LEARNING FRENCH IN FRANCE
TEACHING METHOD
CENTRE INTERNATIONAL D'ANTIBES

Teaching at the Centre International d'Antibes is based upon: an adaptive teaching method, an experience in students' life and their needs, and an Excellence Charter that we are improving year after year.

Objective

Depending on the course chosen and the level of written and oral communication needs of each student, our staff will adapt and build a structured and progressive set of French lessons that are of special interest to the pupil. This style of teaching preparation allows students to improve their abilities in understanding and expressing both the colloquial and formal written grammar of the French language at a rapid rate.
Teachers thereby allow students' learning to progress at their own individual rate, within a friendly and captivating atmosphere.

Our teachers of French language

The teachers at the Centre International d'Antibes are highly-experienced, and all specialized in the teaching of French as a foreign language. All possess the academic qualifications which are mandatory to ensure the highest standard of performance in their field.

Many teachers complement their own training experience with a specialty in another field: management - marketing - sociology - psychology - technical foreign languages - architecture - ethnology - law...that broadens their outlook and professionalism as an educator.

Pedagogical documents to learn French

The books used to supplement class lessons are directly aimed at teaching French as a foreign language. Each student also receives a grammar book - written and designed by the Centre International d'Antibes's teaching staff specifically for our students.

Teaching support primarily consists of a range of 'real life' documents, such as newspaper articles, audio and video tapes, adverts, photographs, paintings from different periods in history, cartoons, film clips, novels and French songs.

French language school teaching Material

Common European Framework

In 2001, the CIA participated in the 'Year of European Languages', by adopting both the educational standards agreed upon by the Council of Europe and European Commission, and the European Portfolio - a scheme to promote the study of European languages.
Each student will be in a group set up by level defined by this Common European Framework.

Certificate

At the close of every successfully completed course, you will be awarded a “Certificate de Français” or the diploma corresponding to the examination you have passed (DELF or Alliance Française).