Your Investment in Speaking French That French People Understand
French has 14 distinct vowel sounds. English speakers can naturally hear about 6 of them. The rest are filtered out by your brain before they reach conscious awareness. That is why French people switch to English when you speak. That is why you lose the thread when they talk at normal speed. It is not a vocabulary problem. It is a hearing problem — and it has a precise, individual solution.
WEEKLY GROUP CLASS
~5 min
of personal speaking time per session
≈ 6 years to accumulate 30 hours
REAL FRENCH — ONE WEEK
30 hours
of one-on-one instruction in 5 days
Every minute targeted at your specific ear
Not sure if this is right for you? Talk to Bernard for 15 minutes — free, no obligation. He’ll demonstrate the method live and tell you honestly whether one week is likely to help you.
Pricing for 2026
Real French Language Immersion Week
Monday morning to Friday afternoon
| Lessons per day | Price |
|---|---|
| 4 | € 2,752.00 |
| 5 | € 3,115.00 |
| 6 | € 3,478.00 |
| 7 | € 3,841.00 |
| 8 | € 4,204.00 |
Note: the mentioned prices exclude taxes (VAT). The applicable VAT rate is determined by the client’s nationality/location and VAT status (details below)
What Students Say
400+ students from 30+ countries since 2008 — including UN officials, diplomats, and Alliance Française teachers.
“I actually progressed a lot in French that can be applied in real life, simply because of the focus on speaking and phonetics. Bernard is an excellent teacher and the course is tailored to your needs and adjusted along the way. Left with a progression I didn’t expect to be possible.”
Maup Van de Kerkhof — Diplomat, Netherlands
“My week exceeded all of my expectations. I hadn’t taken French in years so I was feeling nervous. By the time my stay was over, my pronunciation improved dramatically. The most difficult thing for me was listening comprehension, and within a few days I understood more spoken French than ever before.”
Ciara Tuzon — Nurse, United States
“After reviewing all the FLE immersion courses available in France, I selected Real French. Bernard tailored a course specifically structured to my needs. The areas where I was weakest at the beginning showed the greatest improvement. I am pleased and amazed at the overall result.”
Beth N. — United States
Your Day, Hour by Hour
Choose your intensity. Six lessons is the recommended pace — four and a half hours of one-on-one instruction per day across oral expression, comprehension, and pronunciation. Want lighter? Choose 4. More intensive? Go to 8. Every session adapts in real time to where your ear is that day.
The schedule below is for a single student. When two students are in residence, sessions alternate and break times may vary slightly.
- 07:30Breakfast45 min
- 08:15Oral expression — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 09:45Break30 min
- 10:15Pronunciation & Comprehension — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 11:45Lunch1h 15
- AfternoonFree — walks, sightseeing, sport
- 07:30Breakfast45 min
- 08:15Oral expression — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 09:45Break30 min
- 10:15Pronunciation — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 11:45Lunch1h 15
- 14:00Comprehension — 1 × 1-to-145 min
- 14:45Free — walks, sightseeing, sport
- 07:30Breakfast45 min
- 08:15Oral expression — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 09:45Break30 min
- 10:15Comprehension — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 11:45Lunch1h 15
- 14:00Pronunciation — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 15:30Free — walks, sightseeing, sport
- 07:30Breakfast45 min
- 08:15Oral expression — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 09:45Break30 min
- 10:15Pronunciation — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 11:45Lunch1h 15
- 14:00Comprehension — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 15:30Break15 min
- 15:45Customised lesson — 1 × 1-to-145 min
- 16:30Free — walks, sightseeing, sport
- 07:30Breakfast45 min
- 08:15Oral expression — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 09:45Break30 min
- 10:15Pronunciation — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 11:45Lunch1h 15
- 14:00Comprehension — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 15:30Break15 min
- 15:45Customised lessons — 2 × 1-to-11h 30
- 17:15Free — walks, sightseeing, sport
Where You Stay
You live in the Henusse family home in Kerfiac. This is not a hotel arrangement — it is the other half of the method. Véronique prepares every meal from local Breton produce. Bernard joins you for lunch and dinner — coached conversation in French, adapted to where you are that day. The instruction and the environment are designed as a single system.
What’s included
- Private bedroom in the Henusse family home
- Full board — breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Bernard joins you at lunch and dinner)
- Monday to Friday nights (5 nights)
Optional extras
Gym access €10/day · Laundry €15/load · Both cash on site
Véronique’s Table
Reviewers from 30+ countries mention Véronique’s cooking consistently — not as a side note but as a core memory of the week. She prepares every meal from scratch using local Breton produce. At lunch and dinner, Bernard is at the table with you — the morning’s phonetic work gets tested in real conversation, naturally, over food.
Brittany is one of France’s great food regions: seafood, buckwheat crêpes, local cheeses, Breton salted butter. Véronique’s cooking reflects where she lives. The dinner table is where students feel safe enough to try — and fail, and try again — in French. That relaxed atmosphere is where real practice happens.
Accommodation Prices
1-week accommodation and meals: € 800.00
Additional night stay: € 110.00
Lamballe train station pick-up: € 120.00
Accommodation prices include 10% VAT — French law, non-waivable.
Arrival & Departure
Standard week
Arrive: Monday, for 8:30am
Depart: Friday, 15:00–17:00
Extra nights — €110/night
Sunday: check in from 18:00
Saturday: depart 8:00–10:00
Lamballe pick-up (Sundays, from 17:00): €120
See the house, the rooms, and Brittany →
Payment & Cancellation
- A 30% deposit is required to reserve your slot.
- The remaining balance is due 60 days before the course start date.
- Bookings made less than 30 days in advance require immediate full payment.
- Deposits are non-refundable.
- Course dates can be rescheduled without charge up to 2 years after full payment.
- No refunds after full payment — but we are flexible on rescheduling.
- No compensation for absences or early departures during the course.
VAT
Accommodation VAT (10%): Always applicable. French law — cannot be waived or deducted, including for businesses.
Tuition VAT (20%):
- France residents: 20% VAT applies
- EU residents with EU-VAT number: exempt
- EU residents without EU-VAT number: 20% VAT applies
- Non-EU professionals (USA, UK, Switzerland, etc.): exempt
- Non-EU private individuals: 20% VAT applies
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the immersion week worth the cost?
Yes — if the problem you are trying to solve is that French people don’t understand you, or you can’t follow spoken French at normal speed. The week costs what it costs because it is 30 hours of private instruction, calibrated entirely to you. No other format delivers that. Alumni who tried apps, group classes, and years of living in France before coming here consistently say one week achieved more than everything else combined.
I’ve already spent money on French lessons. Why would this be different?
Because previous lessons didn’t address the root cause. If your ear can’t distinguish French vowel sounds from their English equivalents, no amount of vocabulary drilling or grammar study will make you understood by French speakers. Real French starts with the ear. Bernard diagnoses your specific hearing gaps on day one, then every session targets exactly those gaps. Students who arrive unable to follow a basic conversation leave holding sustained discussions in French — not because of a magic trick, but because the foundation was finally in place.
Can I do a shorter stay — a few days rather than the full week?
The Monday–Friday format is the minimum for meaningful results. The first two days establish your ear baseline and identify your specific hearing gaps. Days three through five build on that foundation — and progress accelerates in the second half of the week once that foundation is in place. A shorter stay would end just as things start to click.
Do you offer group rates or discounts?
No. The programme is one-on-one by design. Every student’s ear is different — every student’s programme is different. Group instruction cannot diagnose individual hearing gaps. The one-on-one format is not a premium add-on; it is the method itself.
Talk to Bernard
15 minutes. Free. No obligation. He’ll demonstrate the method live and tell you honestly whether one week is right for you.