Language classes at ALPADIA are especially adapted to a young and dynamic clientele looking for more practice. Topical and motivating subjects, varied activities, work in pairs or in small groups and project work for which the participants must actively mobilize all of their language knowledge allow them to quickly improve their communication skills. This teaching method, which puts great emphasis on the pleasure of learning, is one of the keys to the success of ALPADIA's language courses.
Student residence accommodation is ideal for a language study stay for juniors and teenagers and allows you to enjoy an enriching experience of community life in every respect. You get to know young people from throughout the world, with whom you share culture, relaxation and entertainment whilst practicing the new language, in complete relaxation and whilst forgetting barriers and differences. A chance to make new friends and unforgettable memories.
The ALPADIA team monitors stay on-site and constantly look after the well-being and safety of the participants. The residence accommodation includes full board.
It is possible for students who already know each other to request to share the same bedroom.
Round-the-clock (24/7) supervision In order to guarantee security, 24-hour surveillance is organized in all of the ALPADIA residences and an emergency number, which can be reached at all times, is in service in each Centre.
Easy contact with family and friends
There’s nothing easier than staying in touch with your parents and close ones: all of the ALPADIA centers allow you to send and receive e-mails and benefit from excellent coverage for mobile phones. In addition, our residences have telephone booths which are simple and practical to use, using phone cards.
This programme includes numerous exciting opportunities for sports, encounters and leisure, which allows for the creation of a warm atmosphere and the strengthening of friendships, while contributing to the practice of the studied language.
To ensure that each of young learner participates in the programme in complete safety and that nobody is left aside, all of the activities, organized and supervised by our teams of activities coordinators, are included in the price of the stay.
Evening activities
The evening activities organized by ALPADIA are favorable moments when good humor, the pleasure of good company and practice of the studied language in complete relaxation are always present. Whether for cinema, barbecue or disco evenings, the ALPADIA team members in charge work hard to make the activities into unforgettable elements of your language study stay.
Sports
Each course center offers numerous outdoor or indoor sports, of which several are organized on a daily basis and supervised by the ALPADIA team.
Optional sports packages
The practice of a specific sport
Thanks to the optional sports packages, you can practice intensively an activity of your choice! Make the most of your language study stay in Switzerland, France or Germany and dedicate time to your favorite sport.
Excursions
Each of our destinations offers cultural and touristic treasures nearby. Each week, ALPADIA offers excursions in order to discover this great heritage and in order to miss out on nothing. Don't forget your camera!
"This was my first experience learning English language abroad."
Markuss Circenis,
学生フォーム フランス
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The classes had a sufficient number of students. The teacher was good, cheerful. The location was okay, not far from Paris. facilities were okay. the activities were fun and interesting. I did not like that sometimes the activities were not well organized. We always had to wait for the staff to plan everything to the end. Housing was normal, there are no pluses or minuses.
"Overall the people were nice but the facilities were not the best and could have been better."
Ellen Patricia Kupper,
学生フォーム アメリカ
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The teaching, teachers, students and staff were great. They were welcoming, always kind and respectful. My teacher was very understanding and always made it fun to learn. She never excluded anyone and always made sure were all on the same page even if it was challenging for other students. When it came to the food and living areas, it was not as good. The bed was very hard and the showers were cold and dirty. There was very little variety of food and it was not always appetizing. On the other hand, the evning activities and excursions were really fun and I made a lot of long lasting memories.
My experience at the Paris-Passy camp wasn't what I had initially excpected. The food was bland, the location is an hour trip from Paris, you can't walk around on the grounds alone, and the camp is only partially immersive. The only times when I'd hear french was during the classes, for the rest of the day all the kids would communicate in english or spanish, and the animators would always speak in english when communicating with the kids. We were given maybe 6 hours of freetime per week, I didn't have a blanket for the first 4 days, only once my parents had asked for one did I get one. Many pipes in the bathroom leaked, leaving the bathroom floor soaked. And I'd also hoped that there would be more people that were 14, in my time there I met only two other people. The only positives I have is that my teacher was nice and the monuments of paris were very impressive. Pretty much everything else was disappointing.
"The people were great the office could be way more helpful."
Meaghan Bourgeois,
学生フォーム カナダ
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I loved all the friends I made and staff I met. The classes were long but I liked my teacher and learned quite a lot. The facilities were not ideal especially the cold showers no matter what time of day but the beds weren’t the best but I adjusted. The activities were fine a bit to long and I feel they could have given us more free time. The exertions were good could be more organized. The food was not very good on some days and I wish breakfast had fruit or something more fresh. The office also were very rude to me anytime I tried to ask for anything so they could maybe work on that. I loved everyone and the night time activities especially the staff because they were very understanding and tried to make things fun.
Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to パリ based on your budget, schedule and preferences.
