L'enseignement secondaire en France

L'enseignement secondaire en France

Multiple Choice

Which expression is used by students to describe their school day?

• métro, boulot, dodo

• dodo, métro, boulot

• boulot, métro, dodo

Secondary education in France

• le collège = middle school (4 years)

• le lycée = high school (3 years)

National Education system

• France has a national education system

• All students in the country are learning the same thing at the same time. using similar texts and taking similar exams

Student schedule

• Students spend up to 10 hours a day in school

• The school day can start as early as 8:00am and end as late as 6:00pm

• French students do not have the same class schedule every day

• French students finish school by noon on Wednesdays to study/do homework/participate in extracurricular activities

Multiple Choice

What is the name for middle school in France?

• le lycée

• le collège

Multiple Choice

France has a national education system.

• vrai (true)

• faux (false)

Multiple Choice

French students have the same class schedule every day.

• vrai (true)

• faux (false)

Multiple Choice

On which day do students end at noon?

• Monday

• Friday

• Wednesday

Language Education

• French students begin learning their first foreign language in sixième (5th grade in the US)

• English is most commonly the first language they learn

• German, Spanish and Italian are very popular languages to study in middle and high school

• French students graduate high school being fluent in 3 or more languages

Le brevet des collèges

• This is the first major national exam students take

• This exam is taken at the end of le collège (middle school)

• If a French student does not pass this exam they cannot go on to high school

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Le lycée (high school)

• French students are in high school for 3 years

• seconde (1st year)

• première (2nd year)

• terminale (3rd year)

• Students choose a major to study while in high school

Le bac

• This is the exam that French students take to pass high school

• It is taken in two parts

• In their première year they take the exam about French (langauge/culture/history)

• In their terminale year they take the exam that focuses on the major they chose

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Multiple Choice

Which second language do French students typically study first?

• German

• Spanish

• Italian

• English

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the national exam that French students take at the end of le collège?

• le brevet des collèges

• le bac

Multiple Choice

Le lycée is the name for high school in French

• vrai (true)

• faux (false)

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the national exam that French students take at the end of high school?

• le brevet des collèges

• le bac

Classrooms in France

• sparsely decorated

• students sit at tables instead of desks

• formal relationship between teacher and student

Grading System

• Students are graded on a 20 point system

• 10/20 is passing

• 18/20 = excellent

• 12/20 = good

Meal times at school

• French students get an hour for lunch every day

• French middle and high schools have la cantine or la caféteria where students can purchase lunch

• French middle and high school students can leave the school campus for lunch (café, home, fast-food)

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Un goûter

• un goûter = a snack

• French students typically stop at a sidewalk stand or café after their classes are over for a snack before dinner

• goûter = to taste; un goûter = a little taste

Extracurricular activities

• French high schools do not have sports/clubs/activities associated with them

• Students can play a sport with a local club, attend music/art lessons. and do hobbies on their free time

Multiple Choice

What is the lowest score a French student can receive and still pass?

• 12/20

• 10/20

• 15/20

Multiple Choice

A French student can leave the school campus for lunch.

• vrai (true)

• faux (false)

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the snack French students have after their classes?

• un croque monsieur

• un snack

• un goûter