DOHA A GROUP of 23 Qatari students of the French language will leave for France on a week-long educational and cultural visit to Tours, a city renowned for the perfection of its local spoken French.
Ambassador of France in Qatar HE Jean-Christophe Peaucelle interacted with the students, who were at a briefing to announce the visit on Wednesday. “France is a beautiful country, and the French people will welcome you to our country. Use the words and phrases you have learned in your study of the French language, and this visit will certainly improve your abilities in using French,” the envoy said.
The ambassador encouraged the students to interact with French people, and not to be shy when dealing with them, urging them to get the most out of their visit.
Jokingly, the envoy advised them to seek topics of discussion other than Paris Saint- Germain, the French football club owned by Qatar Investment Authority.
The trip is being sponsored by the Embassy of France in Qatar, French multinational oil and gas company Total and the Qatar Higher Education Institute, which was represented by the institute’s Acting Director Ali Abdullah al Boueinein.
Total was represented by a delegation including the President of Total Upstream Yves-Louis Darricarrère, the Senior Vice-President for the Middle East of Total Exploration and Production Arnaud Breuillac and the Managing Director of Total Exploration and Production Qatar Stephane Michel.
The visiting students will stay with a French host family for a week — a learning experience which should also give them a taste of French culture. Additional learning opportunities and cultural events are planned for them during their stay.
The students, 19 boys and 4 girls, were chosen because they are studying French at the Institut Francais in Qatar.
In addition, they are considering receiving their higher education at a University in France. The students leave for France next week.
The Institut Français du Qatar, founded as the French Cultural Center of Doha in 1989, is the official French government centre of language and culture in Qatar, and one of 150 such French Institutes worldwide. The Institut Français exists to promote French language and culture, and to encourage cross-cultural exchange, in order to create a cultural bridge between the two countries.
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