Tours, a city of 250,000, is located in the historic and romantic Loire Valley of west central France. Experience a new and exciting dimension in learning French where it is spoken best, while you share with other students the exhilarating experience of total immersion in French life and culture. Registration fees for a 3-month session at the Institut de Touraine Spring Semester Social activities at the Institut Room and board with a French family Airfare from Chicago to Paris Textbooks for all classes plus library usage Not included in the price quoted above are personal expenses, WIU tuition and fees, passport, travel to and from Chicago on your way to France and returning home, and optional excursions.
Lodging is arranged by each student directly, as soon as the housing assignment has been received.
The language classes will involve grammar, stylistics, composition, resumes, oral and written comprehension, lab and remedial help, and phonetics. Other course choices available are literature,civilization, translation, commercial French, art history, and history. This is a minimum requirement and, in itself, is no guarantee of acceptance. The same is true for students who have gained their language ability by other means. All participants must be enrolled as full-time students at WIU, have an overall grade point average of 2.5, and be in good academic standing.