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Supporting the use of French around the world

The CIEP provides additional support for teaching of and in French around the world, by identifying and setting up projects and through the provision of training that meets the needs of education practitioners. It also designs and manages a wide range of French certification schemes (diplomas and tests) and offers the Ev@lang language placement test.

Support for teaching of and in French

Expertise and seminars on request

In partnership with the diplomatic network’s cultural services and national education departments (or educational institutes), the CIEP provides its expertise to French-language teaching systems (French as a foreign language and bilingual streams): reform of school programmes and curricula for teaching of/in French, development of francophone bilingual sections, design of continuing training plans, improvement to course offers in public and private esta¬blishments, and development of a quality approach. It also designs professional seminars which meet the expectations and continuing training requirements of those involved in the teaching of French.

Bilingual teaching

The CIEP provides its expertise to assist bilingual teaching projects in a spirit of educational and linguistic cooperation and to train teach¬ing teams in French and non-linguistic disciplines (DNL) in the specific features of bilingual education.
It also runs the Fil du bilingue website, which provides professionals in bilingual sections with the tools they need.

Certification of French as a foreign language centres in France

The CIEP manages the Qualité français langue étrangère label, which recognises and promotes French-language teaching establishments in France whose language offers and services provide guaranteed quality. Each year, over 130 000 students take French as a foreign language courses in one of a hundred or so certified centres, 30 of which are affiliated to higher education establishments.

 

Assessment and certification

The CIEP provides the administrative and educational management for national French as a Foreign Language certification programmes and provides the Ev@lang placement test.

The DILF, le DELF et le DALF

These certification programmes, which are harmonised within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), are internationally recognised and used. They assess oral and written comprehension as well as oral and written production.

  • Le diplôme initial de langue française (DILF) is intended for beginners and people over 16 years of age who have just arrived in France.
  • Le diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) is available in several versions: “General public DELF” for older teenagers and adults, “DELF Prim” for primary education, “DELF for schools and juniors” for secondary-level education and “DELF Pro” for professional training.
  • The diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) is for experienced French speakers.

TCF

The test de connaissance du français, which leads to the award of a certificate, assesses oral and written comprehension as well as command of the structures of the French language. Candidates may sit additional tests, which assess oral and written expression.
Four versions:

  • the “General public TCF”, for people who want to assess their French skills for personal, academic or professional reasons;
  • the “DAP TCF”, for students who wish to enrol in the first year of a bachelor’s degree in a French university or school of architecture;
  • the “ANF TCF”, for people who wish to obtain French nationality by decree or by marriage;
  • the “TCF for Quebec”, for people who wish to move to Quebec and are requesting a permanent visa.

Ev@lang

Ev@lang is a test which is fully available online and enables candidates and/or students to assess their level of aptitude in a given foreign language. It has been designed for businesses, the French cultural network abroad and language training centres. It assesses users in one or more skills and determines their level reliably and accurately (12 levels based on the levels in the CEFR). Currently available in French, English and Arabic, new language versions will be developed over the course of 2016.

The Quality and Expertise Committee

The only one of its kind in France, this committee guarantees the educational and psychometric quality as well as the scientific approach that underpins diplomas and tests managed by the CIEP. In ad¬dition, it helps organisations create or review examinations and tests. Finally, it works to defi¬ne the minimum quality level for European language examinations with its Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) partners.

ProFLe

ProFle
  •  Distance education modules (on CD-ROM or Internet).
  •  Target audience: teachers of French as a foreign language and of French as a second language in lifelong learning.

REAL Project

  •  Within the Socrates European Program, this is a feasibility study in view of creating a network of language teachers in the European Union.

Language Assistant Exchange Programme, 2007-2008

- 5,700 foreign assistants - 2,500 French assistants - 12 languages - 46 partner countries

The "Qualité français langue étrangère" label

  •  Promotion of French foreign language centres offering high-quality French courses and services.
  •  The Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Foreign and European Affairs, and the Ministry of Culture and Communication have entrusted CIEP with the task of implementing this quality label.

TCF

- Other variations: TCF - international relations version (for international organisations), TCF for Quebec (within the framework of an immigration dossier for Quebec)
- TCF is also available on computer
- 626 test centres in 130 countries.

DELF and DALF Diplomas

- 6 independent diplomas corresponding to the 6 levels of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERCL).
- 1,025 test centres in 161 countries.

DELF for Schools

- DELF for schools is open to all school-aged teens (12 to 16 years old)
- Within the framework of an agreement with educational authorities from various countries
- 32 countries use DELF in their education system.

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