Languages
Offer your children the opportunity to study in a multilingual environment - a major asset for their future.
At LfiSV, speaking several languages comes naturally. Learning one or more languages is easier when done at a young age, and helps develop an open mind.
Training students abroad also means giving them the desire and skills they need to become mobile in a constantly changing world and adapt to different cultural contexts.
What’s more, being bilingual or trilingual stimulates brain function, giving children greater powers of concentration, reasoning and problem-solving.
Offer your children the opportunity to study in a multilingual environment - a major asset for their future.
At LfiSV, speaking several languages comes naturally. Learning one or more languages is easier when done at a young age, and helps develop an open mind.
Training students abroad also means giving them the desire and skills they need to become mobile in a constantly changing world and adapt to different cultural contexts.
What’s more, being bilingual or trilingual stimulates brain function, giving children greater powers of concentration, reasoning and problem-solving.
Languages at the heart of our programs
LfiSV offers bilingual teaching (German and English) from Petite Section for German and from Moyenne Section for English. From Moyenne Section onwards, non-French-speaking or poorly French-speaking pupils can benefit from support and guidance in FLSco.
Languages offered :
German
English
Spanish – from4th grade
Latin – from 5th grade
The French language
Teaching is entirely in French, and follows the curriculum certified by the French Ministry of Education as part of an internationally recognized educational offer of excellence. It is also the medium of instruction in many disciplines other than linguistics, and as such, it is the language of the many exams for which our students are preparing.
FLSco - French as a school language
The FLSco (Français Langue de Scolarisation – French as a Language of Schooling) program enables students who have already followed the program in kindergarten to reinforce their knowledge, and newcomers to make rapid progress so that they can join their colleagues and speak French just as well.
German
Language of the host country – from two hours onwards in kindergarten, German occupies a privileged place in our teaching.
The LfiSV school project emphasizes not only learning the language, but also discovering Germanic culture. Students are involved in various projects and school trips to deepen their knowledge of German civilization and history.
During their school career, students join a language group that corresponds to their level. To stimulate them even more, there are two language groups in kindergarten and 3 or 4 in elementary and junior high school.
Deutsch + Elementary
Students with the necessary German language skills are included in the program Deutsch + Elementary. With this program, they benefit from 3 hours of lessons given in German in the following subjects: “questioning the world”, arts, sciences, geography, history. Groups are reconsidered at the beginning of each year, depending on the student’s progress.
Deutsch + College
At collège, to offer truly personalized teaching, students are divided into 3 skill groups. Of these 3 groups, the Deutsch+ Collège group follows the German curriculum and works with the same tools and materials as a German Gymnasium. Groups remain flexible, and students can change groups at the suggestion of the teaching staff, to enable them to progress at their own pace.
This group aims to prepare students to enter the French-German bi-national section (AbiBac) in seconde. The aim is to enhance students’ skills and knowledge of the language and culture of the partner country. Training in the bi-national section leads to the simultaneous award of the baccalauréat général and the Abitur, its German equivalent.
ABIBAC binational section
The AbiBac binational section is built around a genuine bicultural education. The program is jointly developed by France and Germany. Cultural activities and exchanges are organized. In addition to the curricula, they are designed to give students an in-depth knowledge of German culture. AbiBac allows you to prepare simultaneously for the French bac général and the German Abitur (Allgemeine Hochschulreife).
English
From the second year of kindergarten onwards, English is introduced into the school curriculum. Then, in elementary school, English-speaking students and those with a good level of English can join the American international section, where they will take Non-Linguistic Discipline (DNL) courses. From the start of the 2022 school year, the section will continue in junior high school and, in the future, in high school.
English + College
In addition, students with a good command of English are included in the program English + Collège program, which is reinforced by European Languages and Cultures (ELCE). This group aims to prepare students to enter the European English section in seconde.
English European section
The European section is aimed at motivated students with a good level of English expression, and helps develop the European openness and critical thinking skills of future European citizens. In this section, students benefit from DNL courses in history and geography in English, enabling them to develop their ability to think and exchange ideas, while learning about the culture of the country concerned. At the end of this course, students can obtain the “European English section” mention on their baccalauréat diploma.
American International Section (SIA)
The SIA is a linguistic and bicultural program set up by the French Ministry of Education in cooperation with the United States. Its distinctive feature is that it integrates into the French system instruction not only in the language, but also in American culture. Cultural activities and exchanges are organized to give students an in-depth knowledge of American culture.
Validation of the international option for the Diplôme national du Brevet (DNBi) and, later, the Baccalauréat français international (BFI), is based on specific assessments of American language and literature and the section’s non-linguistic subject (history-geography).
Our languages course
