one-week   WORKSHOPS 

Film "Bande à Part" de Jean-Luc Godard. (Band of Outsiders.)

"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious
​and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
                                                                       Walt Disney


Next workshop 
July 2020

"TALK LIKE A TRUE Parisian"
e x p e r i e n c e s 
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Crédit : Bojan Krtolica

​​​  ONE-WEEK INTENSIVE WORKSHOP
​  IN FRENCH

  3h/ day for 5 days  = 15h of French classes
  and activities (+ an evening at the theater)

  Intermediate : from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. 
  Beginners: from 3pm to 6pm.

  Small group: ​4 to 6 persons.                           
​  Location: All Paris (different arrondissements)
​
  Material provided : Notebook, courses sheets.


​The entire program-daily meeting in cafes followed by other activities such as museum visits, an evening at the theatre,
an afternoon cooking etc -- is extraordinarily well thought out. The range of exposure to the different sides of Paris
while receiving top notch instruction in french is not to be missed.  This is an incredibly fabulous workshop taught
by an excellent french teacher. One of the most fun and productive
(in terms of learning French) weeks I have had in my two years in Paris.

                                                                                                   - Edward Tuddenham, American attorney, New York.
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​Programme
​

BEGINNER

​Our goal is to give you the keys to be able to manage
your day-to-day life in Paris. 

First, you'll discover locals cafes, where you'll practice right away how to order a coffee, ​and during all our activities. Not any coffee, but the way you like it.

​We'll discover how to speak French from authentic situations and use key sentences in different contexts (see the programme below).
​
​We'll use the materials provided, and you'll have some homework to increase your vocabulary.
You'll be surprise how much you can learn in a week!
INTERMEDIATE

Our goal is fluency and increase your confidence in speaking  while discovering more about the city
​and its best secrets places.

You'll  meet real Parisians to talk with and we'll focus on the group needs about grammar.
This is why you'll have a free meeting online to assess your level and your needs.
​
During the activities (see below), you'll speak French with French people using what we learnt in class.
You'll have some homework to strengthen your skills.
You'll be surprise how much self-confidence you'll gain!
I found the workshop to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
It was exactly the right balance between the time spent in lesson mode
and doing the activities. The small group is really manageable and a great number of people to have for conversation. ​The activities and lesson plans that Marine created were just right
for the level of French we had. I learnt a lot of new phrases and words and
it gave me much more confidence in speaking french.
Alex Wilshire, photograph agent, London


What will you do
during ​the workshop?

Discover the city &
​its Local Cafes


Do you know "le petit-déjeuner ?"
That means - breakfast in France
​and it's sacred.
​​We'll go to a beautiful café
where have our French lessons, focusing on comprehension
and idiomatic expressions
​within conversations
​ with  Parisians. 

Go and Learn about
​the best Parisian outdoor Market


​Tour one of the most famous markets
in Paris. You will go for a treasure
hunt in the market to find
special ingredients, talk about specialties and taste some
​with the greengrocers.

Discover Secret Places
& Be Amazed


​Paris is full of hidden treasures.
​Discover a beautiful hidden place
and astonish your friends the next
​time they come to visit!


​Do Some Local Tasting
​Wine & Cheese
​

After the market,
we'll go to a very authentic bistrot
to taste some wine,
​ cheese and rillettes.

​Very important to learn French :
​eating and enjoying :)


​Cooking  &
​Tasting a French Meal

 Come inside a Parisian flat, meet the owner and learn more
about the French "art de la table". You'll cook an entire French meal :
a dish + a desert, and we'll share
​this meal together. 
The cooking recipe
of the workshop will ​be provided
(see a sample below).


​Going out for a
Cultural Event ​at Night
​

Let's go out to this special
event unique in Paris.
Depending on the offer in Paris,
we could even go to see 
a one-man show,
a play
​or a film in French.
​Be sure that the show has been carefully selected. 
 The workshop was excellent! I was taking formal french courses in Paris, but the workshop allowed me to practice my grammar through conversation while learning new ‘every day’ vocabulary.
Having a new setting each day combined with a nice, small group of fun and interesting people also made for fun learning and easy conversation.  Marine was a great teacher and used different activities and ways to make all of us remember what we learned. 
Josephine Guerrero,  communications officer at United Nations, NY - June 2018
This workshop really helped me gain my speaking confidence.
Just the right level of intermediate speakers so the group worked very well.
Highly recommend this.
Debbie Walker, Project Director, Canada - June 2018
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"Atelier" [ATUH-LEE YEAH] ( du latin populaire astella*, planchette ) 
A workshop where someone works for its traditional occupation or for pleasure.