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expat-services.ch lists 4 hand-checked language schools in Genève for English speakers: Berlitz Switzerland, ELFI - Ecole de Langue Française et d'Informatique, Flying Teachers and Swiss French School.
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Schools and childcare providers in Genève.
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Language school with centres across Switzerland offering German, Swiss German, French, Italian and English lessons for expats, private or in groups, on site or online.
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Is this your business?Geneva school near Cornavin station teaching French to non-native adults from beginner to advanced, with intensive and online classes and DELF/DALF prep; also runs IT courses.
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Is this your business?Zurich-headquartered provider teaching German, Swiss German, French, Italian and more at its schools, at clients' premises or online, incl. integration and certificate courses.
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Is this your business?French school with centres in Geneva, Lausanne and other Romandie towns offering flexible and intensive French (8-25 h/week), private and online lessons, DELF/DALF and fide prep.
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Is this your business?Local facts
The cantonal integration office BIC funds low-cost French and literacy courses run by non-profit providers. Informal “français en été” classes meet free and without registration in parks in July and August, and a “bon de formation”, financed with six partner communes, gives a first French course to newcomers who arrived through family reunification and to Swiss citizens returning from abroad (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Adults who have lived and paid tax in the canton for at least a year can apply for the annual training cheque (CAF), which can cover part or all of a course useful for work. The ceiling on the determining income (RDU) is CHF 72,000 for a single person and CHF 116,000 for a married couple, raised by CHF 8,000 per child (Canton of Geneva, checked ). The request goes in before the course starts, and the decision can arrive at once with an e-démarches account or by post within 10 days (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Geneva has 15 of the 141 fide test locations on the fide office’s list. The whole test costs CHF 250, the spoken part CHF 170 and the written part CHF 120, and the language passport arrives about four weeks after the test (fide office, checked ). Ordinary naturalisation in Geneva asks for French at B1 spoken and A2 written, among other conditions, including two years of residence in the canton (Canton of Geneva, checked ).
Newcomers announce their arrival to the cantonal population and migration office (OCPM), route de Chancy 88 in Onex (ge.ch OCPM, checked ). Most procedures run online through an e-démarches account on ge.ch, and the counters open by appointment only. The deadline after arrival is 14 days (2026) (ge.ch arrival, checked ), and a first B or L permit costs an EU/EFTA adult CHF 65 (Canton of Geneva, checked ). The steps are in registering at your commune.
Read more The fide test in Switzerland: levels, format, fees and test centresC permit in Switzerland: requirements and how to switch from B to C
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