French Language Culture & Gastronomy

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French courses: 30 hours

On arrival, a placement test allows to dispatch students in different level groups (depending on the number of attendants). Spoken and written French are studied in equal parts, starting from the needs identified through the placement test.
Numerous activities are proposed, linked to the Avignon Theatre Festival: vox-pops, interviews, writing workshop, etc.
Participants are prepared to the selected plays: work on the text, presentation of the authors, directors and actors, as well as to the various visits (specific vocabulary)

Visits : gastronomy and tasting
Visit of an olive mill
Visit of a nougat and honey workshop
Visit of a wine domain
Aïoli workshop

Theater programme:

2 plays from the IN and OFF festivals.

Heritage discovery activities

Guided tour of Avignon
Guided tour of the Pope ‘s Palace and Avignon bridge – « Pont d'Avignon »
Visit of the Maison Jean Vilar (theatre & festival museum)

Accomodation

The Languages Service - Service des Langues – can help with accomodation (it is complicated to find one in July because of the festival, please contact us far in advance).

For further information, please contact us:

Tel. +33 (0)4 90 16 29 89
sdl@univ-avignon.fr

Target group

Public aged 18 or more.
B1 level in French required

Course aim

Discover French culture in Provence, heritage, gastronomy, theatre plays.

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