Hi there!
I'm interested in taking a French course in Pezenas in January and was wondering if you knew . Amanda and her husband are still organizing those. I don't seem to find anything online. Many thanks!
One of the most effective ways to improve your French quickly is to study in an environment where you are completely immersed in French, preferably in France.
French Immersions is now a Kwiziq Partner School
Well, now you can do that in a school that uses our smart testing technology and get double the benefit. In fact, if you sign up for a French Immersions intensive course, you get 3 months of unlimited access to Kwiziq as part of the course.
Amanda Walden set up French Immersions in 2012 when she and her husband moved to the beautiful French commune Pézenas (in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France) and were looking for French lessons themselves.
I’ve taken intensive courses before myself, and I can tell you from personal experience they are one of the nicest and most effective ways to improve your French and they make really wonderful vacations, too.
Pézenas is surrounded by ancient French villages steeped in history and surrounded by vineyards, as well as character-filled towns and cities such as Montpellier, Béziers, Narbonne and Carcassonne, so you certainly won’t be short of things to do.
French Immersions offer half-time and full-time courses, either 15 hours per week with lessons in the morning, or 27.5 hours per week with morning and afternoon lessons. All their teachers are native French speakers. For the duration of nearly all the classroom time only French is spoken, so students are really immersed in the language. And if you’re coming in a ready-made group they can even provide a teacher to come to your holiday accommodation and teach you there.
Two things set them apart from other courses: their group size and the fantastic price. They keep the maximum number of people per group to 8. This way everyone in the class is able to get quality time practising speaking French with a teacher present to correct them when needed. They’ve also tried to keep prices very competitive at £250 for 15 hours of teaching time.
Amanda and her husband moved to Pézenas in 2012
As well as the teaching side of things, Amanda can help you find accommodation in the area. She’ll put people in touch with local property agents who have a range of accommodation to suit every holiday maker.
Unlike other courses, because you’ll have a 3-month subscription to our amazing French test technology, you’ll be able to really practise and consolidate everything you’ve learned on your holiday in the months that follow.
Here’s some of their students’ feedback:
“We loved France. I wanted to thank you for the classes. I liked all of the instructors. They spoke French almost 100% of the time… that was what I was hoping for.” — Phil Maas, United States
“The teacher was excellent, very good with children” — Monica Slater, Canada
“Just to let you know I enjoyed the course, even as the weakest link in the class I felt I got a lot out of it; hopefully I will remember what I learnt!! If in the future you are having any more let me know as I would definitely be interested. Thanks again” — Mairead Kennedy, Irish ex-pat, France
“We enjoyed our stay in an excellent villa and learnt a lot from our French teacher. We thought it was an excellent idea to mix holiday and learning.” — Hilary Poley, UK
If you’re interested, check out the French Immersions website and contact Amanda.
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[Follow on Twitter: @gruffdavies] Despite the very Welsh name, Gruff is actually half French. Nowadays, he's a tech entrepreneur (and some-time novelist) but he used to be a physicist at Imperial College before getting hooked on inventing things. He has a special interest in language learning, speaks five languages to varying degrees of fluency and he often blogs about language learning, science, and technology. As well as co-founding Kwiziq, he is the author the Amazon best-selling SF thriller, The Looking Glass Club and the inventor of the Exertris gaming exercise-bike and Pidgin, a free online tool that makes drawing flow charts and relationship diagrams as quick and easy as describing them in pidgin English.
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Bonjour Andreea !
Their website is still online, so I would suggest to have a look there : http://www.frenchimmersions.com/
Bonne journée !