Language Immersion in Montpellier, France 2011

1. Language Immersion in Montpellier, France 2011

2. Montpellier

3. Immersion 2010 Hello! Our French Immersion will be in Montpellier this semester. All the students of NUS who have studied at least French2 module can participate. This Immersion is not sponsorised by CLS and the students have to pay for the whole expenses of their Immersion

4. The French School of our Immersion is IMEF - Institut Européen de Français http://www.imef.fr/en/intro.html 34 rue Saint-Guilhem C.S. 49047 | 34967 Montpellier Cedex 2 - France

5. Family stay You will be placed in a French family selected by the School. You will have your own room The family will provide breakfast and dinner You can request a Muslim family

6. Some pictures of Montpellier

11. WHEN TO GO? YOU CAN START THE LESSONS ANY MONDAY OF MAY, JUNE and JULY So can leave any date you need to arrive in Montpellier on Sunday to meet the family where you will live during the 3 weeks of Immersion. On Monday you will pass a placement test to join class according to your level.

12. The Price of The immersion:1539 Eurosat the exchange rate of today=2.725 Sing Dollars • We have negotiated a preferred rate for our group of NUS students including: • Three weeks of family stay with breakfast and dinner • Three weeks of French language and civilization lessons from Monday to Friday , mornings and afternoons + all pedagogic material. • Free internet access in the school (wifi connection) • Free pass for all busses and tramway in Montpellier • Cultural activities and trips (2 trips of 1 day on Sundays, 3 trips of half a day on Wednesdays) • Student Civil responsibility insurance

13. THIS PRICE DO NOT INCLUDE: • Your Air Ticket to go to France and you train or air ticket to go to Montpellier • Your personal health travel insurance • Your personal expenses

14. HOW TO PAY? You pay directly the Montpellier school on line by your (or your parents) credit card,30% of the total amount when you enroll the immersion http://www.odyssea mtp.com/index.php?id=81&langue=en the payment is secured but please remember to specify that you are a student from NUS to obtain the preferred price.

15. You will pay the rest of the total amount (70%) to the Montpellier school once you arrive in Montpellier. Payment can be done by Credit Card or by cash (but it is not safe to travel with such a big cash amount in your pocket…)

16. Your school in Montpellier

17. International environmentExcellent teaching staff

18. FLIGHTS TO FRANCE The flight is at your own expense. You can fly to Paris and then take a short flight connection to Montpellier or if you prefer you can reach Montpellier by train. You can find a cheap flight on internet and also check Air France/KLM and Singapore airlines promotions. If you find a very promotional fare please share this information with the other students, so that they can also buy a cheap ticket. Do not buy any ticket before our next meeting in two weeks as we need to fix the students in small groups of 3-5 before giving you confirmation of your departure.

19. What’s next? If you intend to join the immersion to Montpellier, please fill the document on the next slide. You can e-mail it to me clsfm@nus.edu.sg Or you can print and put it in my mail box at 3th or 5th floor AS4 THIS IS ONLY A PRE-ENROLLEMENT Your participation is confirmed only after you have payed 30% of the total amount to the school. We will start payments at the end of March I will organize a meeting with the participating students in two weeks. The date and the venue will be published on IVLE soon. During this meeting I will answers your questions and I will give you further information (visa,living in France, etc.)

20. OUR MEETING I will organize a meeting with the participating students in two weeks. The date and the venue will be published on IVLE soon. During this meeting I will answer your questions and I will give you further information (visa,living and travelling in France,life cost etc.)

21. Questions? • Please fill the form and ask me your questions. • I will not answer individually • I will gather all the questions and I will answer them during our meeting in two weeks. • The questions and the answers will be also published on IVLE after our meeting.

22. Please fill this form Name:_______________________________________________________________ Age:_________________________________________________________________ Class: French______________ E-mail:_______________________________________________________________ Phone:_______________________________________________________________ Decided dates of departure: day:_____________month:__________________________2011 Please write your questions, concerns and requests so that I will able to put them all together before answering and publishing the answers: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. A bientôt!!