MA in Teaching French as a Foreign Language

The Master’s programme Didactics of French as a Foreign Language (FLE) offers training main objective of which is the acquisition of the following competences: a) academic knowledge in didactics of FLE (theoretical approaches and current methodologies); b) professional knowledge concerning the teaching of French (practices, experience in the school environment) and c) principles of management in education. The programme therefore offers training that provides both essential tools for the analysis of teaching situations and practical tools that enable intervention in professional sectors related to the teaching process.

The Master’s Programme in the Didactics of French as a Foreign Language is aimed at practising teachers of French as a foreign language in the public and private sectors in Cyprus or elsewhere, who wish to acquire greater specialisation, but also at future teachers or specialists in the field of French as a foreign language who wish to work in Cyprus or elsewhere. It is also intended for graduates of French studies from the University of Cyprus or holders of other French degrees, or holders of other departments of the University of Cyprus or other Cypriot or foreign universities wishing to acquire a specialisation in the teaching of French as a foreign language combined with expertise in educational management and administration.

From an academic point of view, the programme aims to support graduates of French Language and Literature, or other degree holders from the French-speaking world, according to the current requirements of teaching French as a Foreign Language and the modern labour market in Cyprus and outside Cyprus. More specifically, it offers in-depth training, lasting three semesters (4 courses from the Department of French and European Studies + 2 courses from the Department of Educational Sciences and/or the Department of Psychology + dissertation or internship), which provides both the necessary tools for analysis of learning situations and practical tools for intervention in professional fields related to the didactic process. This programme trains:

• teachers of French as a foreign language
• directors of French or foreign public schools
• directors of language centres and private language institutes
• inspectors of French as a foreign language
• specialised trainers from pedagogical institutes
• French-speaking cultural attachés
• French-language textbook authors
• advisors and attachés in the field of language services
• Francophone advisors and programme officers
• advisors and specialists in Francophonie issues, involved in the Francophone world
• specialist advisors on multilingualism issues
• Francophone curriculum developers
• French as a Foreign Language trainers
• inspectors general of foreign languages
• advisers and attachés in planning and language policy offices
• web-based teachers/trainers
• teachers/trainers of training programmes

Read here the testimonies of former students of the Master Didactique du Français langue étrangère.

Download here the Prospectus of Postgraduate Studies: In Greek – in English