Make friends! Practice sports ! And learn French!
Be part of this exceptional and absolutely innovational program!
Updated November 22nd.
This program is made possible with the support of the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the support of Swiss Solidarity.
What is the goal of the program?
The goal is to facilitate the integration and the learning of French of children and young people newly arrived in Geneva by climbing and practicing activities with children or young people who live in Geneva and who speak French.
Tchili Easy Learning’s team offers a totally innovative approach to learning. Instead of going to a regular class, you will:
- Make friends with French speakers and discover the local culture
- Practice indoor and rock climbing with French speaking partners
- Discover and practice various others sports in clubs that you may join in pairs with your French speaking partner
- Share with your language partner what you specially like about your country or culture (traditions, recipes) and make him or her discover where you are from.
- Create, in pairs with your language partner, shareable content about the things you discover, the sports you practice and the experiences you have…
- And of course, learn French while having fun!
How will it take place?
- First of all, you will pair up with French speaking participants
- Once a week, you will have a climbing course with your French speaking partner.
- Every Saturday you will spend half a day with your language partner either rock climbing, rappelling, exploring caves, snowshoeing, skiing… or discovering and practicing various sports offered by clubs in Geneva.
- During school holidays:
- You will spend the week either discovering various climbing activities and cliffs or, depending on the season, practicing winter sports. Except for one unforgettable night spent in a mountain hut, you will go home in the evening. Of course, this will take place with your language partner.
- To create your shareable content with your language partner, we will lend you a pocket camera if you don’t have one. You may take pictures, create small videos, audios, or even write small articles with your partner.
- In order to assist you in this task, we will be providing support during weekly office hours that will fist take place in person and afterwards remotely.
- During these office hours, you will also be able to ask for support on school home work if you need some
- To make it easier to quickly be able to talk with your French program mates, you will be given small audio files for daily practice. This way you will understand most of the vocabulary used during the activities.
- Get to know and presentation evenings. Twice during the program, you may invite your family and friends to our get to know and presentation evening. This will be an exceptional to share your experiences in person and to get around an amazing intercultural pot-luck to discover various dishes and tastes form allover.
Duration:
14 weeks (First children’s class on December 5th, teenagers on December 7th – Last children’s class on March 15th and last teenagers’ class on March 18th)
Why to enroll now?
First of all, because it is an amazing opportunity to learn French and places are limited!!!! Also, our sponsors want to make sure that our Program will actually have participants and they might be more forthcoming and quicker in making their decision to fund the Program if this point is clear.
When will it start?
Coming week! First children’s class on December 5th, teenagers on December 7th! This program is subject to private, la Chaîne du Bonheur, and state funding BIE and OCCS. We’ve receive funding confirmation from la Chaîne du Bonheur and the canton and Republic of Geneva (OCCS).
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT GARANTY THAT WE WILL RECEIVE ALL THE FUNDING, NOR THAT AMOUNT ASKED IN FUNDING WILL BE GIVEN IN WHOLE. THE PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION.
How much does it cost and what’s included?
The program costs a lot, luckily for you most of it should be generously funded by private and State funding, La Chaîne du Bonheur, and BIE and OCCS (State of Geneva).
We include transportation from the meeting point (accessible with public transportation), technical gear, learning materials, mountain hut fees, breakfast and dinner during overnight, access to sport facilities and climbing malls.
We ask for small contribution per person (CHF 480.-). We have submitted a application to the SSCG (SSUP /SGG) to cover the cost of individual contributions. To date, we have not received any agreement from them, but I case of a late agreement, we would reimburse your contribution.
Can you join this program ?
There are 12 places available for non-French speakers in two groups. Aged from 8 to 12 (6) and from 12 to 16 (6).
So, if you are a non-French speaker newly arrived in Geneva (registration processed) or French speaker and you are aged in between 8 and 16 you can submit your application.
How to apply:
Contact us to receive the pre-registration forms. Once you have completed them with your parents, you can send them back to us
You can also contact us for further details. We can answer in English, German, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian (and French)
INFORMATIONS SUPPLÉMENTAIRES :
Planed schedules :
Groupe: 8-12
Daily French practice (5-10 minutes self-paced)
Mondays: 5PM – 7 PM climbing classes (Except school breaks)
Wednesdays: 5 PM-6PM Office hour (Except school breaks)
Group-paced during the week: 30 min -1 hour on shareable content.
Saturdays regular: 9AM- 12.30 PM (Except school breaks)
Week A: outdoors climbing, cave visits, rappelling, snowshoeing, ….
Week B: discovering and practicing sports in Clubs in Geneva (volleyball, socker, ice skating, dancing, martial arts, ….
Saturdays exceptional: 9 AM – 5PM (Except school breaks)
Week A : activities requiring the whole day (skiing, skating, ski touring, ….)
Midterms: 1 presentation evening
Program term: 1 presentation evening
School holidays: 1-2 weeks day camps, Mo-Fri from 9AM to 5PM, 1 night in a hut. Depending on the season, rather climbing activities, or winter outdoors sports
Groupe: 12-16
Daily French practice (10 minutes self-paced)
Wednesdays: 6 PM-7PM Office hour (Except school breaks)
Thursdays: 6PM – 8 PM climbing classes C.EC. André-Chavanne climbing wall – Avenue Trembley 14, 1209 Geneva
Group-paced during the week: 30 min -1 hour on shareable content.
Saturdays regular: 1PM- 4.30 PM (Except school breaks)
Week A: outdoors climbing, cave visits, rappelling, snowshoeing, ….
Week B: discovering and practicing sports in Clubs in Geneva (volleyball, socker, ice skating, dancing, martial arts, ….
Saturdays exceptional: 9 AM – 5PM (Except school breaks)
Week A : activities requiring the whole day (skiing, skating, ski touring, ….)
Midterms: 1 presentation evening
Program term: 1 presentation evening
School holidays: 1-2 weeks day camps, Mo-Fri from 9AM to 5PM, 1 night in a hut. Depending on the season, rather climbing activities, or winter outdoors sports
Contact:
Contact us using the form below, or through our Telegram ou Signal accounts, in that case, please think to specify your email address and phone number (if you are under 14 years old, you need your parents’ consent). We will then send you the application forms*.
See you soon!
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