Vivre à Paris, 2ème partie: les bourses et les cours

Here's a list of language programs in Paris, from the website www.diplomatie.fr:

Accord - Ecole de langues
Alliance française
Centre d’accueil franco-Japonais
Cours de langue et civilisation françaises de la Sorbonne. CCF
Centre expérimental d’étude de la civilisation française. CEECF
Centre de langue des affaires et des professions de la Direction des relations internationales/enseignement
Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris
Ecole de langue française pour étrangers. ELFE
Ecole internationale de français et de formation en langues. EIFFEIL
Ecole suisse internationale de français appliqué. ESIFA
L'Étoile
Eurocentres Paris
Formation postuniversitaire internationale
France campus
France langue
Institut de langue et de culture françaises.
Institut catholique de Paris ILCF/Cours Universitaires d'été
Institut franco-nordique
Institut parisien de langue et de civilisation françaises
Language Studies International. LSI
Lingua institut
Paris école des Roches langues PERL
Paris langues
Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle Paris III
Institut de linguistique et phonétique générales et appliquées. ILPGA

Most of these are rather expensive, and most seem to offer only a beginners' class. I'd have to find something that was relatively inexpensive and at the intermediate level (whatever that means in this context). I'd also like to find a language program that's geared toward young people, or at least one that doesn't resemble a "corporate learning" program.

Nouvelles résponses?

i have no answer to this (but i can try to get some informations) except that it will be difficult to have any grant

Bruno are you in Paris?

As for grants, I will be trying to get one from a US institution, not a French one. The question is whether such a grant would depend on my being a full-time student, or whether they would accept my internship as a kind of study.

your best bet is to get in touch with the 'Council' organisation, ie. the french-american exchange association. I know where it is in Paris, but don't know their contact details. Are you already in Paris?

Try and get a recommendation from someone, there are so many bad language schools out there.

Is the place you will be working at going to be English or French speaking?

If I were you, I would not study in a language school because it is too expansive.
As soon as you arrive in Paris, you look at the small ads in the newspaper and you will find a lot of French mother tongue studiant like you that give French lessons to make money. I think it is a good way to meet people and to save a lot of money.
Any way if you are not convinced, let me know and I will provide you with some names of language schools.

Hm, Emma this may be good advice. I'd have to get a work visa, then, rather than a student visa.

My confusion evident herein results from not knowing which steps to take before others. I know the first step is to apply for a passport, but after that I'm not as sure.

for the basic initial steps, I think you could find useful stuff on the french embassy's website:
http://www.info-france-usa.org/visitingfrance/

amateurist oughtn't your internship provide you with a way in to a visa? i think emma's just suggesting looking for freelance loose cannons who will come over to your place or vice versa, or meet you in a cafe, to do one-on-one french lessons, as a less expensive and kind of cooler way to do it

I'm hoping my internship will help me get a work visa. I'm not sure that's possible, though.