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Schedule of Activities - Summer 2009 (2010 scedule will be posted in October, 2009)
Day/Date Time Place Event
Fri. 6/12 Afternoon
7:30 pm
Hotel
Hotel
Students check into hotel
Dinner - Orientation and signing of language pledge
Sat. 6/13

1:30 - 2:30 pm
2:30 - 4:00pm
7:30 pm

Hotel
Leave from Hotel
Hotel
Plenary session: Histoire de Tours et de la Touraine
Visit of downtown Tours - "Petit Train" ride

Dinner
Sun. 6/14 9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Hotel
Leave from Hotel
Hotel
Group convenes in lobby - Check out & Stow luggage
Trip to Loches and to goat farm
Host families pick up students
Mon. 6/15 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Institut CIW classes begin - Meet in courtyard at 9:45
Tues. 6/16

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Institut CIW classes
Wed. 6/17 10:00 - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Institut
Institut, room 11
CIW classes
Lecture: Food and wine culture in Touraine
Thu 6/18

10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2:30-3:30 pm

Institut
Institut, room 11
CIW classes
Meeting with French Students
Fri. 6/19 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Institut CIW class
Sat. 6/20 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2:30 - 6:30 pm
Meet at Rue Nationale
Meet at Bd Bérenger
Field Trip to Vouvray (Cellars visit - wine tasting)
Field Trip to Amboise
Sun. 6/21 9:30 am - 5:30 pm Meet at Bd Bérenger

Field trip to Langeais & Blois
Fête de la Musique

Mon. 6/22 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
2:30 p. - 5:30 pm
Institut
Meet at #6 bus terminal
CIW classes
Field Trip to Carrefour / Shopping Mall
Tue. 6/23 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Afternoon/Evening
Institut
Leave from Institut
Leave from Institut
CIW class
Visit halles (covered marketplace)
Movie
Wed. 6/24 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Afternoon
Institut
In town
CIW class
Individual Site Visits
Thu. 6/25 10:00 am - 1:00 p.m.
2:30 pm - 3:30 p.m.
5 :00 pm - 6:00 p.m.

Institut
Institut, room 23 (lab)
Institut, room 11

CIW classes
Placement evaluation I - written portion
Teachers' going-away party
Fri. 6/26 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Institut CIW classes
Sat. 6/27 1:30 - 6:30 pm Meet at Bd Bérenger Field Trip to Chambord  
from Sunday June 28 until Sunday July 5 inclusively: OFF
Mon. 7/6 Morning Institut Placement evaluation II - individual interview
Tue. 7/7 9:30 am
10:00 am
Institut courtyard
Institut
Placement test results announced
Institut classes begin
Classes at the Institut take place daily (weekdays only) from Tue., July 7 until Fri., July 31 inclusively
Tuesday, July 14 - Fête Nationale - No classes
Mon. 7/27 TBD Institut office SFS Proficiency Exam
Tue. 7/28 TBD Institut office SFS Proficiency Exam
Wed. 7/29 TBD Institut office
SFS Proficiency Exam
Thu. 7/30 5:00 pm Institut, room 11 Going-Away Party / Evaluations
Sat. 8/1  Students leave Tours
hôtel= Hôtel Relai Saint-Éloi 20, rue Giraudeau
Institut= Institut de Touraine, 1, rue de la Grandière
For detailed maps and directions, see the Mappy site at http://www.mappy.fr 

PERSONNEL

Director: Dr. Guy SPIELMANN

CIW Faculty: Dr. Jean-Max GUIEU - Dr. Andrew SOBANET

Institut de Touraine Staff: Mme Christine PIERRE (coordination) et M. Olivier DUFRESNE (lectures and visits)

Housing Coordinator
: Mme Brigitte HÉNON






<-- Olivier Dufresne provides expert commentary during a visit of the famed Chambord palace

 

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