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Learn French in this language school and discover the amazing city of Lyon!

Friday, April 9th, 2010

You want to learn French in a language school? This French language school in Lyon offers a winning combination to those wishing to learn or to improve their French language skills in a great environment. What an amazing opportunity to go to Lyon, one of the most beautiful cities in France! Sure that you’ll never forget this unique experience and fully enjoy your stay in Lyon!

Lyon is a beautiful city with a rich cultural life. It is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris. As a UNESCO world heritage site, Lyon has over 2000 years of history imprinted on its streets and monuments… Discover the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière as well as the Saint-Jean Cathedral, enjoy the Croix Rousse area, get lost in the huge and wonderful Parc de la Tête d’Or and so many other worth seeing things are waiting for you…

Lyon is also considered as the gastronomic capital of France (there might be various capitals in France then…), so take the time to try some specialities in its warm welcoming restaurants called “bouchons”!

You’ll also have the opportunity to enjoy cultural events and performances throughout the summer period, for example the Fourvière festival which has become one of the main international festivals! It usually takes place in the Roman amphitheatres of Fourvière and the programme includes theatre, dance, concerts and cinema… Thousands of people travel to Lyon every year for this unique event!

This French language school is located on the Rhone banks in a pleasant area of the city centre. There is a student residence near to the school with a swimming pool and a cafeteria for students use. Half-day activities are of course organized by the French school during the week: worth visiting monuments, museums, theatres, concerts, worth seeing roman or medieval cities around Lyon and even visit to Paris! So, what are you waiting for?
The French school also offers university programs which enables you to attend higher education in France!

In addition, Lyon is 2 hours away from Paris, 1 hour away from the Alpes Mountains, 3 hours from the sea! So come on, learn French in Lyon and enjoy your stay! Get information about this French language school in Lyon! See you there!

Learn French and get immersed in French culture while discovering Paris!

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Does a program combining French lessons, homestay in a French speaking family and discovery of Paris through activities exist? Yes, it does. Discover the Summer Language Camp in France

If you want to make new friends from all over the world and to improve your French level dramatically in less than one month while enjoying Paris, then this program is for you!

1) Language courses in your tutor’s home: you will attend some French lessons with 3 or 4 other teens from different nationalities in the morning. All the group has more or less the same level in French, so that tutor will adapt his teaching to you.

2) Activities: visits, excursions… discover the area of Paris and the French culture in the afternoon! It will give you the opportunity to use what you’ve been learning in the morning!

3) Homestay in a French host family: you spend the evening and the week ends in a welcoming French-speaking host family. This family can welcome more than a student, often from a different culture from yours, so enjoy!

Don’t want to attend French lessons but prefer sharing the daily-life of a host family and getting fully immersed? Read more about the French Homestay in France!

The greatest private American school in Paris you have ever seen!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Do you dream of attending an American curriculum in a French environment? Then have a look at this and make your dream come true!

The Notre-Dame International high school is a private American school located in Verneuil-sur-Seine, just 30 minutes away from Paris by train. This private American school is established at Notre-Dame Les Oiseaux, a school which is well-known for its excellent education (one of the best in France) for more than 80 years now.

Notre-Dame International high school is part of the Saint Paul Preparatory school’s network. It actually offers an American curriculum leading to the US High School Diploma in the French environment of Notre-Dame Les Oiseaux. For the most part, courses are taught by American teachers in English, but some other courses are also taught in French, making the students become very proficient in both languages!

 

The campus of Notre-Dame is definitely unique: the Château de Verneuil is located in the heart of a beautiful wide park with gardens and lots of trees… so that pupils can study in a real pleasant atmosphere!

 

Moreover, this school offers lots of extra-curricular activities for all the students! Many clubs such as Photo, Theatre, Flamenco or Jazz for example are available. Many schools trips are also organized in France and in Europe, in order to enable students to discover various cultures.

 

Notre-Dame International high school’s boarding quarters’ and host families’ options are also an asset, above all for international students living far away. Host families enable them to get fully immersed in the French culture.

This a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so just don’t let go this opportunity!

Students of the school are waiting for you to share this unique experience. >>Join this American School in Paris now!<<

Talent Show at the International High School Saint Paul!

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Each year, the Saint Paul Preparatory School organizes a talent show. Students sing, dance, do tricks… Discover three new videos about past Talents shows!

I hope you have enjoyed these videos!

Talent Show at the International High School Saint Paul Preparatory School!

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

At Saint Paul Preparatory School, it’s not only about learning, it’s also about having fun or build new or already existing skills!
For all gifted or adventurous people, there are Talent Shows organized on a regular basis!

Below are two videos of these talents shows!

The first video is about two students breakdancing!

 

The second video is the musical comedy “Annie” students played last year!

Do you feel such a high school would be perfect for you? Contact us! Stay tuned for new videos about learning language abroad!

10 tips to pack lightly to travel abroad!

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

When one goes on a travel, it can sometimes be difficult to pack lightly. We end up taking thing we think we are going to need, but in the end we don’t use it. Here are a few tips that can help to lighten your luggage!travel abroad pack lightly list

1- Make a list! As soon as you have definitively booked your trip, make a list, with what is absolutely mandatory for you! Think of the typical day and what you use.

2- Take your destination and planned activities into account. If you are not likely at all to use certain clothes or items, don’t bring them. At worst you’ll be able to buy it abroad!

3- If you want to pack lightly but not give up your fashion sense, try to coordinate your travel wardrobe around one colour. This way, you won’t need multiple jewelleries, shoes, or bags, and you’ll still look pretty cool!

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4- Keep in mind that you don’t need to bring everything! Just bring your favourite, most comfortable clothes, since you WON’T wear the others, and you know it!

5- Don’t take outfits too formal “just in case”. Just plan something that could be used if you had to wear it on a formal occasion, but that can also be considered as casual!

6- If you are going for a long trip, don’t pack too much, but plan a trip to a laundry!

7- Don’t bring “if” items. If you need an umbrella, a poncho or whatever, you will likely be able to buy it abroad!travel abroad pack lightly umbrella

8- Always have some washing liquid designed for hand-wash. You will be able to wash some clothes (like underwear or t-shirts) and this way, avoid extra packing!

9- If you bring toiletries, try to have it in trial sizes, or change their traditional packages for travel-designed bottles!! Special travelling packs exist, and this will dramatically help you having lighter packages!

10- Don’t forget! The least you take, the more you’ll be able to bring back!packing lightly travel abroad trip

We hope these few tips will help you travel lightly! Do you have some tips regarding travel packing not listed here? Share it with us!

Travel abroad and Visa: How Can I Know What I Need?

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Travelling abroad is not always easy. It may come with many complicated stories, from the planning to the departure back home. However, most of the time, you are helped through the preparation process by qualified staffs. But for some issues, you will have to do the procedure by yourself. Visa is one of these issues!

One of the first things you will have to care about while preparing your language travel abroad is the visa issue. Depending on the program chosen, the country, number of courses, if you have a work experience or not, your citizenship… a different visa may be required.

This can be a long and difficult procedures to get a visa so don’t wait the last minute to ask for one!

Here is what you should do to take care of the visa issue in a few steps:

1 – Inquire at the Embassy
The first thing you will need to do is to inquire at the Embassy of the country you wish to visit. Once you have chosen your travel abroad, check on their website or at their office which visa is needed for such a trip. Don’t forget that the type of visa can differ depending on many factors so you should carefully check each options of your trip.visa documents language travel abroad

2 – Gather the documents
Once you’ll know what kind of visa you will need, you will have to gather the documents required. These documents can be really different for each country, and some may require special conditions or several weeks to be delivered to you. Start as soon as possible!

3 – Interview
In some countries, you may have to go the embassy to be checked in person. Be sure to have understood what the visa is used for and show what your motivation is accordingly to the inspector’s expectations.

4 – Delivery or denial
Generally speaking, after this interview, you will shortly get an answer, that is, approval or denial of your visa. If your visa is approved, congratulations! If you visa is denied, try to understand what the problem was in order to be able to present a better file to the Embassy.

Many Embassies have a website where you can find information. Just write: “Embassy + country you want to visit + in + your country”. You will likely find the appropriate website!

Here is also a website where you can find information about visa issues!travel abroad visa

We hope this article will have helped you with the visa issue and will give you trails of what to do to be able to ask for a visa!

10 Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Feeling like learning another language could be interesting but you need to be totally convinced? Read these reasons and you’ll want to start learning a foreign language right away!
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1-You will be able to increase your global knowledge, understand better other cultures, and open your mind.

2-You  will be able to understand and be understood in many foreign countries.

3-This will dramatically increase your chance of employment in the current economy.

4-You will be able to live or study abroad!

5-Just imagine how many native speakers you could date if only you could speak their language!multicultural-sutdents

6-Maybe you have forefathers coming from that particular country where the language is spoken… This will help you understand better your origins!

7-Like Nelson Mandela said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart”.

8-As said Goethe, “Those who know no foreign language know nothing of their mother tongue”. Understanding another language will help you with understanding yours too!

9-To be able to understand your favourite songs or movies in original version!

10-Because you like it! This is the simplest reason, you can have a lot of fun, satisfaction and challenge from learning to speak another language! An it can sometimes be useful :) reasons to learn foreign languageConvinced? Visit our website to see which language courses abroad could help you to learn another language! Also, if you have found other reasons to learn a language, share it with us!

10 Reasons to Learn English

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Learning English is almost an evidence for many people around the world. We wanted to give you some reasons why learning English is so important!
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1-English is the most spoken language around the world. 1 out 5 persons understands it!

2-Many of the most famous movies or songs are written in English! You’ll be able to understand them!

3-If you learn English, you’ll be able to visit most websites!

4-Speaking English is a tremendous asset for your professional career!

5-English is not hard to learn, compared to many other foreign languages!

6-Nowadays, we are surrounded by English (in non English speaking countries of course…). Understanding this language becomes more and more important!learn english reason travel abroad

7-If you are a student, or just eager to learn, to understand English is almost mandatory since many publications are in English!

8-You will be able to visit the 45 countries where English is the official language!

9-But you will also be able to travel around the entire world! Even if you’re not going to an English speaking country, it is very likely that locals will understand you if you speak in English!

10-For the pleasure! Learning a language, especially English, is rewarding when you see you’re improving!

I hope that now you are convinced to learn English! Do you have any reason to learn English? Share these reasons with us!

Launching our new blog :’)!

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Wohoo! Here it is!

We are very happy and excited at Nacel to finally be able to launch this new blog. It’s been a long time since we were thinking of it, preparing what to do, what to say, how to do it… And finally it’s here!

I really hope you will get a lot of fun out of this blog, and I also hope you will find some of our advices, testimonials or articles useful!

We will try to publish new tips, testimonials, or any other thing related to travel abroad, at least once or twice a week!

Don’t hesitate to let us a comment, we’ll be glad to know what you did like and what you disliked!

Plus, don’t hesitate to suggest us a subject or an article idea! 

Have fun !