FRENCH STREAM
By choosing the French Stream at FIS, you're opting for the rigorous French curriculum accredited by the French Ministry of Education and supported by the AEFE, delivered in a fully immersive multilingual environment and offering a wide range of international opportunities that prepare students for global success.
FS PRIMARY
At primary level, students develop key skills in literacy, numeracy and respect for others. Our progressive yet demanding teaching methods prioritise proficiency in reading, writing and mathematics, essential foundations for the next steps in your child’s education.​
They will benefit from our Immersive Bilingual programme (BIM).
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Your child will also be exposed to Chinese culture and language (Simplified Chinese, Mandarin dialect) throughout their time at FIS.
And they can choose to improve their knowledge in this area through an extracurricular activity (ECA). For our youngest students and beginners, FIS offers workshops to improve spoken language and expressions used in day-to-day life. More advanced learners (YCT2 – YCT6) and native speakers (with at least one Chinese-speaking parent) can attend two sessions a week to improve their writing and speaking skills.
1. Language for thinking and communicating
Example: As part of French School Abroad Week, CE2 students produce a podcast discussing simple steps to help protect the planet.
We help students develop shared knowledge skills & culture on 5 key aspects
1. LANGUAGE FOR THINKING AND COMMMUNICATING: including French language skills, learning a modern foreign language and introducing artistic, mathematical, scientific and IT language.
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2. ​LEARNING TOOLS AND METHODS: including teamwork and group work, organising working time, using digital tools, researching and checking information.
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3. DEVELOPING AS A PERSON AND A CITIZEN: including class participation, taking part in the school community and learning about sustainable development.
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4. NATURAL AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS : including learning by observing science and technology in real life and assimilating health principles through the practice of sport.
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5. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE WORLD AND HUMAN ACTIVITY :
including understanding their place in time and space through history and geography, cultural enrichment through the arts and learning about cultural specificities.
LANGUAGE OFFERS
IMMERSIVE BILINGUAL PROGRAMME - BIM
The immersive bilingual program is a bilingual pathway. Teaching of the French national education curriculum is shared between the two languages, French and English. Among the various modalities, joint co-teaching sessions are conducted by teachers in English and teachers in French. Moreover, our students benefit from interactions with their classmates from the International Stream.
Out of 26 hours of instruction, 6 hours and 45 minutes are delivered in English or in both languages.
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THE ADVANTAGES OF BIM:
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Coexistence of the two languages every day.
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A significant amount of time spent in co-teaching.
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Formalized meetings to ensure consistency between French and English lessons.
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The English teacher teaches in a whole class and half group setting.
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Extra English support is given to students who require it (in small groups).
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For the students who are less Francophone or more Anglophone, it’s the preferred stream as the distribution of hours allows for more consolidation of French skills.
DISPOSITIF PASSERELLE & FLSCO
DISPOSITIF PASSERELLE:
1-year intensive French language programme for non-french speaking students
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FOR WHO: Dispositif Passerelle (DP) is an intensive French language programme for students who join the French Stream from CP to CM1, and don't speak french.
HOW: Children in this program will spend half their day in the DP programme and the other half day in their respective class.
HOW LONG: They will stay for a maximum of 8 months to 1 year in this program. Assessment will recur every 2 months to confirm if they can fully join their class and learn autonomously​
FLSCO - FRENCH AS LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
French language reinforcement programme
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FOR WHO: FLSCO is our French language reinforcement programme for students already at FIS or who was in the French education system and still needs to improve mastery of the French language.
HOW: Students are full-time in their reference class. They receive FLSCO learning specifically designed according to their needs.
HOW LONG: Assessment will occur after 2 months to decide if the FLSCO programme is still needed by the student, if it can be stopped or if it needs to be redesigned.
