Arts, Tourism and Congress Exhibition Centre is ranking among the first congress centres of the world. The continuous improvements of the infrastructures . rail, road, airport and port allow an easy access and a direct link to most of the biggest cities in the world.

The total amount of tourist accommodation is placing Nice, second town in terms of hotel, just before Paris. If the Carnival of Nice has been for a long time the major tourist event of Nice, now, there are numerous international events which are giving a rhythm to the life of the town, such as the Nice Jazz Festival, without mentioning the sportive meetings - Nikaïa, Triathlon, Semi-Marathon. In the same time, the cultural aspects are generating an intense artistic life. Although Nice may be considered as a modern town, it has not forgotten its traditions. They are celebrated through the May, the Cougourdons, the Vineyards feasts, where the gastronomy of Nice is honoured and the "niçois", the local dialect coming from the langue d' oc, the southern French is king of the day. The heritage of Nice is constantly under care, by protecting the frescos and the trompe l'oeil which are ornamenting the façades of the houses of the Old-Nice, by maintaining the activity of the Cours Saleya, where is held every day the flower, fruit and vegetable market, and the Saint-François Square with its fish market. The beauty of Nice is also due to its green spaces, 300 hectares of garden, its trees, plane trees, linden trees, bay-trees, pine and palm trees, which are lining the avenues, the fountains of the forum Masséna or the Acropolis esplanade. Nice has been classified, for over ten years, as the first town of France for its flowering and for the beauty of its gardens. Today, Nice is shown outside the competition, for outstanding merits. The pedestrian roads which are surrounding Nice allow the discovery, from various points of view of the Baie des Anges, the Angels' Bay.

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