The School

The school in Montreux was opened in 2003. It welcomes 1000 students each year.

Location: The school is located on the city's main street in one of Switzerland's most famous tourist spots, on the banks of Lake Geneva near the beautiful lakeside promenade.

Facilities: The school offers bright and comfortable classrooms, some of them with a stunning view of the lake and the Alps, a shady terrace, a cafeteria as well as modern equipment and materials.

Students: The school welcomes students of all ages from 16 years old to students in their 80ies. The average age is 22. The majority of the students come from Switzerland (German and Italian speakers), the remaining from Germany, Britain, US, Russia, Spain, Brazil and Canada.

Bank Holidays: There are no lessons on French national holidays. Missed lessons are neither rescheduled nor refunded (except private lessons).

The school has the following affiliations or memberships:

Souffle, FIYTO, ALTO, CSN, Bildungsurlaub, AVDEP, FSEP, Swiss Tourism Quality Mark

Lessons

This course consists of general lessons from 8.30 to 12 and an additional lesson from 12.15 to 1pm Monday to Friday. During the additional lesson, particular emphasis is placed on praticing spoken communication (expression and comprehension) by means of communicative exercises (role play, games, song, debates, etc).

First day: Students need to be at the school at 8am on the first morning. You will have a short introduction to the school as well as a tour of the school. You may then be asked to take a short oral examination (the written test has to be completed prior to arrival). Lessons begin in the morning.

Activities

Every week the school suggests a number of activities “coached” by the staff in which you may participate on a pay as you go basis. There is also a lot of information available if you wish to organize your leisure activities yourself.

Activities in Montreux include mountain climbing, mountain biking, sailing, waterskiing, tennis, kart racing, bowling, paragliding, pleasure trips on the lake in one of the old style paddleboats, wine tasting, ski weekends, fishing, horse riding and many more.

Accommodation

The course can be booked with or without accommodation. The following types of accommodation are available: Host family, student apartment, hostel or hotel. Please ask us for more detailed information.

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