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Follow the path of champions with Sports Summer Camps!

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Some weeks ago we told you about the French organism SEJ (Sports Elite Jeunes) and their original discount for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on soccer summer camps. Did you know that if you take part in these sports camps you could follow the path of some champions?

Sports summer camps with SEJ are unique and really worth participating in. They welcome each year top sportsmen and women who are eagger to share their experience as well as their career highlights and awards. They love to give advices to young participants.

Top sportsmen such as Tony Parker -basketball champion- or Laurent Blanc -World Champion of the FIFA World cup 1998- have already taken part in the sports summer camps. Different top sportsmen and women run the activities year after year.

Enrol in this summer camp in France!

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Open doors day at Notre-Dame International High School! Come and enjoy!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Next June 25th 2010 will take place an open doors day at Notre-Dame International High School which is about to open in September. This will enable you to visit this unique school and its facilities as well as meet the staff!

Interested in enrolling at Notre-Dame International High School or just curious about it? Don’t miss this opportunity! Notre-Dame International High School organises an open doors day on June 25th 2010, from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm for students interested in enrolling at this American school next to Paris. Students from all over the continents are already enrolled, we’re just waiting for you! Take part in this open doors day!

If you need further information about Notre-Dame International High School or its open doors day, contact this American boarding school near Paris.

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Mum will love soccer and the FIFA World Cup more than ever

Monday, June 7th, 2010

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the French organism SEJ (Sports Elite Jeunes) decided to launch a special and original discount.

Mums, you who usually hate soccer, you’ll now like it more than ever. You know what? If your teen get enrolled in a Soccer summer camp in France before June 11th 2010 you’ll enjoy an incredible and original discount…

>>> Each French goal scored during the World Cup …

… makes you save 10 euros! <<<



You are refunded 10 euros per French goal (except penalties)… For you, teens who particularly like soccer during this period of World Cup, and who want to improve your French skills at the same time, be sure that you’ll enjoy these French and Soccer summer camps in Vichy and that you’ll never forget such a great time! So come on, and play your own World Cup! It’s not too late!

We hope for all those who will take part in these Summer camps that France will score lots of goals and why not, win the 2010 FIFA World Cup!  =)

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Planning your relocation to Paris? Some advices will be surely helpful then!

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Moving and settling into a foreign country are never easy, all the more so as if you don’t know much about the country. It’s sometimes very helpful to appeal to experts in relocation services. Indeed, they handle everything.

Whether you are an expatriate or a student, moving to a new country for some months or indefinitely may be a quite long and difficult process. You have to find an accommodation, sometimes a school for your children, open a bank account, deal with administrative formalities, issues, procedures… and so many other things that request a lot of time and patience. As a result, a relocation to France, if you are going to live in Paris for example, might be more complicated than you thought. Don’t worry! Some experts in relocation can do every step for you.

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Actually, these relocation agencies usually offer a wide range of  “packs” of different services that you can adapt according to your needs. These experts give you support during your relocation to Paris, since they handle issues such as housing, partner’s professional integration, child care and school enrolment. They can even advise you about some shopping in Paris! They also provide you administrative assistance as well as French language courses if need be.

Don’t let your relocation to Paris become a nightmare! If you want to keep cool, don’t hesitate any longer to contact a relocation agency to get further information about their services and move to Paris without any worries!

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You don’t know what to do this summer? Learn French while practising sports in a great summer camp in France!

Friday, April 30th, 2010

You want to impove your French skills but don’t know what to do… Well, there are so many different ways to learn French in France like we’ve seen in the previous articles! But if you like practising sports and if you have free time in July or in August, then the French and sports summer camp in France is definitely made for you… Let’s mix study with pleasure!

Nacel Summer Camps in France are incredibly popular! It seems indeed that summer camps organized by Nacel, a well-known language travel agency that has been existing for more than 50 years now, have a big success within young people! Bookings for these programs don’t stop to increase year after year… and many of the sports camps are already full!

What are the keys of this awesome success?

Sports camps in France are organized in Vichy since several years now! Their success comes mainly from word of mouth, since students who take part to the summer camps even advise their schoolmates to book a place in the same program! It seems that former participants are very enthusiastic about the fact that sports summer camps in Vichy combine French language courses and sports activities. Indeed, many different sports are available such as Tennis, Basketball, Soccer and even Rugby and Golf! Some of these camps are really popular and get full very quickly.

Here is Pablo’s testimonial, a 16 year-old Spanish boy who took part in the program: “I enjoyed the experience very much and it was great that everybody at the camp was so friendly and helpful to us. It was a very enjoyable way to learn French. Thank you.”

The students who take part in the summer camp in France mainly come from English-speaking or Spanish-speaking countries. This kind of French and sports summer camps enables them to improve their French skills while having fun through sport! They also enjoy sharing a lot with the French-speaking chaperones who supervise them during the sport activities. Many times chaperones are professional sportsmen or women.

Even if most of the camps are full, I advise you to book the last available places of the Sports and French summer camp in France if you want to make  a lot of friends from everywhere and spend an unforgettable summer!

Have a look at what is still available!

>> Tennis + French:

July 29th - August 11th: 2 places

August 12th - August 25th: 1 place

>> Basketball + French

July 1st - July 14th: 2 places

July 15th - July 28th: 2 places

July 29th - August 11th: 2 places

>> Multisports + French

July 1st - July 14th: 1 place

July 15th - July 28th: 3 places

August 12th - August 25th: 8 places

>> Football + French

July 15th - July 28th: 3 places

August 12th - August 25th: 5 places

Get further information about this French and sports summer camp in France and book your program now! Be sure you’ll enjoy the variety of the camps!

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Looking for an American School in Paris? But you would like to learn French too? Here is the solution.

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Some weeks ago we introduced you to a new American boarding school in Paris called Notre-Dame International High School. The opening is now official!

The official opening of the new American Nacel School “Notre-Dame International High School” was sealed by Dr Frank Tarsitano, PhD President of Nacel Open Door and Yves Le Saout, Principal of Notre-Dame Les Oiseaux. Danièle Thevenin, Deputy Head, Steve Murphy, Director of the American school and Gerard Avundo, Director of Nacel Programs also attended the meeting.

The asset of Notre-Dame International High School relies on the fact that it combines an American curriculum with the French environment of the sister school Notre-Dame Les Oiseaux, a French school that provides an excellent education for many years now. Students will then become proficient in both languages and interculturally skilled!

Furthermore, this American High School in Paris will welcome students from many different countries. Some of them are from Brazil, Ukraine, Philippines, USA… Students will soon come from all continents! And you, where are you coming from?!

The school is due to open early September 2010 as planned.

You’re interested in taking part in this great project but want to know more about it? So don’t wait any longer, you’re about to live the most unforgettable experience of your life! Come on and join Notre-Dame International High School’s multicultural student body thanks to a High School program!

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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!

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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!

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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!<<

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Canadian students’ testimonials: Academic Year in France and in Germany

Monday, August 24th, 2009

You will find below the testimonial of 2 Canadian students who participated in Nacel’s programs! Discover how their experience abroad with Nacel was!

David, Academic Year Program in France

This testimonial has been published in Stettler Independent, a newspaper, in August 2005 and is about David’s experience in France.

“A different kind of education” (Laura Drake, reporter)
David of Stettler, Alberta spent an academic year in France (2004 - 2005), in the Brittany region as part of Nacel Canada’s Academic Programs. Though he chose to delay graduating from high school to participate in the program, David quotes ‘It was a great experience and I’ve taken a lot from it”. He does admit it took him about a month to adjust to the language, “I had a good vocabulary but putting it together so I made sense took about a month”. Though school kept him busy, he also found time to do some tourist things with his host family. Part of the program includes the participant be placed with a host family in the region. David describes his family as ‘very stereotypically French” for example, meals at home consisted of several courses. He also made lots of friends in France, whom he says he will likely visit when he returns to France.


Emma, Academic Year Program in Germany

This testimonial is an email received from Emma of Halifax, Nova Scotia, that she wrote us during her Academic Year Program in Germany. Emma participated in the Nacel Canada Academic Program during the year 2006-2007.

I’m happy to say that things are going much better for me here in Germany! The last time I emailed you I was requesting permission to go home to Canada for Christmas. Now that I look back at my last months here, I’m happy to have had the chance to experience a German Christmas, even if it was a little hard to be away from home. I’ve now gotten to the point where I’m into a comfortable routine and I look forward to going to school, seeing my new friends, and attending different activities here. Just like my Nacel handbook had said all along, it really does get easier!’

So, after reading these testimonials, are you thinking to be the next Canadian going abroad?

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Scholarships and Financial Aid for French Students Travelling Abroad

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Travelling abroad to learn a foreign language is a big adventure, and financing it is one of the main issues of the project! Luckily, there are some scholarships available to study abroad as well as financial aids to help you to learn languages abroad. In this article, you will find some scholarships and financial aid French students can apply to!-The “Caisse d’Allocation Familiale” (State’s Social Aid Authority in France)
If your family fits some income’s requirements, you could be eligible to the “CAF” financial aids. These financial aids may be used to finance language trips abroad or summer camps. Just ask them!family caf financial aid french

 

-Work’s council
Companies’ work’s council may help employees’ children by giving out scholarships for summer programs or financial aid to study abroad. Ask your parents about that!

-Local Authority (Mairie for example in France)
Some local authorities in France can help by giving financial aid to the young residents of their town. This financial aid can be a scholarship for summer camps or a scholarship to study abroad.

-Twining Committee and local cultural organizations
In some cities, there are twining committees who encourage cultural and language exchange by offering financial aid and scholarships to study abroad or grants to learn the language of the twin city!

-Regions and Departments
Most regions and departments in France hand out financial aid for summer programs or study abroad scholarships. You should try to see if you could be eligible to a scholarship to learn a language abroad!

-Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education offers scholarships to study abroad. To be eligible to these scholarships, there are really specific requirements. Check the Ministry’s website to get more information about these financial aids to study abroad!

-Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers some financial aids to help students study abroad. Check the website to see if you could be eligible to one of their scholarships to work or study abroad!

-Organizations and Foundations
Some organizations and foundations offer scholarships to study abroad. Most of these scholarships are highly selective and are awarded to excellent students in a specific academic field. Search on the Internet!

-Firms, banks, pension funds and mutual funds
Some international firms can offer scholarships to volunteer abroad or grants to study abroad.
Some funds can also offer financial aids to study abroad or scholarships for summer programs. You should ask to your parents’ one if they do.

-German-French Office for the Youth (OFAJ)
This Office offers many financial aid opportunities to study German. French students can get scholarships to learn German in Germany through this office.ofaj french scholarships learn german

-Embassies and intercultural cooperation offices
Some Embassies offer scholarships to learn their country’s official language. Offices and associations promoting international understanding can also provide scholarships to study broad!

-European Commission
The European Commission offers financial aids for students who wish to learn a language abroad by studying abroad or working abroad. The most famous European Commission’s scholarships are Erasmus (for students) and Leonardo (for interns).Visit the Commission’s website to collect information.

-School
Sometimes, if your school teacher organizes a travel abroad but your family’s funds are really limited, your school can help you to pay the fees, by providing you a scholarship or financial aid to travel abroad with your classmates!travel abroad learn language money

I hope these few tips will have been helpful for French students who want to learn a language abroad!

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