The School

The school in Ste Anne was opened in 1995. It welcomes between 400 and 450 students each year.

Location: The school is centrally located in one of the main streets of Sainte-Anne.

Facilities: The school offers five air-conditioned classrooms equipped with TV/Video/DVD and recorders/CD. A small library is at the disposal of the students as well as a computer room.

Students: The school welcomes students of all ages from 18 years old to students in their 80ies. The average age is 28. The majority of the students come from Germany, Britain, US, Sweden.

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

The school has the following affiliations or memberships:

FLE, recognised by the French Ministry of Employment, Bildungsurlaub

Lessons

This intensive course combines standard lessons in the morning with an afternoon course. All lessons are organised by levels (beginners to advanced) and comprise a maximum of six students. Some lessons (two hours on Friday) often take place outside of the classroom in contact with local professionals.

First day: Students need to be at the school at 8am. After an introduction to the school and staff, students take a placement test to ensure they are placed in the appropriate group. Lessons start after the mid-morning break.

Activities

During the summer there is a full and varied activity programme in which you may participate on a pay as you go basis. Throughout the year the school will propose a limited number of activities, subject to student number. If you want to do an activity which is not on the programme, don’t hesitate to ask the school to help you organise it!
Activities in Ste Anne include creole cooking lessons, dance lessons, drum playing lessons, water sports (windsurfing and fly surfing, surfing, kayaking, canyoning and tuba diving), sailing tours and various excursions (the Carbet waterfalls, the volcano “la Souffrière”, beach of a black sand).

Accommodation

The course can be booked with or without accommodation. The following types of accommodation are available: host family (room or private apartment), apartment in Residence or hotel. Please ask us for more detailed information.

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