Learning French In France - Getting Serious

What could be better than coming to learn French in France? Get yourself an intensive French language course in the heart of the action – and have a great vacation in France at the same time!

There’s plenty of choice. Dozens of places are offering French language courses in France for people of all levels – but what about serious students. What about people who are looking at university courses in France or French internships?

These students of French want something a bit more than two weeks in Provence and a basic grasp of the French language!

To be honest, until recently I though if you were a French student looking to learn French in Paris (for example) you had to make your own way. I wasn’t even aware that people could help you do this.

Shows what I know! It seems there are services that can sort out all the details for you – at least so a friend of mine tells me. If internships in France or university level French language classes are what you are interested in, this seems like an ideal solution.

The company is called My French Class and I’m amazed what they sort out. They work with a network of partner universities not just in Paris but all over France (La Rochelle is a particularly lovely place in my humble!).

Anyway, it seems that the service is about as comprehensive as you could get. For a start, they’ll help you with your visa. Then they pick you up from the airport when you arrive. They get you settled in accommodation – which they arrange. They even get you a French cell phone!

I’ve had a brief look at their site. There’s a brochure to download and more useful info about their service so there’s no point me going into it in great detail here.

Look I’ll be honest, I’m a bit beyond my student years! However, if learning French in France at this level is something that interests you, the My French Class service seems to offer an easy and worry-free way to sort it out. It’s a French company, by the way, so they really know the system.

One final thing. A friend of mine has been doing some work with them and he’s given me a bit of inside knowledge. If you sign up for one of the Summer or Semester courses you can save €50 by using the code LF4F on the form. If you are taking a full year, that code will save you €100 (about $125 at today’s exchange rate). More than enough to get you a good meal on your first night in Paris!

Full details here.