Description
Montpellier is one of the biggest and most famous university
cities of France. Montpellier offers, in addition to a
magnificent historical center with small and very colorful
narrow streets, precious deprived mansions of 16th century,
numerous coffees between trees and an interesting cultural
life. Thanks to its historical treasures the city is considered
officially like "Ville d'art". Street musicians
and artists, as well as prestigious festivals, contribute
to this intense cultural life. The institute occupies
a precious mansion of the 17th century in the same historical
heart of Montpellier, in front of the Chamber of Commerce.
The school is very near the Champs de Mars park and only
meters until the famous Place de la Comedie. This square,
full of life offers a great variety of terraces and coffees
where the students usually take coffee together, after
class.
Lodging
Lodging options are the following: family house, student
residence, apart-hotel, hotel and apartment.
Academics
Classes are developed in reduced groups of 3 to 10 students.
The standard course of 20 classes per week allows to assimilate
and to enrich the vocabulary, as well as the grammar and
its structures, with spoken and written intensive practices,
and an active approach to the culture and the contemporary
French civilization. The intensive French course offers
just the same as the standard course and 10 classes that
allow to an intensive training of the oral expression
and a cultural knowledge domain. It also exists the possibility
to combine the group with a particular class, where each
student concentrates in his individual objectives. Also
the course can be taken from standard French with 10 lessons
of Business French, whose objective is to familiarize
the student with the commercial and economic vocabulary
and to face daily situations of the business world.
Activities
This region offers numerous possibilities of excursions:
Carcasonne, the medieval city; Avignon, the city of the
Popes; the imposing "Pont du Gard"; the Cévennes;
their colorful towns or the pools populated with pink
filaments, are between the main attractions. The school
organizes diverse activities such as guided visits to
the historical center, visits to museums and theaters,
wines and cheeses tasting , picnic in the beach, excursions
to the neighbouring cities, etc. Montpellier offers diverse
sport activities: water tennis, golf, sports, or to ride
by interminable beaches and sand dunes, are very popular
between our students.
