French language teacher training
The Institut français d’Ecosse offers onsite courses to support French language teachers in primary schools across Scotland.
How Can We Make French Grammar Less Complex?
Our students often say that French grammar is too complicated, and sometimes, they give up.
Yet, grammar plays a key role in learning French as a foreign language, and there are many ways to teach it. Between the strictness of prescriptive (or traditional) grammar, the communicative approach focused on usage, phraseological grammar based on authentic expressions, and the task-based and inductive approach that builds knowledge from context—how can we navigate these different methodologies?
This presentation invites us to take a step back to better understand these various approaches, their principles, strengths, and limitations. Through concrete and practical examples, we will explore how these different types of grammar can complement each other to enhance both the learning and teaching of French.
Sébastien DeVreese obtained a business school degree from ESCIP, followed by a master’s in communication at the Universitat de Barcelona. He began his career in the marketing departments of major companies based in the Netherlands, Mexico, and Spain. In 2021, he also earned a Master’s degree (M2) in Francophonie, Multilingualism, and Intercultural Mediation from the Université de Bretagne-Sud.
Passionate about interculturality, the Francophonie, and the transmission of the French language, Sébastien DeVreese became a French as a Foreign Language (FLE) teacher and a DELF-DALF examiner at the Institut français of Turkey in Istanbul. He later joined the teams of the Alliance Française and the Institut Français of Spain in Madrid.
In 2018, he joined our team as an educational and sales representative, with the mission of offering tailored solutions to teachers’ needs and leading reflection workshops as a trainer.
Since 2023, he has been the Pedagogical Consultant for the French cultural network (Alliances Françaises and Instituts Français) at Éditions Maison des Langues.
Date: June, Tuesday 24
Times: 10am-12pm
Language : English
Audience: French language teachers from all settings