Language learning is vital

- from a human perspective- from a political perspective

A coherent language policy is essential for our AEFE schools.

School

Country

Zone

Service Pedagogique -

AEFE

Language

Policy

First Priority

Mastering the French Language, culture and values. Ensure the continuity of French Education overseas.

Second PriorityKnowledge of the language and culture of the host countryEnsure a dual cultural heritage for our binational students and national students.

Third PriorityPlurilingual/cultural education. Dynamic, innovative, international.Ensuring diversity and underpinned by certifications.

• A plurilingual education requires a choice of languages

• It builds the capacity to learn languages/ understand how they function

Plurilingual /pluricultural skills

-communicate linguistically and interact culturally

-skills and languages should not be seen as separate, superimposed, juxtaposed but as a complex and integrated web of skills and knowledge

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nguage Professional value

Geopolitical reality of tomorrow

A pupil in CP today will sit his

bac in 2025

Equal access

The AEFE network is based on the French education system – education and excellence for all. In languages this requires a

PERSONALIZED PATHWAY TO SUCCESS IN LANGUAGES

Language TeachingThe European Framework encourages

linguistic diversity from a young ageRequires expertise and adaptation to

local context and resourcesEMILE/DNL is necessary to this processA rigid 50/50 system unnecessary (the

word “Bilingual” should be avoided to describe such systems – misnomer) – it is not a guarantee of quality / efficiency

Flexibility is essential in the organisation

Any language policy should be integrated into the School Project and approved by the Inspectors and the Service Pedagogique at the AEFE

Languages are both the object and the means - articulate language teaching with the acquisition of knowledge in different subjects.

Allow all students to have French as a second mother tongue

The planning process

Define the linguistic situation of the country, the school, the family

Be aware of the student’s study, career projects

Do not merely transpose French teaching methods

In order to ensure plurilingualism we must:

• develop teaching in the languages and of the languages (diversify subjects taught in other languages)

• give priority to situations facilitating language acquisition and experience.

• consolidate the mother tongue• use diversified/complementary teaching

methods rather than mechanically superposing them

• globalise language hours and vary their distribution

• put in place a school policy for national language certificates

• open up International Sections from primary with the language of the host country

• Interactive and innovative teaching methods

• Actions Pedagogiques Pilotes

It is a true skill to learn languages and to learn in another language, to

discover the world and to think using these languages as a medium. A skill

which the AEFE should be able to develop for those students who are

entrusted to us.