Why choose a French immersion stay with Elsa ?

Learn about the French culture and Provençal culture

• A complete, real and authentic french immersion: Grammar, pronunciation and spontaneity are the basis of Elsa’s courses. You will speak with Elsa's family and friends in French. Elsa will guide you in discovering several cities and their incredible sites, as well as gastronomic delicacies and French wines. 
• Private French lessons with your teacher: Elsa has created her French immersion program so that your stay will enable you to really learn French. Through many years of studies and teaching, she has found that learning works best when it is tailored to the student. So Elsa will adapt the program to your level and offer you various exercises (book, audio, video, theater, singing and courses into real life perspective...) to help meet your language goals. 
• 42hours of authentic French language practice with your teacher and French speakers per week.

-7 hours of theoretical classes (every morning from Monday to Friday) Theoretical work on grammar, spelling, pronunciation. We are working on the concepts that I identified while listening to you.

-12 hours of hands-on lessons during the visits (between Monday and Friday) Work on written and oral production :practice of the language, use of theoretical concepts, enrichment of vocabulary in context, meeting with French people and cultural discovery.

-6 hours of spontaneous conversation (during transport times for visits from Monday to Friday) Work on oral confidence

-4 hours of targeted conversation (during lunch from Monday to Friday) Work on the conversation one to one and understanding

-1h30 of workshops in French (30 minutes between Sunday and Friday) Work on cultural discovery: French cooking, French wine tasting, French lifestyle

-1h30 of aperitif game in French (30 minutes between Monday evening and Thursday evening) Work on oral spontaneity.

-10 hours of group conversation (between Sunday evening and Friday evening) Work on authentic conversation with several people and understanding : Family dinner

• Discovery of the French Style Life with Elsa and Live like a Frenchman in France: during your stay, Elsa will help you discover the heritage, oenologie and gastronomy of the French. The excursions and workshops are in French to help you to enrich and improve your practice and love of the French language. Indeed, thanks to the visits, you can learn new words and colloquial phrases, and progress even faster.