This intensive French course runs for –   8 1/2 hours a day –   5 days a week, for 2 to 4 weeks, all-year round –   2 on-site discussion-meals To those who really want to learn to speak French, the INSTITUT DE FRANÇAIS in Villefranche, offers a 2- to 4- week French immersion language course for professional adults and mature students who want to acquire rapidly fluency in French. Founded in 1969, its aim is to develop a natural speaking ability by using a unique concept, the “Total Approach”, which combines the most effective audio-visual methods with various practice and real-life sessions in a “French-only” speaking environment. In this renowned French language school, by diversifying the students’ activities throughout the day, all possible approaches to learning to speak French are explored, enabling the student to apply freely and naturally the everyday French vocabulary needed in all types of real-life situations. Thus, the students are constantly stimulated and able to apply themselves to learning to speak the language both analytically and instinctively. Nothing can compare with this intensive “Total Approach” to French, when applied in an all-day immersion under the stimulus of small group interaction, the objective being to learn to speak French as well as possible in the shortest time, while enjoying the whole thing. Thus, in this world-famous setting, providing innumerable cultural and sport activities, all ingredients exist, at the Institut de Français, to make learning French in France a rich and memorable experience.