Summer Camps France

DESCRIPTION :

All our summer sports camps in France are developed and organised by a professional team from our sports branch: SPORTS ELITE JEUNES. For each of these sports camps, the sport practices are lead by qualified monitors, who guide the “campers” all day and night long. Students must show that they are mature enough to participate in a multinational summer camp, to share everyday life, and that they really like to discover and practise any sports. All our sports camps are non-smoking.

Participants are mainly French, monitors are French, and foreign students will no doubt profit from this French sports camp to improve their French skills, as they will be surrounded by French people, 24 hours a day. French is the used language during all activities: sports, leisure time, etc.....

The French and Sports summer camps in France are organized in Vichy. Vichy is a very famous town, renowned for its mineral water and to be the town for sports. We run camps on 5 campuses in the town, since 1979. Students are accommodated in students' centres (from 1 to 6 beds/room) with shared facilities near the rooms. Students will be spread on different residences depending on the elected sports camp.
The participant should choose between 2 French summer camps:
- Sports only
- French and Sports

SPORTS ONLY
Participants may choose to focus on sports only and select the sport that he/she wants to practise intensively during the French summer camp: football (soccer), tennis or basketball. The elected sport will be practiced from 4 to 5 hours a day: theory, training, games etc.

FRENCH AND SPORTS
Students may take advantage of their stay in France to improve their French knowledge by taking French lessons on mornings and practicing different sports or one sport to choose among Basketball, Football (soccer) or Tennis on afternoons.
French language and sports creates a great balance for an interesting and fun stay in France. French courses are given by teachers specialized in teaching French as a foreign language, and have effective teaching methods. The « campers » are given 15 hours French courses per week (3 hours in the morning, from Monday to Friday) in groups of about 15 students. Groups are defined according to the French level (test on arrival) and the age of the participants. They emphasise the language courses on vocabulary, grammar, language laboratory, video, communication, always involving the participation of the students.

LOCATION MAP - FRENCH SPORTS CAMP IN FRANCE:

ACCOMMODATION :

Dormitory, full board.

LESSONS :

15 hours/week

ELIGIBILITY :

1 to 2 years of French study.

DEADLINE :

2 months before departure. Late applications may be accepted.

PROCEDURES :

Please apply through the application form below.

CONDITIONS - FRENCH SPORTS CAMP IN FRANCE :

VPBLA: June 29th 2008 – July 12th 2008
VPBLB: July 13th 2008 – July 26th 2008
VPBLC: July  27th 2008 – August 09th 2008
VPBLD: August 10th 2008  – August 23rd 2008

PRICE INCLUDES :

- Administration fees
- Full board accommodation in shared rooms during the sports camp
- 30 hours French courses
- Sport activities carefully supervised and lead by certified monitors
- Access to all sports equipment
- Activities during the weekend
- Individual transfer from a Paris airport to the Paris train station and back
- Group transfer from a Paris train station to the Vichy campus by train, with French chaperones, and back
- Support, assistance and 24 hours emergency phone number during the whole program

PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE :

- International airfare
- International Travel insurance
- Visa, passport and medical exam fees
- Personal expenses and pocket money
- Hotel accommodation and board in Paris (if needed due to arrival in Paris on the day before departure to the campus and/or due to departure from Paris on the day after return from the campus)
- Medical and Emergency repatriation insurance (may be provided by Nacel for an extra cost)
- Application fees (35 euros)