The classes at the Institute of French language are essentially held in the Humanities and Social Sciences Research and Training Unit premises (UFR Lettres,Langues et Sciences Humaines), but can also take place in other buildings situated on the campus.The students benefit from the various University facilities, including the multimedia lab and the university libraries, which will facilitate their personal work, along with the athletic facilities and university restaurants, which will make their studies at Orléans more agreeable.

Presentation

The Institute of French language is a common faculty established in July 2007 that is housed in the HSS UFR premises on the ground floor (garden level). Its mission is to participate and cooperate in the international policy of the university of Orleans by, in particular, providing French as a Foreign Language (FFL) courses to a foreign non-francophone or allophone public.

Four tenured teachers, one teacher under contract and approximately fifteen contingent teachers make up the teaching staff at the Institute of French language (Office 26-1).

Activities at the Institute of French language are divided into four main sectors.

1- Year and Semester courses

a) Yearly and semestral courses by group levels (DPF, DEF, DAF and DSF)
DPF :
DEF:  Elementary French Language Diploma
DAF:  Intermediate French Language Diploma
DSF:  Advanced French Language Diploma

Equivalency in relation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): 
DEF:  DELF A2 (first semester) / DELF B1 (second semester)
DAF:  DELF B1 (first semester) / DELF B2 (second semester)
DSF:  DELF B2 (first semester) / DALF C1 (second semester)

2- Examinations and Certifications

a) Preparation for the following University Diplomas (UD):   the DPF, DEF, the DAF and the DSF

b) Examination Centre for the DELF (A2, B1 and B2) and the DALF C1 (end of May)

DELF:  French Language Studies Diploma
DALF:  Advanced French Language Studies Diploma

c) Examination centre for the TCF DAP (end of February) and the TCF (end of March) 

3- Intensive courses, Summer programme

Four seminars are organised each year with five partner universities from Japan (Kanazawa, Toyama, Tenri, Nanzan and Aichi universities). Each seminar lasts between two to five weeks.

In June and July, the Institute of French language also offers intensive courses. The Summer programme includes 75 hours French classes as well as various cultural activities.

b) Summer Classes having a linguistic and cultural focus (June/July)

4- Language support courses by group levels are provided free of charge by the Institute of French Language to foreign students who are registered at the University of Orleans (ERASMUS and exchange students, PhD and post-doc students, LAME Master’s students).