L'école en France (la culture)

L'école en France (la culture)

by Elizabeth Oliva

​L'ecole en France

​Lets talk about how schools work in France...

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​You'll notice a lot of similarities and a lot of differences as well

Open Ended

You should have first looked at the google doc "Le Calendrier Scolaire en France 2018"  what did you notice about the French school calendar?  What stood out to you?  What was similar / different?

​Some take aways...

​French school year starts in early September and ends the first week in July.

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​The have a "fall break", "Christmas break", "February break" and a "Spring break" each is usually about 2 weeks long.

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​The country is divided into 3 different Zones so that everyone isn't off of school at the same time

Multiple Choice

If I were in school in France right now I would be in...

• l'ecole maternelle

• l'ecole elementaire

• le college

• le lycee

Multiple Choice

The final year of high school is called:

• le douzieme

• terminale

• CM2

• Grande section

Multiple Choice

In order to go on to university, a French teenager must pass the...

• Bac

• Brevet

​Le lycee

​When in French high school, you have to choose which "track" you wish to follow:

​1 scientifique (sciences) (S); sciences économiques et sociales

(economics and social sciences) (ES) ; littéraire (literature) (L)

​2. Students choose based on their interests and what direction they wish to pursue. If a student is undecided, they tend to pick the science track as it will look better for university.

​School schedule

​Students are required to take a wide variety of classes from middle & high schools

​* students start with 1 foreign language in middle school and add in a 2nd when in high school

​* Students will take classes in science, math, language, litterature, philosophy, economics etc.

​* in middle school, students have off on Wednesdays (often a time for clubs, sports etc.)

​* as high school progresses, students begin to add in courses on Wednesday mornings & by terminale year they will have school Saturday mornings as well

Poll

Which school schedule do you like better? 

• U.S.A

• France

Open Ended

What is 1 thing you find interesting about school in France from what we have looked at so far?

Poll

If you were in a French High School, which track would you follow?

• Scientifique

• Sciences economiques et sociales

• litteraire 

​High School schedule

​The second page of the google doc had a real image of a French high school student's schedule.

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​You should have noticed some BIG differences:

​1. They don't have the same classes every day of the week

​2. Some classes will be 2 - 3 times a week, others 1 or 2

​3. Classes can be 1 - 2 hours long

​4. They can have the class at one time one day of the week and at another time on another day of the week

Poll

Would you like the French high school daily schedule? 

• Yes

• No