French Teacher Immersion Tour

Our French teacher immersion workshops are designed especially for language teachers who want to deepen their understanding of contemporary French culture and language. For eleven days, we immerse ourselves in France, with morning seminars exploring the pressing issues shaping the country today and afternoons devoted to discovering places of historical and cultural significance. It is an intensive, engaging experience that brings the language, history, and culture of France to life.  Bien sûr, nous ne parlons que français pendant tout le séjour, as all use of the English language is discouraged. We stay in a different city in France each year and fan out to the neighboring countryside for day trips. You’ll come away from the workshop with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the region and its particular characteristics.

By attending our French teacher immersion workshop, educators not only increase their language fluency and understanding of French culture, they also earn the respect of supervisors and parents who appreciate their efforts to bring today’s France into their classroom. Students are grateful for their teacher’s understanding of recent events in Europe which in turn makes the students better prepared for tomorrow’s world. We focus on the themes taught in the advanced classes in high schools in the US, and our Advisory Board serves to ensure the highest levels of academic excellence.

See the extensive list of the cities in which we have been proudly holding our workshops since 1998.  In the almost thirty years of our existence, we have canceled our tour only once, in 2020–Coronavirus oblige, as France had closed its borders to outsiders. 

2027 will be our swan song. After nearly three decades of bringing French teachers together in France, I have decided that it is time for my final stage. It will be a very special farewell to the wonderful colleagues, friends, and fellow Francophiles who have shared this extraordinary adventure with me over the years.

Our final stage in 2027 will be held in the vibrant region of Provence: the first week in the lively, historic city of Marseille, followed by a few days in beautiful Aix-en-Provence. Come rejuvenate your French skills, discover, explore, and celebrate France with us one last time. Vous ne le regretterez pas !

You can reserve your spot for this trip in two different ways, electronically or by snail mail. SIGN ME UP FOR THE 2027 WORKSHOP!   Note that we continue to enroll until all spots are filled.  Please inquire about space availablity after April 15, 2027.

Previous Years

1998: Lyon-Paris
1999: Lyon-Tours
2000: Lyon-Toulouse
2001: Aix-en-Provence
2002: Paris-Strasbourg; Aix en Pce
2003: Toulouse
2004: Lyon-Dijon
2005: Caen
2006: Marseille
2007: Paris
2008: Toulouse-Sarlat
2009: Pays Basque
2010: Lyon
2011: Montpellier
2012: Bordeaux
2013: Lille
2014: Pays Basque
2015: Rennes
2016: Toulouse
2017: Aix-en-Provence
2018: Lyon
2019: Strasbourg
2020: Cancellation: COVID-19
2021: Nantes-Quimper
2022: Bordeaux
2023: Lille
2024: Dijon
2025: Pays Basque
2026: Nantes & la Bretagne
2027: Marseille & Aix-en-Provence, our final goodbye stage