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LANGUAGE IN PROVENCE is a well-established language school based in the beautiful Luberon Regional Park in the south of France. In our idyllic village environment in the heart of Provence we offer high-quality French language courses, English language courses and combined specialist activity courses for adults. Our experienced teachers will inspire, encourage and guide you to communicate with confidence and ensure that your learning experience is enjoyable, satisfying and rewarding. The school is officially recognised by the French Government.

Immersion, intensive, individual and tailor-made courses for adults of all nationalities in small groups are our speciality and our courses run from March to November. Whether you want to improve your French or English for professional purposes, enjoy a study-holiday in this glorious area or are thinking of settling in France we have a course that will suit you.

 

              

 

        

 

              SPECIALISTS IN SMALL GROUP &

                   INDIVIDUAL COURSES

I do hope you will come and join us here in our wonderful village of St Saturnin lès Apt where a warm welcome awaits you.

Susan Bento
Director

SOME SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR SUMMER 2011 ALBUM ...

                 

Alan (EDF UK), Mark (Activities Director) and Laetitia (teacher)

         

Pieter enjoying the magnificent lavender fields during our July Lavender Week

                       

On the road to Sault (Vaucluse) during our Lavender Week

             

Teacher Sylvie with Clare & Mark (UK) during mid July course

     

Dinner at the Saint Saturnin pizzeria : Natalie, Susan, Francis, Madeleine, Jean, David, Yan Suan, Yoko, Patricia & Fernando

 

 

 

News

April 2012

JOYEUSES PAQUES! Happy Easter from St Saturnin to all our friends, students and colleagues.

The village is in full swing for Easter festivities. Let's hope the sun keeps shining.

Last month I reported on the exciting time we were having with the opening of our new school to celebrate our tenth anniversary. We have had a wonderful month and want to say a big thank you to our students May-Britt, Sean and Jane who have been wonderful company for us.

For those of you who have enjoyed happy times at Fontaine de Guby - the location that has served as home and school for so many years - fear not! Fontaine de Guby is just a few minutes' walk from our new centre and we will still be enjoying lunches on the terrace and aperitifs and social occasions there. The garden and swimming pool will also be available for everyone to enjoy.

We feel our move is a good one for us and particularly for our students. We are now right in the heart of our wonderful village and we have been welcomed with open arms by the village people around us. For those of you who remember the village we are in the Place de la Fraternité, just opposite the Hôtel St Hubert and near the Bar des Amis. It is a great location and we feel a real sense of integration here.

For a very personal view of a language course with Language In Provence do have a look at the article written by the wonderful Australian artist Nellie Crawford who joined us for a four week course last autumn. She has written about her experiences in "The West Australian' - just follow this link: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/travel/a/-/travel/13126756/brush-with-provence

We are now getting requests and bookings from May onwards so if you have any dates in mind just let us know. Come and see us in St Saturnin. It's a great village, full of delightful people, and we'll help you discover and experience a real part of Provence!

If there is information you need that we have not posted just let us know.

Our French Immersion Course has been reorganised to include morning tuition, lunches, excursion and many other elements. Afternoon classes are optional and are being offered as one-to-one sessions. Great if there are particular language points you would like to raise with your teacher or if you have specific needs in your language learning, for example a particular set of language skills for a job.

We also continue to offer our Individual Immersion courses.

We have a wider programme of Specialist Theme Weeks scheduled for this season. Our 'lavender weeks' were enormously popular last year and we are still taking bookings for this summer, weeks beginning 25 June & 9 July. The fields of lavender on the high plains of Haute Provence were truly exquisite last summer and we ended several of our tours in a great little restaurant in Lagarde d'Apt which now merits a Michelin mention.

We will be including Wine Tours and Roman Provence - please see our Specialist Weeks page for more information and dates.

Do remember that our courses offer scope and possibilities for learners of different levels and with different goals in mind. These days we are delighted to welcome a new generation of French learners. Over the last few years many of those who have joined us have been at the beginning of their professional lives and have been interested in improving their language skills to improve job opportunities. We are delighted that many more of you have been able to join us this year, as well as learners of all ages who love the French language and French culture and want to enjoy a wide experience of both.

One last thing. A friend of ours here in St Saturnin has just started a weather blog for the village. You can follow our weather on http://stsatweather.blogspot.fr/ or link to it on our links page. Exciting stuff!

Look forward to hearing from you....

Susan

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Students hard at work

Dinner with M. Jullien