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contact avec des anciens stagiaires qui ont bien profité de leur séjour, qui sont désireux de partager partager de désireux sont qui séjour, leur de profité bien ont qui stagiaires anciens des avec contact Séjour d’immersion culturelle et linguistique pour professeurs de français
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inquiry into several passionate subjects that are bound to have an impact on your lesson plans next fall. fall. next plans lesson your on impact an have to bound are that subjects passionate several into inquiry Quimper : Sous le charme de l’Odet
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Like every summer, we will have an outstanding class leader who will work to guide us in our discussions and pedagogical pursuits. pursuits. pedagogical and discussions our in us guide to work will who leader class outstanding an have will we summer, every Like
France. They love the opportunity to speak non-stop French. non-stop speak to opportunity the love They France.
seminars and intercultural experiences bring to them personally, enriching their teaching and deepening their understanding of of understanding their deepening and teaching their enriching personally, them to bring experiences intercultural and seminars
both active and retired teachers who have traveled and studied with us, return each summer. They recognize the value these these value the recognize They summer. each return us, with studied and traveled have who teachers retired and active both
Lodgings will be in 4-star hotels in the center of each town, and seminars are held in the same hotel. Many of our participants, participants, our of Many hotel. same the in held are seminars and town, each of center the in hotels 4-star in be will Lodgings
excellent museums and crêperies. and museums excellent
as well as several several as well as biscuiterie and faïencerie working a boasts city the and Cornouaille, Festival le Quimper, in summer every place
traditions and close to many of the impressive spots which make Brittany so unique in France. An annual Celtic festival takes takes festival Celtic annual An France. in unique so Brittany make which spots impressive the of many to close and traditions
is a jewel of a town with delightful Breton Breton delightful with town a of jewel a is Quimper department, Finistère the of heart the In visitors. and residents its to city the by
own ‘Voyage à Nantes,’ an annual summer festival which lasts all of July and August and consists of surprise after surprise offered offered surprise after surprise of consists and August and July of all lasts which festival summer annual an Nantes,’ à ‘Voyage own
has erected the Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery to contribute to this retrospective. More recently, the city has invented its its invented has city the recently, More retrospective. this to contribute to Slavery of Abolition the to Memorial the erected has
on the Loire. To its credit, Nantes is the first of the port cities in all of France to have confronted its disgraced role in this trade and and trade this in role disgraced its confronted have to France of all in cities port the of first the is Nantes credit, its To Loire. the on
religion was first signed by Henri IV in 1598, but it is also in Nantes that the slave trade was active, due to its convenient location location convenient its to due active, was trade slave the that Nantes in also is it but 1598, in IV Henri by signed first was religion
commerce and inventive new ideas early in its history. It is here that the treaty allowing Protestants the right to practice their their practice to right the Protestants allowing treaty the that here is It history. its in early ideas new inventive and commerce
spaces and surrounded by two rivers. It is a surprisingly open town, as its prime location on the Loire River afforded international international afforded River Loire the on location prime its as town, open surprisingly a is It rivers. two by surrounded and spaces
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of southern Bretagne. Bretagne. southern of
Passage Pommeraye Passage the cultural soul soul cultural the Quimper, in nights four with finish we’ll
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dynamic city on the Loire & the Erdre Rivers and natural natural and Rivers Erdre the & Loire the on city dynamic
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PRSRT STD PRSRT days; leisure time and optional activities are plentiful. plentiful. are activities optional and time leisure days;
Morning seminars and afternoon excursions occupy our our occupy excursions afternoon and seminars Morning
of all participants, regardless of registration date. registration of regardless participants, all of members family and spouses Francophone better; or website regarding roommate & sing supplement policies. supplement sing & roommate regarding website
regret that our chefs cannot accommodate a vegan diet. diet. vegan a accommodate cannot chefs our that regret
by April 15, 2021, a $200 surcharge will be required required be will surcharge $200 a 2021, 15, April by level intermediate an at French speak who associations service charges for all group activities. Please consult consult Please activities. group all for charges service you. Vegetarian diets can usually be adapted, but we we but adapted, be usually can diets Vegetarian you. students. students.
2020; if euro/dollar rate reaches or exceeds 1 E = $1.20 $1.20 = E 1 exceeds or reaches rate euro/dollar if 2020; language of members officials, board school librarians, t ips, taxes, & & taxes, ips, t locations scheduled to transportation ascertain beforehand that we are able to accommodate accommodate to able are we that beforehand ascertain
Program price based on exchange rate in September September in rate exchange on based price Program administrators, and/or teachers language to open is entrance fees and and fees entrance cocktails farewell & introductory more accessible to teachers and consequently, their their consequently, and teachers to accessible more
If you have certain dietary or other restrictions, please please restrictions, other or dietary certain have you If
of a non-refundable ticket connected with the program. program. the with connected ticket non-refundable a of workshop immersion The Nantes-Quimper 2021 Nantes-Quimper
all seminars & accompanying reading materials materials reading accompanying & seminars all tours
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carrier’s cancellation penalty incurred by the purchase purchase the by incurred penalty cancellation carrier’s Eligibility all guided guided all noted where meals other and breakfasts
contemporary issues of France, making French culture culture French making France, of issues contemporary
on absorbing French culture and expect our participants participants our expect and culture French absorbing on
program. program. investment. your protect to insurance cancellation accepts no liability for any any for liability no accepts The French Traveler French The all all Quimper & Nantes of centers in hotel deluxe
roommate who will now be in a single room. We focus focus We room. single a in be now will who roommate
focuses on the the on focuses d’immersion stage the year, after year No refund will be made for any unused portion of this this of portion unused any for made be will refund No trip of purchase the recommends strongly Traveler Traveler All lodgings in DBL accommodations in in accommodations DBL in lodgings All Inclusions
for paying two single supplements: for yourself and the the and yourself for supplements: single two paying for
nature or inconveniences or reasons beyond our control. control. our beyond reasons or inconveniences or nature trip. the cancels unless The French French The Traveler French The surcharge, payable separately by check). by separately payable surcharge,
once the workshop has started, you will be responsible responsible be will you started, has workshop the once
many of whom return year after after year return whom of many regions, different of inclement weather, unforeseen circumstances, acts of of acts circumstances, unforeseen weather, inclement of circumstances, any under 2021 15, April after balance paid by check or Paypal (Paypal payments incur a $90 $90 a incur payments (Paypal Paypal or check by paid
and change your mind after registration is closed or or closed is registration after mind your change and
or substitute any activities described above for reasons reasons for above described activities any substitute or or deposit either of refunds No 2021. 14, April until of $750 is by check only; balance may be be may balance only; check by is $750 of Deposit
accommodations; if you choose to be in a double room room double a in be to choose you if accommodations;
French. Attended by language teachers from many many from teachers language by Attended French.
deemed inappropriate for the program, and to change change to and program, the for inappropriate deemed person, per $200 less refundable, are Deposits 2021. airport. airport.
hotel rooms are smaller. Think carefully when choosing choosing when carefully Think smaller. are rooms hotel
obligation. We reserve the right to decline any person person any decline to right the reserve We obligation. 14, April before writing in made be must Cancellations Paris Gare Montparnasse and Paris Charles de Gaulle Gaulle de Charles Paris and Montparnasse Gare Paris
in Europe is not as widespread as it is in the US, and and US, the in is it as widespread as not is Europe in workshops every summer in France for teachers of of teachers for France in summer every workshops
the entire payment will be refunded without further further without refunded be will payment entire the Cancellation Policy Cancellation Nantes; TGV trains to Nantes (2 hrs) are available from from available are hrs) (2 Nantes to trains TGV Nantes;
Air conditioning conditioning Air condition. physical good in be to
cancel this program prior to departure, in which case case which in departure, to prior program this cancel roommate. a find is airport closest individual; the of responsibility
offers professional development development professional offers Traveler French The it requires the participant participant the requires it experience, the of charm
alterations to this itinerary as deemed necessary, or to to or necessary, deemed as itinerary this to alterations to unable are we if supplement single the incur will to and from the workshop is the the is workshop the from and to Transportation
our outside excursions. While this contributes to the the to contributes this While excursions. outside our
only for the time stated. We reserve the right to make make to right the reserve We stated. time the for only 2021 15, March after Registration check) by separately pd to hotel to pd
metros and buses in cities and hire coach buses for for buses coach hire and cities in buses and metros
by the passenger, as tour rates provide for arrangements arrangements for provide rates tour as passenger, the by pd extra, $90 (incurs Paypal via made be may but end of trip: participants’ responsibility, participants’ trip: of end
and standing while the guide tells us a story. We take take We story. a us tells guide the while standing and
beyond our control; such losses or expenses will be borne borne be will expenses or losses such control; our beyond check by preferred Balance 2021. 15, April due Balance
- Extra night at group rate in hotel at beginning or beginning at hotel in rate group at night Extra -
chers collègues, chers time a at hours 2-3 for walking means which tours weather, strike, war, war, strike, weather, 2021. 15, March reservations: for Deadline 33134. , or other causes causes other or , majeure force + additional overnight in Auray 7/20): $359 7/20): Auray in overnight additional +
or on narrow sidewalks. We take guided walking walking guided take We sidewalks. narrow on or due to delay or changes in air or other services, sickness, sickness, services, other or air in changes or delay to due FL Gables, Coral #346, Blvd Leon de Ponce 1825 , Inc. - Extension trip to Carnac (includes lunch (includes Carnac to trip Extension -
at length, sometimes on bumpy cobblestone streets streets cobblestone bumpy on sometimes length, at
responsibility for baggage, losses or additional expenses expenses additional or losses baggage, for responsibility to $750 of check deposit your with The French Traveler, Traveler, French The - Single supplement: $629 supplement: Single -
trip. We use public transportation in France and walk walk and France in transportation public use We trip. out the arrangements of these programs. We accept no no accept We programs. these of arrangements the out it send and website from form registration out Print - Day trip to Landévennec + Locronan: $129 Locronan: + Landévennec to trip Day -
and be in sufficiently good health to undertake the the undertake to health good sufficiently in be and or person engaged in conveying passengers in carrying carrying in passengers conveying in engaged person or Registration - Day trip to le Pont Aven: $129 Aven: Pont le to trip Day -
expect you to read the pre-departure information information pre-departure the read to you expect Bonjour company any of defaults or acts the for or conveyance, fax. phone, - Day trip to Vannes: $129 $129 Vannes: to trip Day -
as is the exclusive use of the French language. We We language. French the of use exclusive the is as automobile, train, cable car, motor coach, metro or other other or metro coach, motor car, cable train, automobile, service valet or cleaning dry laundry, activities participant will be refunded. refunded. be will participant
Attendance at our morning seminars is required, required, is seminars morning our at Attendance in connection with the service of any airplane, airplane, any of service the with connection in optional program in scheduled not activities any case which in attained, not is people of number
We will gladly discuss details of workshop with you. you. with workshop of details discuss gladly will We injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity irregularity or delay accident, loss, damage, injury, insurance cancellation accident/baggage/trip may be cancelled if the minimum minimum the if cancelled be may Optional visits Optional
Participant responsibility Participant pandemic restrictions. We can assume no liability for for liability no assume can We restrictions. pandemic dinners farewell & welcome breakfast, at except discount trips 2-5: $2800; alumni trips 6+: $2655 $2655 6+: trips alumni $2800; 2-5: trips discount
language at all times. all at language Please consult our website regarding the Covid-19 Covid-19 the regarding website our consult Please beverages all asterisk an with marked days on meals $2950 land only, DBL occupancy. Alumni Alumni occupancy. DBL only, land $2950 July 9-20, 9-20, July
immersion process, we encourage the use of French French of use the encourage we process, immersion with regard to the safety and well being of participants. participants. of being well and safety the to regard with accommodations room single Quimper from & French immersion workshop to Nantes & Quimper, Quimper, & Nantes to workshop immersion French
converse in French. To thoroughly benefit from the the from benefit thoroughly To French. in converse land transportation to Nantes Nantes to transportation land airfare International has exercised careful consideration consideration careful exercised has The French Traveler French The
Organizer Responsibility Organizer Exclusions over 23 are also welcome if they are able to fully fully to able are they if welcome also are 23 over 2021 NANTES-QUIMPER COST: & DETAILS jeudi 15 juillet THE FRENCH TRAVELER STAGE D’IMMERSION Finissez vos phrases & Jeux littéraires [la quête de soi] Registration 2021 We’ll work on our own French language skills today, using literature and advanced exercises designed to NANTES & QUIMPER, 9-20 JUILLET 2021 improve and deepen our fluency. Free time this afternoon to finish up your exploration of Nantes before THE FRENCH TRAVELER STAGE we head deep into the Breton countryside. We’ll bid au revoir to our facilitator this evening [Green italics indicate the AP themes which our course is incorporating.] D’IMMERSION NANTES & QUIMPER, APÉRITIF DE CLÔTURE 9-20 JUILLET 2021
vendredi 9 juillet vendredi 16 juillet Bienvenue à Nantes! Apéritif d’accueil in our new surroundings and welcome dinner in one of Nantes’s Quimper ! [l’esthétique: le patrimoine] Please print out the complete inviting restaurants along the Loire River. DÎNER We’ll shift gears today as we make our way to the Finistère. Our home for four nights will be the registration form from About the quintessentially Breton city of Quimper, whose beauty and authenticity were mercifully spared during the our website French Traveler samedi 10 juillet war. Classifiedville d’art et d’histoire, Quimper is not only a winner of the coveted ville fleurie prize, it also La ville [l’esthétique: le patrimoine] boasts a magnificent Gothic cathedral, a genuine workingfaïencerie and biscuiterie, numerous crêperies, www.frenchtraveler.com Valerie Sutter, Founder and We’ll start today’s activities a bit later than usual to and a lovely river walk. We’ll arrive in time for lunch, followed by a visite guidée to acclimate ourselves to or send us an email and we’ll Director, created The French Traveler help ease the jet lag. We’ll learn about the history our new surroundings. DÎNER send you the form in 1998 as an immersion program of this fascinating city, administratively part of the for language teachers who wish to Loire-Atlantique but culturally and historically samedi 17 juillet* improve their fluency and deepen attached to la Bretagne. Afternoon balade dans Journee libre ou Landevennec & Locronan their cultural awareness of France. la ville will help us discover the delightful coins et [l’esthétique: le patrimoine] Better informed teachers, hence recoins de cette ville. Take the remainder of the Two stunning spots to be discovered improved lesson plans to prepare afternoon to explore the city or rest. today as we head north from Quimper : students for tomorrow’s world, are LUNCH morning in the adorable little hamlet of the major benefits of the program. Landévennec with its magnificent ruins of A teacher for 30 years, Valerie The French Traveler, Inc. dimanche 11 juillet Nantes : Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne, en lived and studied in France, taught a 9th century Benedictine abbey, located 1825 Ponce de Leon Blvd #346 Nantes à l’ombre des anneaux de la mémoire plein centre ville all levels of high school French (Nantes et le commerce triangulaire) [le patrimoine] on the rade de Brest overlooking the sea. Coral Gables FL 33134 USA on various continents, continues Nantes is the first city in France to have openly recognized its discreditable role in the slave trade, which Afternoon in the stunning village of Locronan, a beautifully preserved medieval Tel: 941 544 6777 to teach French to adults, and, as enriched the city in the eighteenth century. Nantes had gradually become the largest port in France [email protected] Director of The French Traveler, after the establishment of French colonies and was responsible for nearly half of the 18th-century French Auray: le charme d’un petit village breton town where the film Tess was shot. We’ll explores every corner of France as Atlantic slave trade. We’ll learn about this in detail this morning, and this afternoon we will visit the 18th end the day with a private visit of a family- www.frenchtraveler.com she meticulously prepares each year’s and 19th century quartiers de Nantes, including the very moving memorial dedicated to the slave trade owned distillerie artisinale, complete with copper alambiques and a dégustation of cider-related products. workshop. Passionate about cultural located along the banks of the Loire. LUNCH MEALS AT LEISURE acquisition and language immersion as the means of understanding both lundi 12 juillet dimanche 18 juillet* Testimonials culture and self, she is fluent in L’immigration, une longue histoire [la famille et la communauté] Journée libre ou Pont-Aven [l’esthétique: le patrimoine] “I can’t believe how excellent our French and Portuguese and has a We’ll continue in the classroom with France’s complicated history of immigration, covering such topics as One of the advantages of Quimper is its geographic proximity to many of Brittany’s most unique places. modest command of Spanish. She la laïcité, present-day assimilation/integration, and the teaching of French to immigrants. We’ll punctuate Come along with us today to tour another jewel of la Bretagne sud: Pont-Aven, considered a painter’s haven instructors were. Their presentations resides in France half the year. the lesson with an afternoon visit to the stimulatingmusée d’histoire de Nantes, found in the Château des and a boater’s joy. A charismatic guide from the village will help us enjoy the delights of this town: the were top notch, and I feel they went Ducs de Bretagne. LUNCH moulins, the restaurants, the forest, the artists. A picture-perfect outing. MEALS AT LEISURE above and beyond the call to make their seminars interesting and relevant.” The French Traveler mardi 13 juillet* lundi 19 juillet 2019, Jennifer Jervis Journée libre ou Vannes Advisory Board Journée libre, entièrement Clackamas HS, Clackamas OR [l’esthétique: le patrimoine] [esthétique: le patrimoine] Joyce Beckwith You’re free to roam Nantes as you To give you time to fully explore Quimper today, you’ll be free all day until dinner. A remarkable Musée National President of the American like or come with us as we set off to départemental breton is well worth a visit, as well as a (free) guided tour through the still-working faïencerie “I loved the classes with our two Society of the French Academic Palms discover the town of Vannes, both an and the biscuiterie on which Quimper bases its renown. And then of course there is lots of shopping—all excellent profs and learning about animated urban center and a thriving those little blue personalized china bowls make a wonderful gift. DÎNER D’ADIEU the fascinating history of this area tourist destination in the summer, with Jean-Pierre Berwald of France. I really appreciated beautifully preserved ramparts and Professor Emeritus, University of mardi 20 juillet speaking French (which I rarely get Massachusetts, Amherst, MA medieval ruelles. For two days around the national holiday, Vannes celebrates Departure, if you must, is always bittersweet, and we encourage you to stay longer in France if you can. to do since I am isolated in a middle les fêtes historiques de Vannes, with folk There are so many options for delightful extensions nearby; rent a car and motor through the rest of school without other francophones).” Griffin Morse Brittany, its wild and rocky coastline, its picturesque towns full of history and authenticity. Former Headmaster, Pinkerton dances, jugglers, musicians à l’honneur. 2019, Wendy Blanchard Academy, Derry, NH Ambiance assurée ! Cherokee MS, Madison WI MEALS AT LEISURE mardi 20 juillet* [esthétique: le patrimoine] An unusual overnight extension to our stage is offered today to visit the famousmenhirs near Carnac. Joseph Reiter We’ll leave Quimper early, wander through the towns of Carnac and Trinité-sur-Mer, then have a walk “I teach college French and these Perry Professor in the Humanities, Goûtons voir si le vin est bon through the non-public areas of the menhirs with a private guide. Mystery, history, and gremlins promised! Emeritus, Phillips Exeter Academy, mercredi 14 juillet cultural immersion trips are extremely A magical world from thousands of years before our era, still not entirely understood, but majestic to Exeter, NH Travail sur le français & Braderie d’idées [la quête de soi] valuable for keeping me up to date Our facilitator’s specialty in teaching French to immigrants in France will provide rich material about la behold. One last night in the quaint village of Auray before final departuredemain . You can arrange your on all the latest news, politics, social train tickets from Auray back to Paris on July 21st. Pascale Rihouet Francophonie for working on our own lesson plans. This is also the perfect opportunity for teachers to LUNCH INCLUDED and cultural events in France. The inspire one another and together find ways to bring the new ideas we’ve discovered in Nantes into our Senior Lecturer, Rhode Island School *extra cost instructors I’ve met each summer for the of Design, Providence, Rhode Island own classrooms. Afternoon visit to nearby St-Nazaire, the home of French ship-building and the town which bears witness to the Nazi submarine warfare. LUNCH past 9 years are first class and never tire Brian Thompson of answering our incessant questions!” Professor Emeritus, University of 2019, Nina Tanti Massachusetts, Boston, MA Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA