Promoting French in Jamaica

Promoting French in Jamaica
Bulletin n°4 - December 2014
I. English Language Teaching Assistantship Programme in
France 2015-2016: go teach in France for 7 months!
In 2015, around twenty Jamaicans students who wish to
share their language and culture will have the opportunity
to work in French Primary and High Schools.
Application form can be downloaded on the Embassy’s
website :
http://www.ambafrance-jm-bm.org/Recruitment-DriveLaunch-for-the
Be careful, documents have to be dropped in triplicate at
the Embassy of France in Kingston at the latest on January
5, 2015.
Contact : [email protected]
II. Studying in France in 2015-2016
Students in their first or second year of
Undergraduate Studies who want to study in
France can request a Preliminary Admission
Application (DAP).
Forms can be downloaded on Internet by
clicking on the following link:
http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid24144/-dossier-blanc-demande-dadmission-prealable-inscription-en-premiere-annee-de-licence.html
IMPORTANT: A French language certificate, the TCF-DAP, has to be submitted by all
applicants. Only those candidates who have a DELF B2 certificate for less than two years are
exempted.
If you are interested, the Alliance Française will be organising a TCF-DAP exam session
between February 11, 2015.
For more information about studies in France :
-Ministry of the Foreign and European Affairs :
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/venir-en-france-22365/etudier-en-france-12794/
-Campus France :
http://www.campusfrance.org
-Campus France, list of scholarships :
www.campusfrance.org/fr/page/campusbourses-lannuaire-des-programmes-de-bourse
Contact : [email protected]
III. French Language and Francophonie Week, March 1422, 2015
The French Language and Francophonie Week will
take place from March 14 to March 22, 2015.
This
week offers to celebrate the French language through
a large amount of events organized everywhere in
France and abroad. In Jamaica, many activities will be
proposed.
On Friday, March 20, 2015, International Day of
Francophonie, schools will be invited by the Alliance
Française de la Jamaïque and the Embassy of France,
to present their literary and artistic creations in the
framework of the operation “Dis-moi dix mots” (Tell me
ten words). These ten words are chosen each year by
different francophone partners: France, Belgium,
Québec,
Switzerland,
and
the
International
Organization of Francophonie (which gathers 77 States
and Governments around the world). This year, the
topic is “Dis-moi dix mots que tu accueilles” (Tell me
ten words that you welcome). The words are:
amalgame, bravo, cibler, gris-gris, inuit, kermesse,
kitsch,
sérendipité,
wiki,
zénitude.
http://www.dismoidixmots.culture.fr/semainelanguefrancaise/
Go off to explore these ten words with your students and express your creativity: ten words to
write, slam, sing, film…! Come to present your creations on March 20, 2015. An events
calendar of the French Language and Francophone Week will be available in February.
For more information: [email protected]
III. French language competitions
● Concours « dis-moi dix mots »
“Ten words competition” promotes artistic and literary
creation during the « Dis-moi dix mots » (Tell me Ten
Words) operation.
This competition is open to teachers and their students:
http://www.dismoidixmots.culture.fr/
The deadline for pre-registration is January 31, 2015.
The registration form is to be filled in online at:
http://www.reseau-canope.fr/dis-moi-dixmots/ensavoirplus.html
Since Mid-January, 2015, Pedagogical kits will be
available at the French Embassy for those teachers
who wish to register a class.
● Poésie en liberté
« Free poetry » is open to all French speakers between the
ages of 15 and 25 years. Send your poem (30 verses
maximum) before April 5, 2015.
Download the registration form on : www.poesie-enliberte.com
For more information, visit:
http://www.poesie-en-liberte.fr/index.php/concours
● Des mots pour voir
« Words to see » is open to all French speakers between
the ages of 13 and 20 years. Online and free, you will
have to compose a text inspired by pictures from the
website of “Images imaginaires” in the section « choisir
une œuvre » before March 28, 2015.
For registration and more information, visit:
http://www.imageimaginaire.com/imageimaginaire/ind
ex.php
● Prix du Jeune Ecrivain de langue française
“Award for Young Writers of the French Language” is open
to all French speakers between the ages of 15 and 27
years. Send your unpublished short stories (5 – 20 pages)
before March 3, 2014 to [email protected]
For more information, visit: www.pjef.net
IV. Call for pen pal with schools of French Guiana
Find below a message from the Délégation Académique aux Relations Européennes et
Internationales à la Coopération (DAREIC).
« Dear colleagues,
For opening our classes to the world and to cultural and educative diversity which surround
us, for motivating students or generating their interest, for sharing and exchanging, your
peers from French Guiana would like to
correspond and exchange with you on all
the possible and conceivable topics…
Do not hesitate to contact the Délégation
Académique aux Relations Européennes
et Internationales et à la Coopération
(DAREIC) :
Dareic@ ac-guyane.fr
All your questions or remarks are welcomed.”
VI. A distance masters degree for teachers of French as a
Foreign Language offered by the University Antilles
Guyane (UAG)
The University Antilles Guyane (UAG)
offered a Master degree in Didactic of
French as a Foreign Language in
multilingual context on line and by
distance.
« Sans distinction de nationalité et quel que soit le lieu de résidence du candidat, le Master
FLE en ligne de l'ICEFI s'adresse à toute personne désireuse d'acquérir ou de valider des
compétences professionnelles en Français langue étrangère, FLE, et en didactique des
langues, afin d'exercer des fonctions d'enseignant de FLE, d'animateur ou de coordinateur
pédagogique, de directeur des cours dans un centre de langue, et de manière plus
générale d'expert en coopération linguistique et/ou éducative. Compte tenu des
spécificités de l'ICEFI, ce master FLE est particulièrement adapté aux problématiques de la
zone Amérique (enseignement en milieu plurilingue, créolophone, anglophone ou
hispanophone, politiques éducatives et linguistique, ingénierie éducative...). »
For more information:
https://sites.google.com/site/icefiuag/la-filiere-fle/le-master-fle-en-ligne-et-a-distance
Contact: [email protected]
VII. Discover new resources
● For learning French
-Apprendre.tv TV5 Monde
http://apprendre.tv5monde.com/
-RFI
http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp
-Bonjour de France
http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/
-Polar FLE
http://www.polarfle.com/
-Phonétique
http://phonetiquefree.fr/
● For teaching French
-Enseigner.tv TV5 Monde
http://enseigner.tv5monde.com/
-Le point du FLE
http://www.lepointdufle.net/p/activitesdeclasse.htm
-Insufle
http://insuf-fle.hautetfort.com/
-Franc parler
http://www.francparler.info/accueil/
-Le café du FLE
http://www.lecafedufle.fr/
● Useful addresses in Jamaica
- Ambassade de France en Jamaïque
http://ambafrance-jm-bm.org/
- Alliance Française de la Jamaïque (AFJ)
http://alliancefrjm.org/
- Jamaican Association of French Teachers (JAFT)
[email protected]
For any question, please do not hesitate to contact Gwénaëlle Huydts, linguistic attaché of
the Embassy of France in Jamaica: [email protected]