Group Language Stays in Dijon

A complete linguistic and cultural immersion programme for effective learning

Every year, numerous schools and institutions entrust us with their student groups for French language study holidays. Over 25 years of experience has rendered successively satisfied, loyal partners, group organizers and leaders.

A one or two-week intensive French language program at our school gives students the opportunity to progress rapidly in French and discover French culture by interacting directly with locals.

We propose a first-rate service for all aspects of your stay: teaching, homestay accommodation options, administrative and operational organization, individual student support and communication with group leaders.

Our approach to program organization

Our breadth of experience welcoming and managing group language stays guarantees you:

• transparent, effective organization, 
• a curriculum adapted to your specific needs, 
• methodic, structured teaching methods.

Activities focused on French language and culture

In order to fully involve and motivate students, we offer a wide range of interactive exercises focused on encouraging each student's spoken participation:

• Intensive conversational practice.
• Interactive communication exercises to strengthen oral and written expression and comprehension skills; reinforce grammar and lexical competencies.
• Creative workshops (video making, drama classes...).

• Follow the city sights treasure hunt and conduct live surveys with local inhabitants.

• DELF-DALF exam methodology and preparatory training.
• Cultural excursions to discover Dijon and the surrounding region.

• Testing conducted at regular intervals (course commencement, mid-way, course completion), as required and according to target objectives.

• Original teaching materials.

Homestay with local host families

We propose personalized homestay accommodation options with French families to ensure students’ total cultural and linguistic immersion:

• Families are carefully selected to match each student’s individual profile.
• Families are personally invested in their student’s success and well-being.
• Guaranteed authentic cultural experiences on a daily basis: a warm welcome and regular socialization and communication during evening meals and weekend activities.
• Ongoing contact between families and our team to support your students’ immersion process during their stay in Dijon.

Co-monitoring with group leaders

Close collaboration between group leaders and teachers, as well as individual support for each student, ensuring a successful and productive language study holiday:

• Before each French language program begins, we devise a detailed course plan with you to achieve your objectives, featuring 15 to 30 hours of weekly activities.
• Throughout your stay, we will be in daily touch to advise you how school activities are progressing, how each student is performing in class and to provide feedback regarding their host family experience.
• After your stay, we provide you with an appraisal recounting notable events and evaluations conducted.

Fees and conditions

Upon request. Please contact us to obtain a quote and course program that meets your specific needs, including course fees, a detailed activity break-down and general conditions.

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Our partner schools share their experience in Dijon

Rebekka - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) Everything went very well during our stay in Dijon. From the very first contact, communication with the school worked very well. The students felt really at home with their host families and the teaching programme was adapted to the needs of our classes. According to their feedback, it was a very good experience for the students. A big thank you to the whole school team, we'll be back next year! (November 2024)

Simona - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) As every year, our Matura class had an unforgettable stay in Dijon. The welcome from the École Suisse was warm, the teachers were motivated and everything was perfectly organised. The students enjoyed the lessons, made noticeable progress and felt completely at home in their loving host families. With the varied programme and the charming region of Burgundy, the stay was a real highlight. A big thank you to the dedicated team - we would love to come back! (October 2024)

Patricia - Teacher and group leader

(Translated) We spent a week at the Swiss School in Dijon with two classes, and we were delighted. The week was perfectly organised. The school team picked us up at the station and brought us back on the last day, and the allocation of students to host families went off without a hitch. We could feel that the team was going out of its way to ensure that the students felt comfortable and that there was a good learning atmosphere. For us too, as accompanying adults, cooperation and communication with the school were excellent. The pupils felt very much at home at the school and also with the host families, so much so that some of them would gladly have stayed longer at the end of the week. Our school will definitely be back! (October 2024)

Emmanuelle - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) I discovered this school by chance and I can assure you that it is by far one of the best FLE schools: I've been taking a group of 14/15 year olds there for 4 years now. We're always very happy to meet up with the school's team again: the courses are top quality, the families are carefully chosen and the programme is perfect for my young people! We'll be delighted to come back next year! (March 2024)

Anja - Teacher and group leader

(Translated) I was in Dijon with 3 classes as an accompanying teacher and I was completely satisfied with the organisation before and during the language stay, the work of the teachers and the support of the staff at the Swiss School in Dijon. What's more, the size and characteristics of the city make Dijon an ideal destination for this type of group stay. I can definitely recommend the school. (April 2024)

Sandro - Teacher and group leader

 (Traduit) Language study trip of two weeks with a BM business class from KBS Olten: Organisation of the language stay, lessons in small groups, choice of host families = everything TOP!!! The students also gave us nothing but positive feedback. We have been working with the ‘Ecole Suisse Internationale’ for 20 years and will continue to do so in the future. A highly recommended school! (November 2023)

Claude - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) A group of pupils aged 13 to 16 from the British secondary school in Amsterdam in the Netherlands enjoyed an unforgettable stay at the Swiss School of Dijon from 14 to 20 October 2023. They all came from different language backgrounds and successfully attended fun classes in the mornings and discovered the rich heritage of Dijon in the afternoons, before immersing themselves in the daily life of their host families in the evenings.
From the moment they arrived, they received a warm welcome from their very first meeting with host families who were very friendly and keen to integrate and support each individual.
The attentiveness of these families throughout the week, the practical exchanges and conversations with the family in the evenings, and the targeted lessons at Ecole Suisse all helped to improve the oral expression skills of a large number of our students, most of whom were apprehensive about using French outside the classroom when they arrived.
On their return to Amsterdam, the original parents were surprised to see not only significant personal development but also a greater ease in engaging in authentic conversations in French. A successful week of study, and one to be repeated, who knows, in 2 years' time. Many thanks to you, Ecole Suisse de Dijon. (October 2023)

Josef - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) In October 2023, I was able to spend a week in Dijon with one of my French classes. Both my colleague and I and our students were really impressed with the language school and everything that goes with it. Everything is perfectly organised! Even the welcome at the railway station in Dijon was surprisingly warm. The whole week was really well organised - from the lessons to the additional activities. Last but not least, it was a really nice stay on a human level. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank and congratulate all the staff at the language school in Dijon! I can only warmly recommend the École Suisse in Dijon! (November 2023)

Chantal - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) Like every year, our students (a mature class) had an unforgettable stay in Dijon.
Charline gave them a warm welcome at the school and the teachers were motivated and committed. Everything was well organised and the students thoroughly enjoyed the school, the progress they made and life with their host families. The school takes great care to ensure that each student feels at ease from the very first minute.
Once again, a big thank you to the whole team....we'll be back next year;-) (June 2023)

Manuela - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) Well located school and extremely competent, kind and welcoming teachers. Our students from Zurich spent 2 unforgettable weeks here and returned enriched and enthusiastic. They have developed a passion for the French language thanks to the Swiss School in Dijon, which has manifested itself in visible/audible linguistic progress. Thank you very much and see you soon! (July 2023)

Véronique - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) In May, I accompanied two classes (46 students) from KV Zurich on a language stay at the Swiss School in Dijon and we were very satisfied with our stay.
Each student stayed with a host family carefully chosen by Charline. Well done! I was impressed by the way the school and the host families looked after the students: thanks to these different players complementing each other, the students were able to make the most of their two-week immersion. The cooperation between the host families and the school was exemplary.
In class, the pupils had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in preparation for the DELF B2 exam, and with the host family they were able to practise everyday French. What's more, with the help of the ‘diary of their stay’, the students were able to discuss subjects seen in class with their host family.
At the end of the course, the Swiss school sent me a comprehensive report, a 360-degree evaluation (students, school, host families).
Dijon is a town on a human scale, ideal for groups of teenagers.
My experience in Dijon was very positive! THANK YOU to the whole team! ... I'll certainly be back with my students next year. (May 2023)

Julia - Teacher and group leader

  (Translated) I've been taking my classes on language trips to Dijon for years and I'm always VERY satisfied with the Swiss School. You can count on the Dijon team! They offer varied courses, have a good rapport with the students straight away and know how to motivate them with a lot of humour. And the result? The classes always come back very enthusiastic about their language stay. A BIG THANK YOU to the whole team for your extraordinary commitment. :) (November 2022)

Albena - Teacher and group leader

   (Translated) The Ecole Suisse de Dijon offered us a very good organisation of the courses and the language stay, offering us tailor-made courses, adapted to the specific needs and levels of our students. The teachers are very professional, friendly, motivated and experienced, the atmosphere at the school is very welcoming (classes are held in good spirits, with varied and fun activities) and the students returned very satisfied with the school and the host families, and above all with the impression that they were no longer afraid to speak French! Many thanks to everyone, especially Charline! And of course, we'll be back very soon! (October 2022)

Klara - Teacher and group leader

 (Translated) My 3 classes of the KV Lucerne took part in a two-week language study trip to the Ecole Suisse this April. All students benefited from the intensive preparation in the 4 small classes and unbelievably: all 44 students passed the Delf B2 in May!
A big thank you to all the teachers at Ecole Suisse for your varied, motivating and humorous lessons.
Praise also to the host families. The students appreciated the good food and the warm welcome they received.
Our school will be back! (April 2022)

Walter - Teacher and group leader

 ( Translated ) As a French teacher, I have been accompanying my students on their language stay at the Swiss School in Dijon for several years. I am completely satisfied with all the services offered: organisation, courses, teachers and host families. Thank you for everything! (June 2022)