Choosing to stay in a French Host Family
Choosing to stay in a French Host Family is the way to go if you really want to improve in French as much as possible during your language stay. Staying with a French host family provides a complete language immersion experience where you get the chance to improve in French, even outside of your regular […]
7 conseils pour rencontrer des Français lors de votre séjour à IFALPES
Promenez-vous dans les marchés et parlez aux commerçants locaux tous les jours. Participer à des échanges linguistiques organisés dans des endroits différents du centre-ville : français / anglais, français / espagnol, français / italien ou français / allemand : vous aurez des conversations amusantes et productives avec des français. Choisissez un hébergement dans une famille […]
7 tips to meet french people during your stay at IFALPES
Stroll on the local marketplaces and flee markets of the town and ask questions to the merchants, talk to the local shopkeepers everyday. Participate in language exchange events organised in several places of the city center: French/ English, French/ Spanish, French/ Italian or French/ German: you will have fun and productive conversations with native French speakers. Choose accommodation at a French […]
Since 1992 we have taught French to students from all over the world
In 2018 we welcomed more than 2 800 students aged 11 to 77 from 83 different countries! Our courses refer to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for language learning. All of our teachers are native French speakers and have a degree in teaching French as a foreign language (FLE). They use the communicative […]
Travel to Annecy
The nearest airport to travel to Annecy is in Geneva but there are other airports with which it is possible to go to France like Lyon for exemple. You have to take a bus from Geneva to Annecy that cost around 10€. There are direct flights to Geneva operated by Air France, KLM, Easyjet, Ryanair, […]
And you get a free Roadbook!
On Monday morning, the first day of school at IFALPES , you have breakfast with all the new students, then you will attend an information meeting and go all together on a free guided-tour of Annecy. On this day we will also give you the IFALPES Roadbook. It is both a real textbook with illustrated […]
Is French that amazing?
Feel like learning French and joining the community of 274 million French speakers in the world ? Welcome to IFALPES Learn French in the Alps ! Soon you will be able to speak this rich and beautiful language spoken on all 5 continents ! French is the international language for the arts like litterature, cinema, […]
Annecy has so much to offer
At IFALPES we want our students to make the most of their free time in Annecy. For some of them, it’s their first time in France and even their first experience abroad ! During weekdays and weekends throughout the year, our team will propose you a unique activity and excursion programme on a pay-as-you-go basis. […]
10 things to know about IFALPES
Since 1992, IFALPES has been teaching French for Adults (16+) from all over the world – more than 15000 thousand students from 60 different countries. We have more than 25 years’ experience teaching our beautiful language and we are very good at it! IFALPES is a holder of the quality label EAQUALS and Qualité FLE. […]
Why you should use the one-to-one system to learn French?
The one-to-one system always makes good sense when studying a foreign language because of the much better personal tuition offered, but there are other reasons why you should use this system to learn French.
