Full immersion for students
You are a teacher and you look for …
a full immersion programme for your students
CIVEL is a French association located in the heart of Lyon which has been organizing We are an organisation specialized in offering a personal and tailor-made service. We work directly with the French families whose children attend respectable schools in the greater Lyon area. We also work directly with schools and Principals. For more information please contact us
International Exchanges and Language Training Sessions for more than twenty years, collaborating with organisations in Australia, the United States, Spain, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Germany.

We have two separate programmes of full immersion in France which can be
of interest to your students :
Medieval Lyon funicular
Accommodation :
- Applicants to the programme create a personnalized document including information and photos to be sent to CIVEL in order to match students based on their common hobbies and interests.
- On the weekend and during school holidays the students will be with their host family. During the week students will attend their host’s school.
- The families in Lyon are very carefully selected for their hospitality.
- CIVEL visits and checks out each family’s accommodation.
- The host families are chosen for their interest in hosting young people from other cultures and traditions.
- Each family will host only one student at any given time and will always be at the station or the airport to welcome or farewell the students with CIVEL.
French bakery and baguettes
LYON and its surroundings.
You will stay in the heart of France’s second most important region: Lyon, 1.5 million inhabitants.
The Lyon metropolis, located at the confluence of the two rivers Rhône and Saône, is registered as a World Heritage site by UNESCO thanks to its exceptional cultural and architectural assets.
Ski resorts in the Alps, Paris and Provence Côte d’Azur are only two hours away.
Your students will have a real French exp
erience!
Programme length :
10 days to 3 months
Please note:
-
- French winter holidays: February 2nd – February 22nd 2021
- French Easter holidays: April 10th – April 26th 2021
- French summer holiday: July 6th 2021
- French Autumn holidays “vacances de la Toussaint”: to be confirmed
- French Christmas holidays: to be confirmed
Price :
As each programme is individually tailored,
please contact us for more information on the price of packages and a quote.
Flights to and from France are not included in our pricing.
All participants require complete travel insurance including private liability insurance and cover for a return journey to country of origin in the case of a medical emergency.
All Europeans require the European card for reimbursement of medical expenses.
The students will improve their French by speaking the language on a dail
y basis.
They will board in a French school with students of a similar age during the week and spend the weekend and school holidays with a French
family.
Guignol, our famous Lyon muppets
Accommodation :
- Applicants to the programme create a personnalized document including information and photos to be sent to CIVEL in order to match students based on their common hobbies and interests.
- On the weekend and during school holidays, the students will be with their host family. During the week students will attend their host’s school.
- The families in Lyon are very carefully selected for their hospitality.
- CIVEL visits and checks out each family’s accommodation.
- The host families are chosen for their interest in hosting young people from other cultures and traditions.
- Each family will host only one student at any given time and will always be at the station or the airport to welcome or farewell the students with CIVEL.
The Light Festival – St Jean cathedral – Medieval Lyon
LYON and its surroundings.
You will stay in the heart of France’s second most important region: Lyon, 1.5 million inhabitants.
The Lyon metropolis, located at the confluence of the two rivers Rhône and Saône, is registered as a World Heritage site by UNESCO thanks to its exceptional cultural and architectural assets.
Ski resorts in the Alps, Paris and Provence Côte d’Azur are only two hours away.
Your students will have a real French exp
erience!
Programme length :
10 days to 3 months
Please note:
-
- French winter holidays: February 6th – February 22nd 2021
- French Easter holidays: April 10th – April 26th 2021
- French summer holiday: July 6th – September 1st 2021
- French Autumn holidays “vacances de la Toussaint”: to be confirmed
- French Christmas holidays: to be confirmed
Price :
As each programme is individually tailored, please contact us
for more information on the price of packages and a quote.
Flights to and from France are not included in our pricing.
All participants require complete travel insurance including Private Liability insrance and cover for a return journey to country of origin in the case of a medical emergency.
All Europeans require the European card for reimbursement of medical expenses.