EIL Intercultural Learning

Questions

• How do I get to Antibes?

• How many students will be in my class and how old will they be?

• If staying with a host family, can I be placed really near the school?

• Can I go with a friend?

• Are the teaching staff qualified?

• My child has allergies, can these be accommodated?

• How many students per session will be on the Junior programme?

• What supervision is there?

Answers

• How do I get to Antibes?

  Transfers from Nice airport are included in the programme. Flights are available with Aer Lingus, EasyJet and Ryanair from Dublin and Cork, or Belfast and Dublin respectively. You will be met at the arrivals area and again returned to the airport once the course finishes.

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• How many students will be in my class and how old will they be?

  Classes are comprised of a maximum 15 students per class. Every student is assessed on the first day and put into a class according to his or her level.  There are 5 different levels that correspond with the Common European Framework for language learning, ranging from Beginners to Advanced. Because classes are sorted by ability and not age, maximum learning progression is achieved no matter how long your child has studied. Students are aged 14 - 17 and come from a wide variety of counties, not just Ireland and English speaking countries.

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• If staying with a host family, can I be placed really near the school?

  We try our best to place students as near as possible to the school. During busy periods and depending on what families are available for hosting, this may not always be possible, so it can never be guaranteed. Antibes/Juan les Pins is a very safe town and students' safety is always of top priority.

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• Can I go with a friend?

  The course is available to anyone who would like to book and genuinely has an interest in studying and having fun, too. If two friends would like to go together, this can be facilitated. Please note, however, that two students of the same nationality will not be placed in the same room or in the same host family.  This is to maximize the learning experience for all participants. If this is a requirement, we will have to check with the school to make sure they can or will do this, but we make no guarantees and would need written permission from both sets of parents before we would be willing to coordinate this.

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• Are the teaching staff qualified?

  All of the teachers are university qualified and trained and are native French speakers.

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• My child has allergies, can these be accommodated?

  We cannot accept children on the programme who have special medical needs that they cannot manage themselves. If they have allergies, they must be capable of managing them independently and neither the school nor EIL can accept responsibility with regards to allergic reactions. This also applies to food allergies. While different food options are always available, special meals cannot be prepared for students with specific food allergies, such as dairy-free or gluten-free. Students may bring their own supply of specialty foods if necessary, but the purchase and management of these foods will have to be done independently.

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• How many students per session will be on the Junior programme?

  Generally there are a maximum of 60 students per session. There are 30 rooms in the residence, with 5 students per room being maximum capacity.

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• What supervision is there?

  Each student is assigned to his or her own animateur. This is the contact person or leader for the duration of his or her stay. The animateurs manage the activities and the accommodation supervision during the stay.

  There are two levels of evening permission that parents may choose when deciding the curfew when staying in the residence:

  • Option 1: No evening permission: From Sunday to Saturday (please note that all students are allowed to go out in pairs or small groups from the end of lunch until the beginning of dinner- 1:30pm to 7:30pm). All students must check with a leader before leaving the residence. All organised activities are supervised.
  • Option 2: One evening per week (Tuesday or Wednesday) until 11:00pm. Fridays, Saturdays and days prior to a bank holiday students may stay stay out until 1:00am.
  
  

  For those staying with a host family:

  • Automatic 2 Evenings (Mon. and Wed. till 11:00pm)
  • Fridays, Saturdays and days prior to a bank holiday until 1:00am

  Please note that students aged 14-15 automatically have NO EVENING GOING-OUT PERMISSION, regardless of accommodation chosen.  During evenings when students are not allowed to go out by themselves, accompanied excursions and thematic events are proposed by the animateur leaders on site. For those staying with host families, the evenings are spent with the host family, supervised.

  The school reserves the right to exclude students in the case of abuse of the school rules and/or unacceptable behaviour. We will inform parents in the case of any abuse of curfew by the student. We reserve the right to suspend the going out permission if deemed necessary.

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