Gap Year Programs in Bordeaux,France

Spend a trimester, semester, or year studying abroad in France as a high school student, and live like a local while perfecting your French language skills. You are matched with a carefully screened host family and attend a local high school for a full immersion experience in this creatively charged country. Now is your chance to explore the history, art, language, and literature of France while boosting your college application and having the high school experience of a lifetime! Program at a glance: -- Host family accommodation provides a full language and cultural immersion experience -- Must have 2 years of French language experience -- You can choose from 1 or 2-month, trimester, semester, or full academic year programs -- Straightforward online application process -- Start dates available in spring and fall

As a World Explorer in France, you will get the chance to learn the real French way of life. You can put on a beret, learn to make crepes, become a cheese expert and a wine snob during your stay with a local host family. Sharing your language and culture has never been so fun, and not to mention fulfilling. Learning French? World Explorers provides you with an ideal environment to improve your language skills. While you are not required to speak French, we want you to come back from your trip saying more than just, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi!" CHI works with trusted overseas partners in France to find the best host families possible. Please note that most placements are often outside of the city center due to limited living space in urban areas. While you can request your ideal destination, we ask that you are flexible as our placements can be anywhere in the country depending on what is available. For example, we cannot guarantee that you will be placed in Paris. Recent placements have been near Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes and Rennes.