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The quality, level and delivery of the chosen language content, as well as the wide variety of very interesting social activities.

I feel that it is absolutely necessary to spend some time with a guest family during your stay.

I hear that Royan is quite a "dead" city in the winter months, but I arrived in Spring just before the summer boom. Therefore, slowly more students were attending the school CARAL and this resulted in increased activities. For any meaningful language progress, I feel that it is necessary to connect with a French family and to NOT cluster with people from your home country/language. I had an all-around amazing, but short (2-week) experience. This was, in part, due to luck since my guest family was quick amazing and lived directly next to the school. The region around Royan has much to offer and I wish that I could have stayed much longer.

Classrooms, friendly staff and teachers

accomodation with host family, excursion La Rochelle

Two weeks language course is the minimum. Better wood be one month or more if possible.

the teacher and the staff in general

the global quality of carel

I'm very pleased to have chosen Carel

The whole atmosphere and the spririt of learning and teaching at the CAREL.

Join the animation programm and be open for everything!

I loved the library; it is very good and perfect for some extra research or just for fun (tv, books, newspapers etc.). Big bonus for the animation programm and the whole staff: very friendly and always there for answering questions and supporting the students. Good mix of different methods!

The personal attention of the teachers.

The activities organized after the classes are very diverse, so something for everyone!

the organisation, the teacher too

Technology

The quality and standard of the teachers and the teaching. The friendliness of all the students and their determination to enjoy themselves. The happy atmosphere.

There were 13 in our class, which was too many to get enough practice at speaking French.

location

This town is on the sea, so the best season is SUMMER!!

very good teachers

i think this school is perfect. you can learn how to pronounce in a language laboratory and how to speak with other people. the grade of my level was appropriate. i would do the course any time again!

the building and the well experienced teachers

activities included mostly parties and sports; there is more ....

the médiateque, where there are lots of books, magazines, CD and DVD to improve the language

Please, don't think to be on holiday, because you need to concentrate in order to learn as much as possible. How can you improve your French without going to lessons or without doing the homeworks?

The CAREL is very good, because is not only a language school, but it is also linked to the University of Poitiers. Some teachers have a lack of experience, but in general are very good and friendly.

the international atmosphere

join every attractions that carel offers to you!

Carel is a fantastic school with lots of possibilities to improve the language skills. meeting people from all around the world and finding wonderful new friendships is the best way to feel like home. all the teachers in Carel are very interested in pushing you to have success in your future career. Carel is like a big family! everyone will help you and never leave you alone. There is so much to do and it is great fun!

Professor

To go to Royan, unable to Bordeaux, it is really difficult to go from Bordeaux to Royan. It is much easier to go to Paris and go to Royan by train (about two trains per day)

Excellent Teachers, well organized, very modern methods.....

They stopped teaching in French only If I needed a word translated, it was no problem.

The host family!

cote sauvage, the coast near royan which leads to the open atlantic......very beautiful

I was surprised how friendly and caring everyone was. It was also really great to see that not all French people are concentrating on the French language, but are open-minded for the ones that have problems with foreign languages. We all know that France is a little bit selfish considering this fact.

can't speak for everyone, but I just loved my teacher, because she always had a great bond with the whole class and that motivates a lot. I haven't regret this course for one single hour.

The course was very good

The motivation of the teacher was excellent

I was very pleased how my teachers created their lessons. It was very interessting and met many different subjects. Also it was a pleasure to see that the teachers seemed to enjoy the lessons, too. Royan was a great experience!

the organization was very good

Carel is a very good school! The teacher are very nice, friendly and helpful, instructions are varied and good

very good choice of books and movies

If you have any problem in your class, talk to your teacher! It´s worth doing it!

better bring your car

everything

It is an excellent language school. I strongly recommend it.

good audio-visual-internet facilities

small school but well orientated.

it seems to me that the school is well organized and the teachers are very friendly and also - and that is more important - very very competent!!!

teaching methods and materials

experienced teachers, mediateques (you can see french movies with sub titles, there are many work books or audio text which you can use free of charge). In this school you can have a contact not only with foreign students who learn French but also French students who learn English, Spanish and German. It's something very unique of this school. You have many chance to speak in French with ordinary French people. (not only teachers or somebody who works in the shops)

Royan is a very small town, so it's a bit boring town but for those who want to improve his capacity of French, it's one of the best locations. You must not miss the party at Pub Astoria on the first Tuesday.

In the beginning, I chose 4 weeks. But I found this school being so good that I extended my cours. There was another Spanish girl who did the same extention. Information for Japanese student: There were not many Japanese student in this school when I was here. (Only 4 students) If you look for a school where there are not too many japanese students, it might be a very good choice. There is a chance to introduce our culture to other students, so it is very nice idea to bring something (photobook, food) to show.

quality of teaching, friendliness of all staff

next to Royan is a town called Saintes, which none should miss

This is a fantastic course if you just want to buckle down and learn French in an excellent school with no distractions. If you are looking for a tourist/language course, pick a more exciting location.

Good teachers and materials.

Bring your car.

Great experience. Best value for the money. The time passed really quickly.

270 students and 37 different nationalities.

There is a very big and fantastic fireworks display on the 15 of August.

You'll find about 30% German students at Carel!!!

The course was well organized, and the teachers good. The only hesitation I have about giving top marks, was the teachers direct unwillingness to take questions in any other language than French. That policy is, in my opinion, old-fashioned, and suits only students with a rather extensive vocabulary in French. At my level, and that of my fellow students, explanations and comparisons in English or any other language, is essential to lower the "burden" of learning a foreign language. I know this is a debate between two learning philosophies, but I'd hoped that CAREL belonged to a more modern school on this matter. Everything else was top value, both technical equipment and learning facilities.

The mediathèque and the laboratories.

Teachers are very nice, they also give individualized atention to each student.

every wednsday is the wellcoming drink at the astoria pub, go there and you will meet many people from school