Frantastique "Apprends le français avec ta Learning Serie"
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Our educational approach
Our educational approach
I speak French from the first lesson!
From the very beginning, our teachers immerse you in the French language and focus on oral competency and prononciation. Each lesson plans are selected according to a progressive difficulty in order to allow learners to easily speak in French and integrate the language structures.
I learn a foreign language – I discover a culture!
Each of our students has access to a digital library Culturethèque. More than 230 000 documents (audio, videos, BD, magazines, etc…) are available to pursue the francophone adventure beyond the classroom!
I learn French in optimum conditions!
Students are taught in small groups to ensure high quality exchanges. Modern and well equipped classrooms (computers, video projector) ensure the use of motivating audio-visual media. Children's lessons are given in a dedicated space suitable for the little ones
A communicative and pragmatic approach
Both verbal and written skills are developed. Our goal is to get our learners to act in French in everyday life: to understand an announcement in an airport, to fill out a form, to navigate on a website, to make a reservation, to write an e-mail, to speak during a meeting…
Grammar and vocabulary: a different approach
Grammar and vocabulary are not neglected, on the contrary! Each course allows you to develop one or more language points and to apply them directly through oral and written expression activities. You work on them to use them in a concrete situation, so acquisitions are made gradually.
An action-oriented approach, authentic documents
Courses are organized around recent methods which follow the principles of the action-oriented approach and additional supports: videos, songs, advertisements, extracts from radio stations or newspapers to dive into the French-speaking reality. You are thus immersed in situations that prepare you to use the language in real situations to carry out social actions.
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
The levels of our courses follow the classification and recommendations of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages : A1-A2-B1-B2-C1-C2 . You can easily measure your progress and know which diploma to take. By validating your level with the appropriate diploma, you can officially and sustainably assert your skills.
IFC Course Regulations
IFC Course Regulations
The French Institute of Cyprus (IFC) carries out its mission under the authority of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in Nicosia. Registration for courses or training implies that students and their legal representatives undertake to honour their commitment in accordance with the current regulations.
- Time schedule
Annual courses are organised over 30 weeks (from September to May).
In addition, intensive training courses are offered throughout the year depending on demand.
One teaching unit lasts 60, 90 or 120 minutes, according to the student’s level.
- Registration
Registrations take place at the French Institute of Cyprus, via e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling at
+357 22 459333/4.
Registration is considered complete once the registration fees and the first installment are paid or the tuition amount is paid in full before the beginning of the course.
Placement test: Free
Annual courses may be paid in full at the time of registration or in 3 installments:
- 1st installment: 1/3 of the amount upon registration and before the beginning of the course,
- 2nd installment: 1/3 of the amount before December 1st 2023,
- 3rd installment: 1/3 of the amount before March 1st 2024.
Intensive courses may be paid in full at the time of registration or in installments:
- levels A1|A2|Semi-intensif C1 in 2 installments:
- 1st installment: 1/2 of the amount upon registration and before the beginning of the course,
- 2nd installment: 1/2 of the amount the following month,
- levels B1|B2 in 3 installments:
- 1st installment: 1/3 of the amount upon registration and before the beginning of the course,
- 2nd installment: 1/3 of the amount the following month,
- 3rd installment: 1/3 of the amount 1 month before the end of the course.
- Payment
Payment methods:
- by cash, check, or credit card at the premises of the French Institute of Cyprus,
- via JCCsmart platform (access from the website: www.ifchypre.org),
- by bank transfer (contact us via e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at +357 22 459333/4).
Discount policy:
- 10% discount on annual courses if the tuition amount is paid in full at the time of registration,
- 15% discount to the 2nd in the same family (20% discount to the 3rd, 4th, etc.). The discount is applied to the least expensive registration. Valid for first-degree relatives only. Proof may be requested.
- 15% discount to job seekers. Proof requested.
Reductions are not cumulative and only one of them (the greater) is granted at a time.
Pre-booking is recommended due to limited spots per class.
Subcategories
- Cours Enfants
- Cours Adolescents
- Cours Adultes
- Cours Professionnels
- Cours En Ligne
- Summer Courses
- Frantastique
- Notre approche pédagogique
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IFC Course Regulations
IFC Course Regulations
The French Institute of Cyprus (IFC) carries out its mission under the authority of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French Embassy in Nicosia. Registration for courses or training implies that students and their legal representatives undertake to honour their commitment in accordance with the current regulations.
- Time schedule
Annual courses are organised over 30 weeks (from September to May).
In addition, intensive training courses are offered throughout the year depending on demand.
One teaching unit lasts 60, 90 or 120 minutes, according to the student’s level.
- Registration
Registration takes place at the French Institute of Cyprus, 59, Strovolos Avenue, STROVOLOS (from Monday to Thursday, 9 am to 6 pm and on Fridays from 9 am to 2 pm) by bank transfer, cheque, credit card, JCCsmart payment or in cash.
All registrations are formalised by way of a contract between the IFC and the student – or his or her legal representative – setting out the terms of payment (cf. § 3). Registration fees (€50 for semester or annual courses) are included in the price of the course and are invoiced to the student at the time of each registration.
It is possible to register for annual or semester courses during the session. The price will then be calculated on a pro rata basis depending on the courses taken.
The cost of the manual is not included in the course fee.
Anyone registered for a course or for training at the IFC is entitled to free registration at the Culturethèque, the French Institute’s digital library, for the duration of their course.
- Payment
If the course fee is less than €300, the amount must be paid in full at the time of registration.
Tuition fees between €300 and €960 may be paid in 3 instalments, which, for the year 2020-2021, must, without fail, be paid on the following dates:
For annual courses:
- 1st payment at the time of registration for the course and before
the start of the course,
- 2nd payment before 1st December,
- 3rd payment before 1st March.
For annual courses only, a reduction of 5% will be granted if complete payment is made at the time of registration.
Intensive courses can be paid as follows:
- for courses where the price is less than or equal to 400 euros: in 2 instalments (one instalment before the beginning of the course, the other the following month).
- for courses where the price is more than 400 euros: in 3 instalments.
The first payment must be made at the time of registration. This allows the student to be admitted to the course.
In addition, a reduction of 20% is granted:
- to job seekers - on presentation of supporting documents
- to the 2nd child of the same family; the reduction will be applied to the least expensive registration.
A reduction of €50 will be granted to children from a numerous family on presentation of the « large family» card (four or more children).
Reductions are not cumulative.
The French Institute reserves the right to exclude a student from a course in the case of late payments, i.e. after the due date.
- Cancellation and refund
The ICF reserves the right to cancel any course that has fewer than 6 participants up to 48 hours prior to the start of the course.
Another course - or an alternative solution - can then be offered to the students. If this solution does not suit them, the registration fees incurred would then be reimbursed (50 euros) as well as the payments that would already have been made.
Once a course or a training course has begun, there can be no reimbursement for classes not attended, with the exception of certain special cases and by sending a request in writing to the course director (excluding non refundable registration fees):
- in the case of serious illness or incapacity that prevents the student from attending the course during a period of more than 4 weeks; this must be duly justified by a medical certificate
- in the case of duly justified permanent departure
Classes that may be cancelled following the announcement of a strike will not be replaced neither will they be reimbursed if the teacher is present on that day.
In the event that a student wishes to change a course, the difference in price will either be refunded or charged to the student.
- Penalties for late payment
If a payment is received late, a penalty equal to 0.5% of the sum due will be applied for every day the payment is overdue.
- Attendance, behaviour, safety
A certificate of course attendance will be issued upon request if 75% of the course has been completed.
The IFC reserves the right to deny access to a course to any participant whose behaviour prevents the other members of the group from following their course in a normal manner. Any type of behaviour that infringes the law is prohibited and will give rise to expulsion from the course without any form of reimbursement or indemnity.
The IFC can on no account be held responsible for damage caused to a student’s property by another student, nor for any theft that may be committed during a class.
The IFC has taken out liability insurance that protects students collectively in the event of an accident’s taking place within the institution. The risk of accidents occurring on the way between the Institute and home are not covered.
- Regulations for minors
The Institute only accepts responsibility for minors during the class. Apart from cases of civil liability provided for by the law, parents and guardians are responsible for the safely of minors before and after the class.
Minors over the age of 8 years may come to their class and leave at the end of their class unaccompanied by an adult. Minors under the age of 8 years of age must be accompanied by an adult who entrusts them to the teacher at the beginning of the class. After the class the teacher will accompany the child and hand him/her back to his/her parents in the hall of the French Institute of Cyprus.
The Institute does not undertake the supervision of minors on the premises of the Institute. If the adult who is charged with fetching the minor is delayed, they must notify the French Institute of Cyprus. (22 45 93 33/5).
If the minor causes disruption to the smooth running of the class, the IFC reserves the right to summon his/her parents. If the disruption persists, the minor risks being excluded from one or several classes without reimbursement of the classes not attended.
Parents must inform the language centre of a child’s potential health problems, or of medication that is essential for the child’s health or safety.
Parents are expected to inform their child about the rules and regulations of the IFC.
The signature of these regulations is deemed to be acceptance of them.
Institut français de Chypre
59, Strovolos Avenue - Strovolos
2018 Nicosie, Chypre
+357 22 45 93 33
+357 22 77 21 46