Intensive summer French courses in France: French Leaving Cert revision classes for Irish secondary school students. Summer French exam preparation classes for the Leaving Certificate, French & surf courses for beginner, intermediate & advanced surfers.
The Language & Sport Academy: The Language and Sport Academy offers expert French and Spanish tuition alongside sporting activities, in idyllic settings in both France and Spain.
Students can expect to be challenged in a supported environment. A set of notes will be provided for students attending the summer academy. These will be of great use to students when preparing for exams at a High Level. As a result students would be expected to speak as much French as possible in class time in order to maximize exposure to the language.. The duration of each French language class is 2 hours & the maximum number of students per class is 16.
Level: The Academy offers an "ordinary" and "higher" level course. Groups will be streamed according t an assesment upon their arrival at the camp. Previous examination results may also be taken into account.
Syllabus: The course is organised around modules, each focusing on one topic, and promotes communicative proficiency, language awareness and cultural awareness.
Surf or Hockey Instruction:
- Surf instruction from surf instructors with international experience. Our surf instructors work with local French instructors to ensure that both languages can be spoken on the water.
- Our Hockey coaches are all fully qualified while also having top level international experience both playing and coaching.
Safety: At the Academy, we are proud to go the extra mile in terms of safety. We believe that safety is paramount. The team is comprised of fully qualified and experienced instructors. We ensure that a ratio of one instructor to eight pupils is strictly observed. In addition a lifeguard will be on duty at surf lessons. The team is familiar with local conditions and observes the safety guidelines prescribed by the International Surf Association.
Level: At the Academy, we welcome beginners and intermediate/ advanced camp goers in their sport. We aim to create a fun and safe environment for newcomers to enjoy learning. For intermediate/ advanced camp goers we aim to create the same fun and safe environment required for you to progress your skills with instruction from world class surfers and hockey coaches.
On the Water/ Out on the pitch: Camp members will receive at least 8/11 (11 day camp/ fortnight camp) lessons, provided conditions permit. We go on our day trips when conditions are not safe. When conditions are perfect we make the most of it.
Off the Water: At the Academy we offer the entire experience with lessons on water safety, ocean awareness and wave conditions.
Equipment: All equipment will be provided by us, although participants may bring their own wet suits and boards if they so wish. Students must bring their own hockey sticks.
* The French & Surf Academy focus on: - Quality French Tuition. - Quality Surf Instruction. - Ensuring the necessary safe and fun environment for such a unique experience.
The Spanish & Hockey Academy focus on: - Quality Spanish Tuition - Quality Hockey Instruction - Ensuring the necessary safe and fun environment for such a unique experience.
* Additionally: A wide variety of activities, day trips and cultural activities are organised.
If your child has a keen interest in European history, philosophy, art, archeology, and mythology, then what better way to nurture that interest than with the ultimate academic adventure with Abbey Road Programs? Our History of Western Civilization program combines travel, adventure, history and cultural immersion as students in Grades 9-12 spend 6 nights each in Athens, Rome, Florence and Paris traveling and exploring alongside our staff of expert instructors, who specialize in European history from Ancient Greece to Revolutionary France.
The Paris leg of our History of Western Civilization program takes the Bastille, Versailles, Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, the Arc de Triomphe, and other landmarks while opening up a discussion on the Middle Ages, the era of absolute monarchy, the French Revolution, and the French Enlightenment. We also visit the Louvre, Museé d’Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou.
Discuss Athenian daily life at the Ancient Agora right underneath the Acropolis in Athens, walk in Caesar’s footsteps in the Roman Forum, marvel at Michelangelo’s works in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria and contemplate Louis XIV’s idea of Absolutism while sitting in the gardens of Versailles. Abbey Road Programs simply offer the academic and cultural immersion trip of a lifetime!
History of Western Civilization Cultural Immersion Program for High School Students (Grades 9-12)
- Spend 6 nights each in Paris, Rome, Florence, and Athens
Sites visited on the Paris leg of the program:
- Bastille
- Versailles
- Notre Dame
- Sainte Chapelle
- The Arc de Triomphe
- Louvre
- Museé d’Orsay
- Centre Pompidou
- Paris trip includes discussion on the Middle Ages, the era of absolute monarchy, the French Revolution, and the French Enlightenment.
Riviera French Institute organises French language camps for young learners and teenagers on the Côte d’Azur in Southern France. Our 1-4 week language immersion courses are combined with a fully inclusive programme of social activities and excursions.
Our Language Camp for teenagers enable young learners to learn French whilst enjoying the delights of the Riviera. Students are accommodated with local host-families. We offer 16 lessons weekly. We also have a Social and Active French Programme that mean young students consolidate their language learning every afternoon and with the host family in the evening.
We have developed our study holidays to help every child & teen improve their French through expert teaching and exciting activities while making new friends from around the world.
Edu-Culture Immersion (ECI) specializes in 2-6-week summer study abroad programs for groups of high school & college students, ages 15-21.
Live with a family in France for between 2 and 6 weeks in the summer. We will choose a family most suited to you, and usually with a teen of a similar age. You will speak only French and you will be completely integrated in French family life and culture. This is the best way to improve your spoken French.
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), giving you a beach or Alpine experience! Or families are carefully chosen and are all volunteers, wanting to host in order to forge a connections with a student from the U.S.
You can also enhance and make the most out of your stay by taking one to one French lessons or taking part in sports. This is a very flexible program. You choose the dates and length of stay.
During your stay you will have regular contact with our local Host Family Coordinator who is on call 24/7.
ECI also provide summer language immersion programs in Spain for high school and college students.
Student Testimonial: “ECI is very prepared and easy to work with. They pick good families and offer a nice, friendly, fun, experience. Gap is very pretty and a great place to live. The surroundings are literally awe-inspiring and the town is picturesque. I very much enjoyed my host family’s wish to make me feel as if I was another family member.” - Sam
French Summer Classes, Cannes - Summer Camps 2024 + ONLINE French Classes
Courses / Programs
• Give your child or teenager an unforgettable summer experience on the beautiful French Riviera with French Summer Classes!
• Ideally situated in Cannes on the Mediterranean Coast, we provide summer French immersion programs for children (from age 6+) and teenagers (junior & high school students). We welcome students of all levels - from complete beginner to advanced.
• In addition, we provide summer French courses for adults, making it possible for whole families to attend our school at the same time.
• Here in Cannes, you can take advantage of a cosmopolitan, relaxed and fun atmosphere within a small, friendly school. Our French summer courses allow young students to learn French in an enjoyable and effective way, while enjoying a wonderful vacation in the South of France.
• Qualified and experienced French teachers provide language classes in the morning, leaving the afternoons free for leisure and recreational activities.
• Based on their age and French language ability, your child will be placed in the class that best suits them. Class sizes are kept small (maximum 8 students), which ensures that each child receives individual attention.
Student Review: "We really enjoyed the classes at the school. This is the third time we have attended the school and will not be the last. The teaching is of really high level and the service we have received was second to none. Thank you so much!"
- Yonita & Lara, from London, U.K – attended French summer courses for adults & children
Located in Bièvres, a western suburb of Paris, Energy Academy provides tennis, golf and soccer club activities for children and teens.
For more than 25 years, children between the ages of 3 and 17 have met at Energy Academy Club in Paris all year round, during the school term as well as during the holidays.
Energy Academy owns its tennis, golf and multi sports club which stretches out over a green 5 acres park where everything has been specially thought out for children.
The club is totally and exclusively set apart for children. Families trust Energy Academy to provide an environment for children that is safe, secure, nurturing, positive, challenging and extremely fun.
The programme involves primarily the teaching of tennis or golf with our team of instructors who also organize basketball, quad, trampoline, mini-football, bouncy castles, table tennis, swimming. The many sports facilities enable the children to enjoy lots of other different sports and activities.
Accord French Language School in Paris offers French language summer programs for kids, teens and families at our Saint Nicolas Summer School, conveniently located in Issy-les-Moulineaux in Southern Paris, close to Corentin Celton Metro Station (Line 12).
We provide French language courses to suit all levels, a wide range of sports and cultural activities and a residence with excellent facilities. Our school was awarded the highest marks across all domains by the Official French Quality Label, and we are affiliated to professional organisations such as SOUFFLE and CAMPUSFRANCE.
Accord Language School teaching focuses on oral communication using authentic documents such as songs, TV programs, movies and magazines. Our teachers have compiled a wide range of games and activities that make the learning of grammar, structure, vocabulary and pronunciation interesting and fun.
Our teachers are all university graduates, and are fully qualified in the teaching of French as a foreign language. At Saint Nicolas, we offer comfortable accommodation while allowing easy access to the most famous Parisian landmarks: the Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower, Montmartre, Notre-Dame and more.