All teachers are university graduates, specialized in teaching French as a foreign language. The pedagogic team is mainly made of full time teachers who are able to offer a constant follow-up to students. Constant attention is given to the updating of methods and creation of a relaxed classroom atmosphere conducive to study. Professors take time to discuss student objectives, motivations and progress.

Aix and Marseille are both located nearby the Mediterranean Sea. This region has a long history, starting under the Roman Empire, where Aix and Marseilles where already considered as leaders in terms of education. This tradition is so deep-rooted that even nowadays; students' formation is a priority.
With more than 1 000 000 inhabitants, those cities are highly attractive. Situated in the south of France, they enjoy an excellent climate, the proximity of the sea and an exceptional historical background.
Located on the way between Italy and Spain, this area has always been an important business centre. Not only this region is important in the European market, but Marseille, the first commercial French port, is also the link between Europe and Africa.
Aix-Marseille is very dynamic and especially on the agro food industry, research laboratories and telecommunication. This region offers many opportunities to students who would like to find a part-time job.

As a dynamic (less than 8% unemployment rate) and very tourist city, the part time job opportunities are numerous from the services to the high tech industries. If the ocean remains important for the local economy, IT, telecommunication (Thales), mechanics and military industry (DCN) represents the large part of the local GDP.

2500 professionals and students worldwide, choose to learn French each year at Azurlingua
Teachers are all native French speakers, university graduates and specialists in teaching French as a foreign language. They provide an enjoyable and lively study program that ensures rapid results.
Azurlingua welcomes teenagers, university students, adults already in the professional world and teachers who wish to better their teaching methods.
Thus, more than 40 nationalities are represented at the school, which enables students to discover other cultures and make friends from all over the world.

The Azurlingua school is a member of :
SOUFFLE - Professional French Federation for ¡°French as a foreign language¡± schools.
MAISON DE LA FRANCE - French Tourism Department. (Club Jeunes)
FIYTO - Federation of International Youth Travel Organizations
ALTO - (Association of Language Travel Organizations)\

The Azurlingua school is recognized by many international school and organizations all over the world (Sweden, Germany, USA,...)

With 384 000 inhabitants, Nice is the 5th biggest city in France. In France Nice is definitely the city of artists, writers and musicians. But it is also a perfect city for young people (Nice welcomes every year more than 25 000 students). Because of its proximity with Italy, Nice has a unique culture and a old and strong history. Thanks to its position (south of France), Nice has a very enjoyable sunny weather. This allows people to have many outdoor activities and especially water sports because beaches are a few minutes from the town centre. But Nice is not only a city people enjoys to live in, it is as well a dynamic city in the services industry. Tourism industry is Nice's first activity, but the city invested a lot in the research. Nice is very well connected in terms of logistics with the second international airport in France and 5 railway stations. And thanks to its growing market, Nice can offer plenty of part-time jobs to students.

FLE AND SERVICES
The methodology is based on a lively and real-life approach to the French language. It enables students to acquire a wide knowledge of the language and to develop your communication skills.

Teachers ( All have University degrees and are French native speakers) use a wide range of documents; original documents, newspaper articles, comics, videos, French films and song extracts - which aim to stimulate the student to learn and to speak French.

Standard course: a maximum of 12 students per class ¨C 20 lessons of 45 min per week and courses start every Monday.
Intensive course: Standard course with additional activities in small groups of a maximum of 8 students ¨C 30 lessons of 45 min per week
Term standard or intensive course: a maximum of 12 students per class ¨C 20 or 30 lessons of 45 min per week
Azurlingua is a certified preparation center for the DELF (dipl?me d'¨¦tude en langue fran?aise) - DALF (dipl?me approfondi en langue fran?aise) and is a certified examination center for the TCF (test de connaissance du fran?ais).

ADDITIONAL SERVICES
The school, located in the very heart of Nice, offers the best possible conditions for learning - spacious classrooms, computer room with Internet connections and cafeteria. There is also a large central garden with a lovely welcoming atmosphere.

With an urban community of 700 000 people, Bordeaux is France¡¯s 8th largest city. Bordeaux is very famous for its wine industry (since 2000 years, Bordeaux has been the capital of the biggest great wine vineyard in the world), and is renowned as a city people enjoys living in.
Since Bordeaux welcomes each year more than 100 000 students it has developed important infrastructure to help them achieving their goals.
Bordeaux's main industrial centers are: Aeronautics, space & defense, chemicals, health & biotechnology, electronics, international trading, agri-business, high-tech composite materials, wine & spirit, tourism... As a consequence, Bordeaux now hosts leading universities and schools in those domains.
Because of its dynamism, Bordeaux can offer a wide range of part-time jobs to students.

CLASS ORGANISATION
The french course at the language centre uses methods combining oral and written comprehension and expression (role play, discussions, presentations, ...). Furthermore, Bissy's team makes full use of the last IT and multimedia equipment (video, cd-rom, language labs, ...)

The Campus de Bissy is an official preparation centre for the following examinations and tests:
DELF (dipl?me d'¨¦tude en langue fran?aise) and DALF (dipl?me approfondi en langue fran?aise) - both exams are aimed to evaluate the oral and written level of french.
TCF (test de connaissance du fran?ais) - asseses the general level of language skills as well as the written and oral comprehension and the gramar structure.