Free 5-week French or English immersion course for Canadian full-time students

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Check this out guys. If you are a full-time student and a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you qualify to take part in this 5-week French or English summer immersion program which includes food and lodging.It's called the Explore program and has been around since the seventies but not many people seem know about it. Free to apply. The selection is run like a lottery and people can apply every year as long as they are still a full-time student for at least one semester of the school year.Could be very interesting for students who want to beef up their second language skills and do something constructive during the summer.Below is the official blurb in English and French from the program and the link to the Web site. Oh yeah...deadline to apply in February 28th, so get crackin' .*Are you looking for a spring or summer program to learn French? Do you want to discover another region of Canada while meeting new people? Go Explore! Explore is a five-week intensive language-immersion course. You can take the course in the spring or summer, whichever you prefer. Participants in Explore receive a $2,000 bursary (taxable income) that covers tuition fees for the courses, instructional materials, meals and accommodations, workshops, and other mandatory activities.Visit www.myexplore.ca (http://www.myexplore.ca) for details. Hurry, the deadline to apply is February 28, 2012. Click here now to apply!Tu es à la recherche d’un programme de printemps ou d’été pour apprendre l’anglais? Tu veux découvrir une autre région du Canada tout en rencontrant de nouvelles personnes? Explore!Explore est un cours d’immersion linguistique intensif d’une durée de cinq semaines. Tu peux y participer au printemps ou en été, selon ta préférence.Les personnes qui participent à Explore reçoivent une bourse de 2000 $ (montant imposable) qui couvre les droits de scolarité pour les cours, le matériel didactique, les repas et l’hébergement, les ateliers et autres activités obligatoires.Visite www.jexplore.ca (http://www.jexplore.ca) pour plus d’information. Dépêche-toi, la date limite pour faire une demande est le 28 février, 2012. Clique ici pour faire ta demande!*