A SEMINAR ON TEACHING
DIDACTICS of FRENCH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE/FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (FFL/FSL)
1/ Questions around teaching FFL/FSL
  • Different approaches : Teaching French as a foreign language / French as a second language / French as a teaching language
  • In the classroom : what public ? what objectives ? heterogeneous or homogeneous ?
  • Basic principles in FSL/FTL pedagogy
  • Historical background : from the traditional Grammar-Translation to action-based approach


  • Teaching methodology in FFL/FSL: Teaching methodology in FFL/FSL : the roles of the instructor vs the student. Knowledge, know-how, and social skills.
  • The relation between common base vs descriptors of the CEFRL
  • Observations on teaching programs and sequences
  • How to evaluate  : DELF, DILF, TCF
  • References
2/ Practices in FFL/FSL
  • Course supports : authentic / didactic / didacticized documents
  • Presentation and critical analysis of methods in FFL/FSL
  • Observing and creating pedagogical sequences
  • Observing and creating pedagogical sessions
  • Observing and creating activities for FFL/FSL
  • Your opinion on sequences

Association Summer Courses for Foreign Students

A linguistic and cultural program elaborated under the authority of a board of 13 professors of the Université de Lorraine in Nancy and 5 specialists of French as Foreign Language and International Relationships