2008 Teenager Abroad Summer Language Programs
Full language immersion programs, truly international student population at the schools, target language spoken at all times, suited to all language levels, all-inclusive programs including host airport pickup and return

Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI)
Founded in 1985, the Center for Cultural Interchange is a nonprofit international exchange organization dedicated to helping young people experience the joy of discovery through world travel

Center For Study Abroad
Intensive Foreign Language Studies

Edu-Culture International
Edu-Culture International is dedicated to making our summer programs the best of their kind available to US high school students

EduKick Travel Soccer & Language Camps
Professional Soccer Training Daily, Language Instruction, Language & Culture Immersion

European Capitals Program
This program combines coursework and extensive travel to major European cities

The Experiment in International Living, EIL
The Experiment's international summer high school programs feature opportunities Experimenters focus on themes such as community service, language study, soccer, travel, ecology, the arts, sustainable development and fair trade, cooking, photography, theater, or outdoor adventure as they enjoy daily life with their host families and participate in activities with their group

France Teen Summer Program
The residential campus offered is Le Rocheton. Classes and activities take place on the residential grounds. Participants are mixed nationalities mainly from the US, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain and Korea

French in France
No matter what your starting level, you will soon be speaking French fluently, with spontaneity, understanding, ease and confidence. Armed with an authentic French accent you will really begin to feel at home in the French language. Not only that, you will accomplish this level in a short space of time, with ease, fun and enjoyment. You will achieve all of this using Eurolingua's modern communicative method, guided by your native-speaking Eurolingua French language teacher

High School Exchange Program
Private and Public schools, host family and boarding schools, from 14 to 18 years old

IFALPES
Discover the Alpine region of France; Visit cities of historical and cultural interest; Taste the local specialities; Take part in leisure activites; Meet French students

Jeunes Diplomates
Jeunes Diplomates'programs offer exciting chances for children aged 7 through 16 to acquire foreign language skills, practice their favourite sports and immerse themselves in French culture

The Learning Traveller
International Language Camps for Children, Teens, and Families

Nova Languages Inc.
This is a language school for students aged 15-18. The duration of the tour is 37 days- we spend 1 month in Saint-Malo, but we also travel to Normandy, the Loire Valley & Paris. Students are fully supervised for the duration of the tour by their teaching staff

One-to-One Homestays Worldwide
The unique Eurolingua One-to-One Homestay Programme will ensure that you make maximum progress in the shortest possible time, whatever your starting level, beginner to advanced. Total linguistic and cultural immersion, living in the private residence of your Eurolingua Tutor for 1 to 4 weeks

Rassias Language Programs
Rassias Programs features seven exciting opportunities to study and travel abroad for high school age students and one program for younger ages

School Year Abroad
School Year Abroad (SYA) is the only secondary-level program which allows students to live with a European or Chinese family for an entire academic year while earning U.S. graduation credits and preparing for selective U.S. colleges and universities

Service Learning in Paris
Our vision is to give thoughtful and accomplished young people an opportunity for immersion in another culture through active participation in community service work and focused study

Summer Junior Programs in France
Programs are held on the fully-equipped campuses of private boarding schools. Students are enrolled from around the world. Class size averages 15 students

Summer Study in Paris at The Sorbonne
Study Abroad & Language Immersion

Youth For Understanding
YFU offers over 100 programs in more than 35 countries. Students are typically placed throughout the host country and live with a volunteer host family while attending a local school

France Information: Inside
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France, known officially as the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and that is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean. French people often refer to Metropolitan France as l'Hexagone because of its geographical shape.

France is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. In some of its overseas parts, France also shares land borders with Brazil, Suriname, and the Netherlands Antilles. France is also linked to the United Kingdom via the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel.

The French Republic is a democracy which is organized as a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is a highly developed country with the sixth-largest economy in the world. Its main ideals are expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. France is one of the founding members of the European Union, and has the largest land area of all members. France is also a founding member of the United Nations, and a member of the francophonie, the G8, and the Latin Union. It is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council wielding veto power, and it is also one of only eight acknowledged nuclear powers. With almost 75 million foreign tourists each year, France is also a popular tourist destination around the world.

The name France originates from the Franks, a Germanic tribe that occupied the region after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. More precisely, the region around Paris, called Île-de-France, was the original French royal demesne