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Paris: French Language Lens

Mornings of French lessons, afternoons exploring Paris. Learn it in the morning, use it in the afternoon.

The Louvre at night
Students solving a challenge in FrenchA French breakfast
Length
5 nights · 6 days
Subjects
French language, Art history, History
Meals
Breakfast, packed lunch, dinner
Guide
French guide for the whole stay, on request

Why teachers choose it

EXPERIENCE

12 hours of French over four mornings, then a challenge in French on each afternoon visit.

LEARNING

Speaking, listening and vocabulary for the DELF exam, with art and history on site.

MEMORIES

Asking the way to the Mona Lisa, in French.

For your curriculum

Subjects

French languageArt historyHistory

Skills

Oral expressionListeningEveryday vocabularyIntercultural understanding

Learning objectives

  1. 1Use French in real situations: asking the way, buying, ordering and asking questions.
  2. 2Practise speaking, listening and vocabulary towards the DELF exam.
  3. 3See the Renaissance, Impressionism, Versailles and Napoleon where they happened.

Topics covered: French language: DELF exam preparation · Art history: Renaissance, Impressionism · History: Absolutism, Versailles, Napoleon

Your curriculum: we adapt the programme to the British, French or IB curriculum your students follow.

Students take part: one challenge a day, in French

DAY 1Buy a snack and ask the price
DAY 2Ask the way to the Mona Lisa
DAY 3Ask passers-by the way to the Sacré-Cœur
DAY 4Buy a souvenir and pay
DAY 5Meet French teenagers, then question your guide
Teacher Pack
  • Learning objectives for each day
  • Activity and challenge sheets for students
  • Group leader information: timings, contacts, emergency numbers
  • Ideas to prepare the trip in class and follow it up
Ask for a sample Teacher Pack

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    Lessons, Champs-Élysées & cruise

    Morning3-hour French lesson. Three hours with experienced French teachers who specialise in teaching foreign students. Every lesson ends with an afternoon challenge.French language · speaking, listening, vocabulary: DELF exam preparation
    AfternoonChamps-Élysées & Bateaux-Mouches. Stroll down the world’s most famous avenue, then see Paris’s landmarks glide by from the Seine.French language · ordering, asking, speaking in real lifeChallenge: Buy a snack and ask the price, all in French.
    EveningRestaurant or cafeteria dinner. Near the Champs-Élysées.
  2. Day 2

    Lessons & Louvre

    Morning3-hour French lesson. Speaking, listening and vocabulary with our teachers.French language · DELF exam preparation
    AfternoonLouvre Museum. Leonardo and the Renaissance masters.Art history · Leonardo, RenaissanceChallenge: Ask the way to the Mona Lisa, in French.
    AfternoonNotre-Dame (exterior view only). Façade and rose window; no interior visit.Art history · Gothic · Literature · Hugo
    EveningRestaurant or cafeteria dinner. Next to the Louvre.
  3. Day 3

    Lessons & Montmartre

    Morning3-hour French lesson. Speaking, listening and vocabulary with our teachers.French language · DELF exam preparation
    AfternoonMontmartre & Sacré-Cœur. The painters’ square, cobbled lanes and sweeping views: the Paris of the Impressionists.Art history · Impressionism and the avant-gardeChallenge: Ask passers-by the way to the Sacré-Cœur, in French.
    EveningDinner on the Place du Tertre. In the heart of the artists’ square.
  4. Day 4

    Lessons, perfume & Opéra

    Morning3-hour French lesson. Speaking, listening and vocabulary with our teachers.French language · DELF exam preparation
    AfternoonPerfume Museum & Galeries Lafayette. Discover Fragonard perfumes, then stroll around the Opéra and under the Galeries Lafayette’s stained-glass dome.Chemistry · Economics · perfume science and the Belle Époque department storeChallenge: Buy a souvenir in a shop and pay, all in French.
    EveningRestaurant or cafeteria dinner.
  5. Day 5

    French students & Versailles

    MorningMeeting with French students. Meet French teenagers of the same age for a lively language and culture exchange.French language · oral expression and intercultural education
    AfternoonPalace of Versailles. Walk through the Hall of Mirrors and the palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV.History · absolutism and the Ancien Régime; the Treaty of Versailles, 1919Challenge: Ask your guide a question in French.
    EveningRestaurant or cafeteria dinner.
  6. Day 6

    Departure

    MorningDeparture. Breakfast, checkout and departure.

Day 1 assumes a morning arrival: we adjust it to your flight or train times. Packed lunch every day. Visits depend on season and availability, and we adapt the order to your group.

Add to your trip

A sample of what we can add or swap in, quoted on request.

French cooking classChocolate museum & workshopStation FOpéra de ParisMusée d’OrsayMusée de l’OrangerieParc des PrincesStade de FranceLa DéfenseA French guide for the whole stay

Included

  • 5 nights in partner accommodation, with breakfast, packed lunch and dinner
  • All visits and entrance fees in the programme
  • 12 hours of French lessons with teachers who specialise in foreign students
  • Paris transport passes
  • Teacher Pack

Not included

  • Travel to Paris
  • Supervision of students, by your school staff
  • Travel insurance

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