Licence 3 Français Langue Étrangère (FLE) - Distance Learning at Le Mans Université

A distance-learning licence pathway completing a curriculum with French as a foreign language (FLE) for holders of a relevant degree. The department of Modern Literature teaches FLE didactics at third-year level, preparing for careers as a teacher or facilitator in FLE; the pathway can be decisive for language assistant posts. Exams require travel to the Le Mans campus.

Faculty: UFR Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines  |  Duration: 1 year (third year)  |  Study mode: online (French)  |  Location: Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France

What you will study

Four compulsory modules: Didactics 1 (history of language teaching methodologies, seen from France), Didactics 2 (designing an FLE course: content and approaches), theoretical and practical learning of an unknown language with a learning portfolio, and an introduction module.

Career pathways

Graduates can become teachers or facilitators of French as a foreign language and language assistants, working in France (private companies, teaching migrants, associations) and abroad in French institutions such as lycées and Alliances Françaises. It leads to the Master 1 Didactique des Langues.

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