Stay for a month, learn French for a lifetime
(VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER, France) – We are seated in a magnificent villa perched on a hillside
PRESS & TESTIMONIAL
French Lessons
“(VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER, France) – More than half a century ago, Grace Kelly began the arduous process
Sink-or-Swim French Can Be “Chambre de Torture”, but Also Fun
“… Our days were varied but carefully structured with total emphasis placed on the spoken,
French lessons at the Côte d’Azur
… I am enrolled in the month-long French language immersion course at the institute,
French lessons at the Côte d’Azur
… I am enrolled in the month-long French language immersion course at the institute,
French lessons at the Côte d’Azur
… I am enrolled in the month-long French language immersion course at the institute,
The Fast Track to French
“…I was in France and no one would speak to me in anything but French. Not only that,
Bon jewer Villefranche
When I climbed the hill to the tiny flat I’d rented for a month in Villefranche-sur-Mer
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| European Central Bank | Frankfurt |
| European Commission | Brussels |
| Council of Europe | Strasbourg |
| European Parliament | Brussels/Luxembourg |
| European Patent Office | Berlin |
| FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) | Roma |
| ILO (International Labor Organization) | Geneva |
| IMF (International Monetary Fund) | Washington, DC |
| INSEAD (International MBA Program) | Fontainebleau |
| International Red Cross | Geneva |
| NATO | Brussels |
| OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) | Paris |
| UN (United Nations) | New York/Geneva |
| UNDP (UN Development Program) | New York |
| UNESCO | Paris |
| UN High Commission for Refugees | Geneva |
| WFP (World Food Programme) | Roma |
| WHO (World Health Organization) | Geneva |
| World Bank | Washington, DC |
| Australian Embassy | Paris/Brussels |
| Australia Government | Canberra |
| Canadian Government | Ottawa |
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| Israeli Embassy | Paris/Marseille |
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| Kenyan Embassy | Paris |
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| New Zealand Mission to the UN | Geneva |
| Qatari Embassy | Paris |
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| South African Government | Pretoria |
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| U.S Embassy in Paris (and in several African countries) | |
| Zimbabwean Embassy | Paris |
| AHLSTOM (Finland) | AIR CANADA (Montreal) |
| AIR LIQUIDE (France) | AMOCO (West Africa) |
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| BASF (Switzerland) | BNP PARIBAS (London) |
| CITIBANK (Germany, Gabon) | Cleary, Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (France) |
| CONTINENTAL AIRLINES (U.S.A) | CREDIT SUISSE (Zurich) |
| DELTA AIRLINES (U.S.A) | ELF AQUITAINE (Norway) |
| ELOF HANSSON AB (Sweden) | ELOF HANSSON AB (Sweden) |
| HELVETIA PATRIA (Switzerland) | EXXON MOBIL (Tchad) |
| HÜLS AG (Germany) | IBM (Paris, Nice) |
| KRAFT FOODS (France) | LAFARGE (France) |
| L’ORÉAL (France, U.K, Germany) | McKINSEY (London) |
| MITSUI & CO (France) | NESTLÉ INTERNATIONAL (Switzerland) |
| NESTLÉ SWISS (Switzerland) | NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corp.) (Oslo) |
| PHILIP MORRIS (Switzerland) | SAINT GOBAIN (France) |
| SAUDI FRENCH BANK (Saudi Arabia) | SBB (Swiss Railways) (Switzerland) |
| STATOIL (Norway) | SWISSCOM (Switzerland) |
| SWISS RÉ (Switzerland) | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (France) |
| UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND (Switzerland) | VISKASE (France) |
| WINTERTHUR INSURANCE (Switzerland) | ZS ASSOCIATES (France) |
| Gough Whitlam | Australia | Former Prime Minister of Australia |
| Ralph Hillman | Australia | Australian Ambassador to OECD |
| David Stevenson | Australia | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Mira Bacelj | Australia | D.H.R,World Trade Organization |
| Rona Ambrose | Canada | Minister of Environment |
| Justice Allen M. Linden | Canada | President, Law Reform Commission |
| Berveley Oda | Canada | Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women |
| James Holt | Canada | Defence Counsellor to NATO |
| Changchui He | China | Deputy Director, UN / FAO |
| Michael Attalides | Cyprus | Cypriot Ambassador to Great Britain |
| Ivana Hrdlickova | Czech Republic | President of the special tribunal for Libanon (International Court of Justice) |
| Annegreten Holmsgaard | Denmark | Member of Danish Parliament |
| Mahmoud Mohieldin | Egypt | Senior Vice President , Worldbank |
| Illka Ristimäki | Finland | Finnish Ambassador to China |
| Sir Michael Beavis | GB | Air Chief Marshall |
| Lord (and Lady) Eden | GB | Former Minister and M.P. |
| Viscount Montgomery | GB | Member of the House of Lords, London |
| Robert Priddle | GB | Executive Director, Intl. Energy Agency, Paris |
| Sir Jim Spicer | GB | Member of European Parliament |
| Winfried Frank | Germany | Member of Parliament, Saar, Germany |
| Hans Mehltretter | Germany | Director of Recruitment, World Bank, Paris |
| Plutarchos Sakellaris | Greece | Vice-President of the European Investment Bank |
| Uma Lele | India | Director, Global Develpement. Progr., Carter Center |
| Yossi Gal | Israel | Israeli Ambassador to France |
| Efraim Halevy | Israel | Israeli Ambassador to the European Union |
| David Peleg | Israel | Permanent Representative to the U.N in Geneva |
| Marta Vincenzi | Italy | Member of European Parliament |
| Raychelle Omamo | Kenya | Kenyan Ambassador to France |
| Martin Mogwanja | Kenya | Regional Asst. Director, W. Africa, UNICEF |
| Tim Groser | New Zealand | Former New Zealand Minister of trade and Minister of Climate Change |
| Rosemary Banks | New Zealand | New Zealand’s Ambassador to France |
| Prof. Jibril Aminou | Nigeria | ex-Federal Minister of Petroleum |
| Gen. Joseph N. Garba | Nigeria | ex-President of U.N. General Assembly |
| Gabriel Olusanya | Nigeria | Nigerian Ambassador to France |
| Astrid Heiberg | Norway | President, Intl. Fed. of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies |
| Helga Hernes | Norway | State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Atle Leikvoll | Norway | Norwegian Ambassador to the European Union |
| Tore Eriksen | Norway | Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance |
| Ziad Al Dress | Saudi Arabia | Permanent Delegate of Saudi Arabia to UNESCO |
| Mohamed Al Kuwari | Qatar | Qatari Ambassador to France |
| Mary Seet Cheng | Singapore | Singaporean Ambassador to the European Union |
| Juraj Schwartz | Slovak Republic | Judge at the European Court of Justice |
| Nkosazana Zuma | South Africa | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Konji Sebati | South Africa | S. African Ambassador to France |
| Peter Holmgren | Sweden | Deputy Director, UN / FAO |
| Adrian Amstutz | Switzerland | Member of Swiss Natl. Council (Swiss Parliament) |
| Victoria B. Sekitoleko | Uganda | Minister of Agriculture of Uganda |
| Joseph Prokopenko | Ukraine | Head, R & D, International Labour Organization |
| Robert Cornell | USA | Admiral of the U.S. Fleet |
| Robert Buzzell | USA | U.S. Naval Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Paris |
| Cynthia Stroum | USA | Former U.S. Ambassador to Luxemburg |
| Joey M. Bimha | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean Ambassador to France |
| Desmond Spurway | Australia | Director, Dept. of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| Maureen Wheeler | Australia | Founder of Lonely Planet (travel guide books) |
| Dr Edgar J. Korherr | Austria | Director of Education, Vienna University |
| Yin Yin Nwe | Burma | Monitoring/ Eval. Officer, West Central Africa, UNICEF |
| Rita Silvan | Canada | Editor-in-Chief, Elle Canada |
| Michèle Landsberg | Canada | Journalist, Globe & Mail, Canada |
| Carlos Martin | Chili | Director, N. Africa/Middle East, Intl. Potato Center |
| Lila Ochoa | Columbia | Chief Editor of Fucsia Magazine |
| Per Stenback | Finland | Secretary General, Intl. Fed. of Red Cross, Geneva |
| Ronald Gibbons | GB | Director, ICRISAT, Nigeria |
| Richard Grove-Hills | GB | Head of Delegation, Intl. Fed. of Red Cross, Geneva |
| Ephraim Idusogie | Ghana | Regional Director, FAO/WHO, Ghana |
| K.K. Venugopal | India | President, Supreme Court of India Bar Association |
| Miguel Osomo | Mexico | Director, National Research Institute, Mexico |
| Marc A. Okunnu, Sr | Nigeria | Regional Director, IPPF, Africa Region |
| Bente Merete Holdt | Norway | Director of Personnel, Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. |
| Goril Stromholm | Norway | TV Reporter, NRK (Norwegian TV) |
| Katherine Namuddu | Uganda | Senior Scientist, Rockefeller Foundation |
| Paul Arbor | USA | President, Juliard School, N.Y. |
| Dr Marvin Glimcher | USA | Orthopedic Surgeon, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| H. Landis Gabel | USA | Deputy Dean of INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France |
| Sam Thompson | USA | Deputy Director-Gl, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency |
| Charlayne Hunter-Gault | USA | Journalist, CNN, Foreign Bureau Chief |
| David McCann | Australia | Director of Marketing, Lancôme / L’Oréal | |
| Philipe Donna | Canada | President, Kellogg’s, Europe | |
| Carol Kerbel | Canada | President, Kerbel Communications Inc. | |
| Richard Meech | Canada | Senior Partner, Borden & Elliot | |
| Peter Warkentin | Canada | Director, Canadian Commercial Corporation | |
| Esko Ollila | Finland | Member of the Board, Bank of Finland | |
| Jorma Ollila | Finland | Chairman, Nokia and Royal Dutch Shell | |
| Kirsti Paakkanen | Finland | CEO, Marimekko | |
| Owen Bavinton | GB | Director, Bridge Oil Services | |
| Michael S. Coffield | GB | Negotiations Rep., Amoco, Europe & W. Africa | |
| A.J. Karren | GB | Corp. Regional Representative, General Electric, Ltd. | |
| Jerry Marlar | GB | President, Dow Corning Health Care, Europe | |
| Janet Palmer | GB | Administrator, BUPA Medical Service | |
| Ted Sandridge | GB | Manager, Phillips Petroleum Co. | |
| Hans-Georg Hubner | Germany | Director, Trailor Ltd. | |
| Stephan Killinger | Germany | General Manager, One & Only Resorts | |
| Erich Schwarz | Germany | President, Bieral Chemicals | |
| Henry McDowell | Ireland | Director, Casino, Loews Hotel, Cannes | |
| Andrew Mullei | Kenya | Director, Bank of Kenya | |
| Paul Perez de Celis | Mexico | Director of Marketing, L’Oréal, Mexico | |
| Olav Eikeland | Norway | Manag. Director, Christiana Bank, Luxembourg | |
| Jan Froeshaug | Norway | CEO, Egmont Group (Media) | |
| P. B. Lindeburg | Norway | President, Lindeburg Firma | |
| Jorge Cepeda Herrera | Peru | Area Manager (Venezuela), Rhone-Poulenc | |
| A. Rahman Al-Dabal | Saudi Arabia | President, Al-Dabal Company | |
| Hesham A. Tashkandi | Saudi Arabia | Manager, Saudi-French Bank | |
| Leela Kumaran | Singapore | Director, Singapore Trade Develpt. Centre | |
| Antonio Anguita | Spain | Executive Vice President, Orange France | |
| Heinz Affanni | Switzerland | Asst. Director, Union Bank of Switz., Zurich | |
| Theodor Heizmann | Switzerland | Director, Union Bank of Switz., Zurich | |
| Chantal Sturzenegger | Switzerland | Head, language training, UBS, Zurich | |
| Alan McKerron | South Africa | Executive Director, Anglo- American Corporation | |
| Gunnar Söderling | Sweden | Vice-President, Svenska Nestlé | |
| Mark Chandler | USA | President, Amoco Gabon | |
| John Reed | USA | Chairman of N.Y. Stock Exchange (2003-2005) | |
| Blake Rider | USA | Resident Manager, Union Texas Petroleum, Maghreb | |
| Bryan Seiler | USA | Manager Operations, Eastman Kodak, London | |
| Rudolph Thomson | USA | Vice-President, Citibank | |
| Alan Tremain | USA | President, Hotels of Distinction Inc. | |
| John M. Valentine | USA | Managing Director, Caltex Ltd., Asia | |
| F. J. Woodall | USA | Executive Director, Bellsouth Intl. |
| Henry Winter | Australia | film producer | |
| Keith Turnbull | Canada | stage director, Banff Music Theater | |
| Lady Natasha Boldero | GB | singer | |
| Lady Michael Cecil | GB | model | |
| James Clavell | GB | writer (“Shogun”, “Noble House” etc.) | |
| Jeanette Finn | GB | painter | |
| Victor E. de Monteton | Germany | concert pianist and conductor | |
| Boris Livschitz | Israel | violinist | |
| Tone Skedsmo | Norway | Chief Curator, National Gallery, Oslo | |
| Alan Duff | New Zealand | writer (“Once were warriors”, etc.) | |
| Rudolph Nureyev’s niece | Russia | ballerina | |
| Kyung Wa Chung | South Korea | violinist | |
| Hjorids Niven | Sweden | David Niven’s wife | |
| Rita Andermatt-Evans | Switzerland | painter on glass | |
| Kathy Bates | USA | actress | |
| Kate Capshaw | USA | actress (Steven Spielberg films) | |
| Denise Curt-Morris | USA | painter | |
| Brian Von Dedenroth | USA | PBS TV host | |
| Eric Douglas | USA | Kirk Douglas’s son, actor | |
| Hilary Henkin | USA | screenwriter | |
| Robert Hopkins | USA | writer | |
| Frances Horn | USA | writer | |
| Hal Landers | USA | film producer | |
| Blake Lively | USA | actress, model (Chanel USA) | |
| William Milli | USA | choreographer | |
| William Morris | USA | producer and impresario | |
| Megyn Price | USA | actress (TV series “Rules of Engagement”, etc.) | |
| Felicia Taylor | USA | CBS TV anchorwoman | |
| Paula Williams | USA | Stage Director, MET Opera N.Y | |
| Denis Wirth-Miller | USA | painter | |
| Celia Zaentz | USA | wife of film producer (Amadeus) | |
| Louise Sorel | USA | ||
| Lane Davies | USA} | stars from the Santa Barbara TV series | |
| Todd McKee | USA | ||
| John Phelps | Venezuela | host of daily TV talk show |
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