French Internships

Teaching Assistant Program in France

The Teaching Assistant Program in France offers students the opportunity to work in France for seven months, teaching English to French students of all ages.

Each year, more than 1,500 American citizens and permanent residents teach in public schools across all regions of metropolitan France and in the overseas departments of France such as French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion. The American cohort is part of the larger Assistants de Langue en France program, which recruits approximately 4,500 young educators from 60 countries to teach 15 languages annually in France. The Assistants de Langue en France program is managed by France Éducation international.

If you are interested in applying to the program, applications open each year in mid-October.

Alliance Française de Nashville

Teaching scholarships are available through Music City’s French Connection–Alliance Française de Nashville.

Nina Walls Scholarship

The Nina Walls Scholarship enables recipients to attend a month-long summer study session at an Alliance Française in a francophone country and to live with a French-speaking family there. This scholarship is a unique opportunity to absorb local culture while improving fluency in French.

The Nina Walls Scholarship pays for the tuition at the Alliance Française, room, and half board with a family, and contributes $1,500 towards airfare or other travel.

Deauville Program

A teaching internship in Deauville, France, will be awarded to a French-speaking candidate who has experience or promise as a teacher of English for young students. The selected intern will teach English in the primary schools of Deauville for the entire academic year.

Sister Cities of Nashville Student Exchange

Student exchanges through Sister Cities typically brings students to Nashville for two weeks during the school year and sends Nashville-area students abroad for approximately the same amount of time in the summer. Students stay with local families and usually attend some school as well as enjoy sightseeing and other cultural activities. A chaperone accompanies the exchange students to their destination.