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FRENCH COURSES IN BORDEAUX

Bordeaux, France's fourth largest city, is often overlooked as a place to study French. It is considered France's second most elegant city after Paris and is a virtual architectural museum of 18th century architecture as represented by its broad avenues, public parks and wide boulevards. "Hotels Particuliers" (the large private homes of wealthy shippers and wine merchants) line the streets. Bordeaux is a pleasant place to walk or to sit at a sidewalk cafe. Its geographical position offers many excursions to a variety of places: the famous wine country and its castles (including Toulouse Lautrec's castle), medieval villages, the Dordogne and Sarlat Valleys, the Atlantic Coast, the Arcachon seaside resort, Biarritz, and more.

Learn French at BLS

B.L.S. is an International French Language School located in a beautiful 19th century building located in the heart of Bordeaux. The interior has been recently renovated and redecorated with modern fully equipped classrooms. In a very friendly but highly professional atmosphere, BLS welcomes students from all over the world for intensive full immersion French courses. They offer a wide range of French language courses courses to meet most needs, adapted around each student's requirements. The French language teaching methods are straight forward, but at the same time flexible and interactive. Essentially all the French language lessons incorporate various aspects of the French language to ensure a good balance between conversation, grammar, reading, listening and writing.

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Important Notes: all lessons at BLS are now 45 minutes in length. This information supersedes and replaces that contained in our printed brochure.   (Minimum Age: 16)

Standard French Course - Group 8 --- Beginner to Advanced levels. Maximum of 8 students per class.  20 French Lessons a week (1 lesson =45 minutes)  - 2 wks: USD 786.  Extra wks: USD 292 each.      Long Term: 12 weeks-USD 2,774.

New Course:  Intensive French Course - Group 8 ---Low Intermediate to Advanced levels. Maximum of 8 students per class.  26 French Lessons a week  -  2 wks: USD 911.   Extra wks: USD 382  each.

Super Intensive French Course - Group 8 ---Low Intermediate to Advanced levels. Maximum of 8 students per class.  30 French Lessons a week  -  2 wks: USD 1,105.   Extra wks: USD 459  each.

Starting Dates 2008:

Full Beginners must start on the following dates. All other levels may start any Monday. Long Term courses (all levels) may only start on these dates:

Holidays 2008:  24 March, 1 May, 8 May, 14 July,  15 August, 11 Nov.  The school is closed from 19 Dec 2008 until  5 January 2009.

Starting Dates 2009:

Full Beginners must start on the following dates. All other levels may start any Monday. Long Term courses (all levels) may only start on these dates:

Holidays 2009: 13 April, 1 May, 8 May, 21 May, 1 June, 14 July, 11 Nov.  The school is closed from 20 Dec 2009 until  4 January 2010.

Other courses offered:

Private French lessons and combination courses (group + private) available all year round:  USD 83 per lesson (Additional registration fee of USD 104 applies. Additional registration fee is waived when private classes are taken in conjunction with any other group course).

French Teachers' Training Course:   24 lessons per week, specifically designed for Teachers of French as a Foreign Language, includes new French language teaching techniques and interaction with the school's local French staff. Program also includes activities such as guided city tour and class observations.  Advanced level required!.  8-15 participants per group.  Timetable:   9.30 to 12.45 with a 15 minute break, Monday to Friday + 2 afternoons from 14.00 to 15.30.
Course description:  The course’s primary ambition is to truly distinguish itself from the “classic” university training courses for teaching French as a Foreign Language. The course covers the theoretical aspects that distinguish the different approaches to teaching French as a Foreign Language and identifies the resources available. However, the main emphasis is put on placing you in real situations, having provided you with the necessary tools to prepare customized class activities in small groups. Our objective is certainly to provide you with a wide variety of ready-to-use activities, but it is first and foremost to give you the skills necessary to develop this material in order to achieve complete autonomy in creating modern communicative activities. Thus you will find yourself in the role of student and can pinpoint the real difficulties encountered by your own students. Also as a teacher, seeking to adapt material so that it suits your students’ characteristics (nationality, level, objectives, etc.). This takes place in an atmosphere of reflection and debate that promotes cross-cultural exchange. Our training modules are set up like an itinerary guided by cross-cultural interaction with the aim of developing trainees’ awareness of the filters that define how we perceive others. So, advertising, French songs, films, text messaging language, reality shows, etc. make up the bulk of the materials studied, which, following a tried and tested meta-teaching approach, enable the basic themes of fundamental grammar, phonetics, oral expression, civilization, linguistics applied to the class teaching, global simulation, etc. to be covered. Prices 2009:  2 week course: USD 885.   Starting dates 2009: 6 April, 6 July, 20 July and 3 August.

NEW!!  French Teachers' Refresher Course: a lighter version of the French Teacher's Training course available year round. 2 week course:  20French language lessons during the first week, followed by 20 hours of class observation during the second week.  Timetable: 9.30 to 12.45 with a 15 minute break, Monday to Friday.
Course Objectives:
- to give you the opportunity to develop your linguistic proficiency and practice French in communicative situations.
- to provide you with tools and activities to use in your class and perfect the necessary skills to create others.
- to promote cross-cultural exchanges and the transfer of skills between you and our French teachers.
Course Description:
During the 1st week:   you are integrated into a 20 lesson per week French language course at your level so that you can experience a class as a student.
During the 2nd week: you are involved in observations of different class levels during the 20 morning lesson classes. Before and after each morning, you discuss with your tutor teacher the methodology and content which is conducted during the course. During the afternoons you may participate to our leisure program and experience a variety of cultural and social activities to enable you to fully experience all that Bordeaux has to offer.
Price 2009:  2 weeks: USD 653.   Starting dates 2009: Every Monday of the year.

BLS also offers courses for adults and teenagers in Biarritz. Information on those programs can be accessed here:  BLS   BIARRITZ

Accommodations  2008 and 2009:

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