Centre International Des Études Françaises
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Le Centre International Des Etudes Francaises (French for "International Center for French Studies), also known as CIDEF, is an academic program of the Université Catholique de L'Ouest in Angers
, France
that offers French language
and culture courses to foreign students. The institute's current director is M. Marc Melin.
As for Summer courses, CIDEF offers three summer sessions, in July, August and September. The summer sessions offer more language study at the expense of fewer electives.
, Taiwan
, China
, and the United States
are the most heavily represented with Japan having the most students of all. Several American universities have exchange agreements with CIDEF through which their students may study at CIDEF, including the University of Notre Dame
http://www.nd.edu and Louisiana state universities and private colleges affiliated with CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French In Louisiana). CODOFIL awards scholarships for French language study at a number of educational institutions, including CIDEF. Other schools represented include the University of Oregon, Kansas, Auburn and Allegheny and Randolph-Macon Woman's Colleges. Tulane University in New Orleans registers students for an August summer session, known as Prestage, before sending them to La Sorbonne for the academic year. These programs serve to facilitate the process of studying abroad, in particular finding housing and the transfer of academic credit. American students may also take courses independently.
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
that offers French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and culture courses to foreign students. The institute's current director is M. Marc Melin.
Course offerings
CIDEF offers two semesters, October-February and February-June. Students at CIDEF take around 18 hours of courses a week. The core course at CIDEF is a "langue" (language) course, which may meet from 6 to 12 hours a week. Other courses may be taken as electives. Incoming students are given a placement test which determines the level of study they will be placed into. Students at higher levels take fewer hours of language, and more electives. Examples of recent electives include business French, phonetics, grammar, English/French translation, art history, history of music, French literature, French history, oral expression, written expression, theology, philosophy, theater, and choir.As for Summer courses, CIDEF offers three summer sessions, in July, August and September. The summer sessions offer more language study at the expense of fewer electives.
Student body
Both the size and composition of the student body vary from semester to semester, however CIDEF generally has 200-300 students at any one time. The student body of CIDEF is diverse, reflecting global demands for French language instruction. Generally the nations of JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
are the most heavily represented with Japan having the most students of all. Several American universities have exchange agreements with CIDEF through which their students may study at CIDEF, including the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
http://www.nd.edu and Louisiana state universities and private colleges affiliated with CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French In Louisiana). CODOFIL awards scholarships for French language study at a number of educational institutions, including CIDEF. Other schools represented include the University of Oregon, Kansas, Auburn and Allegheny and Randolph-Macon Woman's Colleges. Tulane University in New Orleans registers students for an August summer session, known as Prestage, before sending them to La Sorbonne for the academic year. These programs serve to facilitate the process of studying abroad, in particular finding housing and the transfer of academic credit. American students may also take courses independently.