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Program Site: Angers is the capital of the Anjou region. Its metropolitan area has a population of about 270,000. A dynamic and youthful city, Angers has many student residents, thanks to its two universities. With its impressive 13th-Century castle and numerous museums, Angers is of great historical and artistic interest. Originally located on the road to Santiago de Compostela, the city remains an important religious center. Angers and its region offer a unique cuisine from the terroir using fresh products from the Loire valley. Les Jardins de la France, as the area is known, is famous for its vineyards, its flowers, and orchards as well as its vegetable gardens. Theater lovers will appreciate the Festival d'Anjou held yearly during the month of July. Many of today's famous French movie stars participate in this festival. Every weekend surrounding towns hold celebrations such as Brissac and its Fête des vins d'Anjou et des Rillauds, Doué-la-Fontaine and its renowned Festival de la Rose. Basically everyone should be able to find something to his or her liking. Angers has been selected as one of the French cities with the highest quality of life. It is located in the heart of the Loire castle country, only an hour and a half from Paris by TGV and one hour from the city of Nantes and its surrounding beaches. Due to its proximity to the ocean, Angers enjoys a temperate and pleasant climate. Public transportation makes the city extremely accessible.
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The Institute program is designed for those teachers: 1) who need intensive training in understanding and speaking French even though not necessarily pursuing an MA in French; and 2) who do not wish to see France as tourists, but who would like to live among the French people and make personal contacts with French families in a French community. The most important aim of the Institute is to try to increase each individual's skills as much as possible in a congenial French atmosphere and to help the participants assemble first-hand information about France and its people.
ENROLLMENT
A word about last minute registrations: We frequently receive inquiries shortly before the beginning of the program from students wanting to know if they can still register. While we do not have a calendar date application deadline, we close registration when we have reached the maximum number of participants we are able to serve. This has happened as early as January and registration is traditionally closed for all programs at least by a month before departure. Even if the program is not full, last minute registrations are usually not possible: All participants MUST be admitted to UNI graduate studies before they can be registered, and no admission decision can be made until all required official transcripts have been sent directly by your institution(s) to the UNI Registrar’s Office. (See eligibility requirements.)
CREDITS UNI offers the M.A. in French, the Two-Language M.A. in French and Spanish or German, and the M.A. in French and TESOL (Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Please note that TESOL courses are NOT available through the program in Angers, France.)
COURSES OFFERED:
From the University of Northern Iowa
Plus local French staff
Guest lecturers/professors will also include:
HOUSING AND MEALS
COST OF THE PROGRAM
Final payment is due by April 15, 2008. Participants can apply for federally-insured loans. The application for financial aid should begin four months prior to the program starting date and applicants must be classified as degree-status students.  For all of our former participants, the opportunity to live with a French family, to feel welcome in France from the very outset, was an invaluable experience. They left France with a warm feeling for the French people and their hospitality, and with a real sense of accomplishment in their ability to understand and speak French. If you wish, we would be happy to send you a list of recent participants who have given us written permission to release their names to potential new participants. We hope that this early announcement will give you enough time to study our program carefully, to get in touch with some former participants, and to review your personal plans in the coming months. We hope to see you in Angers. Amicalement, Director, French Summer Institute Link to article written about the program by Prof. Anne Lair: http://www.uni.edu/universitas/fall06/art_lair.pdf
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