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 (“Prepa” DEF,
DEF, DAF and DSF)
Prepa DEF: preparatory year for the DEF
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 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).
