Summer courses

Summer courses

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The Institut Méditerranéen de Langues et Services (IMLS) is a center that aims at combining education with culture. It forms the strategic center between universities in Montpellier and abroad and offers specific services for students wishing to study in France and to immerse themselves in French culture.

  • French Language and Culture Program at UNIVERSITY MONTPELLIER
  • Institutions in French Society & Community Service at IMLS

Summer courses take place on the University Paul-Valéry campus where facilities and equipment lend themselves to quality teaching and students' personal comfort (audiovisual and computer aids, phonetic laboratories, library...).
Instructors are university professors and specialists in the teaching of French as a foreign language.

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Periods of study

  • June : 3 week «special program» - 80 hours in total (B1 level pre-requisite)
  • July : 4 weeks - 19 class hours/week (76 hours in total)
  • August : 4 weeks - 19 class hours/week (76 hours in total)

Possibility of combining 1,2 or 3 months.

Orientation

The first week is devoted to :

  • The welcoming of students
  • A guided tour of Montpellier
  • Administrative procedures : university registration, banks, insurance…
  • Level tests of written and spoken French (CEFR)
  • Placements in community service agencies

This is also when final registration at university is processed.

Course organization

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There are six levels, which correspond to competency in French language and culture.
Placement tests (oral and written) are organized at the beginning of each semester. Students are then assigned to groups, according to their scores.

Levels

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The Common European Framework divides learners into three broad divisions which can be divided into six levels:

  • A Basic User
  • A1 Breakthrough
  • A2 Waystage
  • B Independent User
  • B1 Threshold
  • B2 Vantage
  • C Proficient User
  • C1 Effective Operational Proficiency
  • C2 Mastery

Course content

Morning classes

  • French courses (according to the level of the student) : Every morning from Monday to Friday (or Saturday exceptionally) from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and from 11:00 to 12:30 a.m.

Afternoon workshops

  • Workshops : Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (2 periods of 1.30 hr each) :
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  • Written Expression
  • Oral Expression
  • Grammatical refresher
  • Phonetics
  • French literature
  • French culture

These workshops supply complementary instruction in keeping with students’needs and interests and according to their levels. A workshop consists of 8 periods of 1.30 hr each. Thus, students can take two workshops during the session

Assessment conditions consist in

  • Periodic assessment which requires regular class attendance
  • Mid-term exams.
  • Final exams.

Transcripts delivered

Transcripts from the IMLS are sent along with original grades from the University of Montpellier

  • French Classes - June : 5 recommended US credits (university)
  • French Classes - July and August : 10 recommended US credits (university)
  • French Institutions + volunteering : 3 recommended US credits

French Language and Culture combined with Institutions in French Society with Service-Learning

The academic program can be combined with community service and a 26 hour course minimum on French Institutions (optional)
This program allows foreign students to get involved in the community as volunteers. It is carried out through volunteer work coupled with a study program.
The Institut Meditérranéen de Langues (IMLS) organizes the placement in a number of service agencies depending on the needs, student’s skills and interests.

Over the last ten years students from various foreign universities have been responding enthusiastically to this alternative form of education.

Practical information

Cultural activities

They are an important supplement of the classes: they introduce students to the region's architectural heritage, landscape, touristic sites in the area and its cities.

Excursions are organized every month.

Accomodation

The students may choose between: Host families (half-board : breakfast and dinner included) or Residence-hotels.

Meals

Students can have lunch in university refectories (the university refectories are closed on Sundays). Breakfast and dinner are provided by the host family.
Students can buy meal tickets from CROUS in Montpellier (note that the full rate for a ticket meal is about 5 euros

Registration conditions

Students must be 18 years of age or over. The application form must be returned:

  • before June 1st for the July session
  • before July 1st for the August session

Students must be protected by insurance covering accidents, hospitalization and/or repatriation. Students must have a liability insurance coverage.

Reception

  • If you arrive by train: The meeting point is in the SNCF railway station upstairs . Your host family will be waiting for you
  • If you arrive by road: please contact IMLS
  • If you arrive by air: Your family will be waiting for you at the airport.

Registration

Final registration will be done during orientation