After arrival, students study French for a year in a province outside Paris. The purpose is to save expenses and to study the language with more concentration, away from the distractions of the capital.
到了法國，留學生往往先在巴黎以外的「外省」念一年語文，一方面節省開銷，一方面沒有「花都」的聲光誘惑，念起書來較專心。