If you’re a French language teacher, or you teach another subject and want to improve your French language skills, our French teacher training courses are perfect for you. 

A course in teacher training in France will provide you with an opportunity to develop your professional skills and to exchange with other teachers from around the world. 

Our small group lessons will help you enrich your language skills and apply new educational methodology useful for learning and teaching French as a foreign language.

Choose from two options: 

1. French for Teachers – French Language and Culture
2.  FLE Methodology and New Approaches

These courses are for qualified teachers and use a communicative method to instruct both teaching methodology and techniques as well as French language and culture. 

All teacher training course modules at French in Normandy are approved Erasmus plus training courses and eligible for funding from Erasmus+. Participants not eligible for Erasmus+ can take these courses as private direct-booking students, paying tuition directly to French in Normandy.

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1. French for Teachers – French Language and Culture

Course Overview

On this programme, you’ll improve your linguistic mastery of French while exploring the legendary capital of Normandy, Rouen, and French culture in general. 

This course consists of 25 hours / week of lessons and can be taken for any number of weeks, starting any Monday. The module in this course option is:

• Intensive French Language (EPFR1) minimum level A1

A typical day of this intensive 25 hour / week course is organised as follows:

• Morning: French language classes taking place in an open or closed group 
• Afternoon: Discovery activities, visiting Rouen, its monuments and heritage sites, cultural or gastronomic workshops

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to:

• Develop and consolidate your language skills by enhancing competency in French language usage in a multinational environment
• Enrich your French vocabulary
• Enhance your competence in reading
• Equip you to work in French with key language and communication skills appropriate in educational, social and vocational contexts
• Promote awareness of French history and culture
• Develop your language skills to help you teach and communicate in French more efficiently and successfully

Course Benefits

• Enhanced French language skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, fluency and accuracy 
• Greater awareness and knowledge of French culture and history 
• Improved confidence in using a foreign language 
• Exposure to different classroom methodological practices 
• Teamwork, interpersonal attributes 
• Deeper sensitivity to cultural diversity 
• Knowledge of other European systems of education 
• Use of technology in the classroom 
• Better understanding of students’ needs and behaviour in class 
• Knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development

Who Is This Course For?

You don’t need to be a French teacher to take this course. 

Participants can be beginner or intermediate level French language students with a goal to improve their general French skills as part of their personal and professional development. 

This course is of significant benefit to teachers who are non-native speakers of French who intend to learn how to teach French or another subject through French (CLIL). 

It is also beneficial to other school staff, including those working in student service or administration who need to develop their language skills to communicate with French students or to study articles or publications in French or anyone who needs to work on projects/exchange programmes/committees with an international dimension and those who need to liaise with French-speaking students, colleagues, counterparts or parents.

Requirements

Beginner or intermediate level French

#2. FLE Methodology and New Approaches (requires level B2)

Course Overview

This course aims to help you perfect your teaching techniques and introduce you to new approaches and techniques, ultimately aiding you to further develop the characteristics of a good teacher. 

Teachers from around the world share classroom practices, discover concepts used in fundamental research, and access new resources that optimise teaching performance. 

This French teacher training programme even addresses practical examples of the use of digital technology in the classroom.  

You can choose from the following modules:

• Intensive French Language (EPFR1) minimum level A1
• Methodology of Teaching French as a Foreign Language (EPFR2)
• French and Language Teaching Methodology (EPFR3)
• ICT Tools for Learning and Teaching in Schools (EPFR4)
• Teaching French Using Drama & Theatre Techniques (EPFR6)
• French Language: Cuisine & Gastronomy (EPFR8)
• L’Approche Neurolinguistique | Neurolinguistic Approach (EPFR9) B2 required

All courses are eligible for Erasmus+ funding.

This programme is offered in closed groups of a maximum 15 students, as either a 15-hour semi-intensive week or a 25-hour intensive week.  

The week is structured as follows:

• 15-hour “semi-intensive” week – daily classes start from 9:30 A.M. to 1 P.M. with a coffee break between 11:00 and 11:30 A.M.
• Intensive 25-hour week – daily classes start from 9:30 A.M to 4:00 P.M. with a coffee break between 11:00 and 11:30 A.M. as well as a lunch break between 1:00 and 2:00 P.M.

All the sessions begin on Monday with a maximum number of 15 students per class.  

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to help you:

• Become familiar with international best practices in teaching FLE 
• Upskill with French language teaching theories and techniques for students aged 6 and upwards
• Understand principal neuro-linguistic teaching theories and pedagogical practices
• Become more confident using technology in an environment where students are familiar with a wide range of modern applications
• Achieve greater student engagement in learning in and out of school
• Learn about essential areas of French culture to promote awareness of French history and culture
• Deepen fluency of the French language

Course Benefits

• Better understand the needs and learning methods of students
• Provide answers and problem-solve didactic and pedagogical questions 
• Upgrade your understanding and use of technology in the classroom
• Exchange with other French teaching professionals from around the world
• Guide your teaching career through continued professional development
• Improve your understanding of French culture 

Our French teacher training courses are based on a communicative approach to help French teachers in their daily activities. 

To promote constructive dialogue, our classes have a maximum of 15 students in any programme, which makes it easier to speak and exchange ideas. This means you can get answers to your professional and even personal questions related to teaching. 

The course not only promotes the acquisition of special skills, but also helps you to view things from the perspective of a student. Moreover, you will learn all this in real-life situations. 

Who Is This Course For?

This course is for both French language teachers as well as CLIL teachers (content and language integrated learning), meaning teachers who are teaching other subjects in the French language.

It is of benefit for teachers with at least CEFR level B1 mastery of French and whose focus is to thoroughly study the challenges of the language to form part of their teaching methods. The design of this course ensures you will fine-tune your linguistic and pedagogical skills as you gain more knowledge about methods, technology, as well as French culture and civilisation. 

Requirements

Minimum French level CEFR B1 

CEFR B2 is required for L’Approche Neurolinguistique | Neurolinguistic Approach