End of the First Top Up Your French season: assessment
Hello
Now that the Top Up Your French on Board’s first summer is about to end, I think it is time for an assessment of what was a “Première”! I still find incredible that no-one had thought before of offering language sessions on international ferries. Please let me know if you have come across the same service offered before on a ferry.
Top Up Your French Onboard has been an overwhelming success in terms of media intere st but more importantly in terms of “customer satisfaction”. Participants arrived looking shy and feeling under-confident, some even sea-sick, but they left after the session looking far happier and ready to “give it a go!” and not sea-sick anymore, which is a definite plus! The feedback was absolutely amazing and of course heart-warming so watch out for more “Tune into the Local Language” sessions on more ferries in the near future!
The sessions were not only a success with the participants but they were also very well received in the media, even the French media. The Paris-Normandie newspaper published two really nice articles about the sessions and a FR3 team came onboard the Côte d’Albâtre last Thursday to film the Top Up Your French sessions.
Last but certainly not least, I was interviewed on Seahaven FM last Friday by Nick Mallinson and David Foster. I think they give their local community a fantastic service and I will write a special blog entry about them next.
There will be no sessions during the week in the winter but I will be organising Weekend Trips to Dieppe including a Top Up Your French Onboard sessions and a guided tour of the town with a “treasure hunt” and a meal at one of the harbour restaurants. Please email me at babette@cosmofil.com for more info.
Best cosmofil greetings
Babette
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