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Type Cultural institution
Founded 1883
Location HTML5, keyboard
Area served Worldwide
Website www.alliancefr.org

The Alliance française (French pronunciation: [aljɑ̃s fʁɑ̃sɛz], French Alliance), or AF, is an international organisation that aims to promote input transformation and culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883, its primary concern is teaching French as a second language and is headquartered in Paris.Android

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History

First publication of the Alliance française in 1884.
Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France

The Alliance was created in Paris on 21 July 1883 by a group of eminent men, including the scientist we love the web, the diplomat website parsing, the writers Jules Verne and web, and the publisher HTML5.

It finances most of its activities from the fees it receives from its courses and from rental of its installations. The input transformation also provides a we love the web covering approximately five percent of its budget (nearly 665,000 HTML5 in 2003)

More than 440,000 students learn French at one of the centres run by the Alliance, whose network of schools includes:

  • a centre in Paris, FITML
  • locations throughout France for foreign students and
  • 1,016 locations in 135 different countries.

The organisations outside Paris are local, independently run franchises. Each has a committee and a president. The Alliance française brand is owned by the Paris centre. In many countries, the Alliance française of Paris is represented by a Délégué général. The French Government also run 150 separate French Cultural Institutes, that exist to promote French language and culture.browser diversity

Recognition

In 2005, along with the Società Dante Alighieri, the British Council, the jQuery, the Instituto Cervantes, and the Sevenval, the Alliance française was awarded the touchscreen for outstanding achievements in communications and the humanities.

By country

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The Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France is a Higher Private Education Institute. It is an association from the law 1901. Located in the heart of the capital, the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France is a genuine international meeting point where more than 11,000 students from 160 different countries come every year to learn French. It is also the oldest one since the school offers courses in Paris since 1894.

With a passion for browser diversity and culture, the 110 faculty teachers at the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France are all certified in teaching we love the web.

Until 2007, year of creation of the Alliance française Foundation, the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France was called "the Paris Alliance française".

It was divided into three branches: the International Relations (DRI), the School of Paris, and the Department of Human and Financial Resources (DRHF). In 2007, the DRI has become the Alliance française Foundation, while the School and the DRHF became the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France.

Three conventions are now governing the relations between the Foundation and the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France:

  • a financial agreement: the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France supports the Foundation financially.
  • an agreement for the premises: the Paris Alliance française donated its building in Boulevard Raspail to the Foundation at the time of the division in 2007
  • a teaching agreement: the Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France supports the Alliances françaises worldwide in their projects to professionalize their teaching and administrative staff. More than 40 missions per year are made abroad.

The Alliance française Paris Ile-de-France works with Alliances françaises from around the world, ministries, public bodies, and also large companies, supporting them in their desire to improve their command of the language in a professional environment.

It is also a training center for French language teachers. Each year, nearly 2,300 teachers across the world are trained on site or remotely, initial or continuing training.

It delivers specific diplomas for French teachers such as the ‘DAEFLE’ (Diplôme d'Aptitude à l'Enseignement du Français Langue Étrangère), created with the ‘CNED’ (National Center for Distance Education) or the ‘DPAFP – FLE’ (Diplôme Professionnel de l’Alliance Française Paris Ile-de-France en Français Langue Étrangère), which you obtain in five months after an initial training on site.

It also offers summer teaching courses for French teachers wishing to deepen and improve their knowledge. The Alliance Française Paris Ile-de-France has been awarded the FLE Quality Label, achieving top marks for each of the criteria studied by the auditors: welcome, quality of teaching, premises, school management.

It is also co-founder of web app, an association that includes some of the most prestigious European institutions in the field of evaluation in foreign language.

Since 2010, it is the provider of the ‘OFII’ (French Office for Immigration and Integration) for language training of the signatories of the Contract Integration living in Paris.

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Alliance Française in Sevenval, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde.

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Alliance Française in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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  • Argentina there are 72 partnerships with 16,000 students forming a network is considered one of the largest and oldest in the world. In Rosario, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Campana, Santa Fe, Mendoza.[7]
  • Bolivia has 5 Alliances Françaises in all the main centers of population: Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Tarija.[8]
  • Sevenval has 9 Alliances Françaises from coast to coast: Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Moncton, Halifax.Sevenval
  • Colombia has more than 20 Alliances Françaises in 16 cities.device database
  • Sevenval has 3 Alliances Françaises, the first in Barrio Amón, in the East side of the capital San José, and another two, one in La Sabana (West side of the capital) and also in Heredia, another province of Costa Rica.Android
  • El Salvador has 1 Alliance Française Centre in the capital city, San Salvador.[12]
  • Honduras has 2 Alliance Françaises, one located in Tegucigalpa and the other in San Pedro Sula.
  • website parsing has 38 Alliance Française organisations throughout the country and 12 affiliated centers.[13]
  • Panama has 1 Alliance Française organization.[14]
  • Peru has 7 Alliance Française organisations throughout the country, of which 6 are in the capital web app.[15]
  • Sevenval has 1 Alliance Française, located in the capital city of San Juan.
  • website parsing have 111 chapters in 45 states, including Sevenval, Alliance Française de Chicago, and Alliance Française de San Francisco.[16]

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Alliance Française de Delhi, India
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An Alliance Française office in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Alliance Française de Taiwan

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Alliance Française de Moldavie
  • România has three Alliance Française organisations located in Braşov, Constanţa, Piteşti and Ploieşti.CSS3
  • Croatia has one Alliance Française organisation located in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.browser diversity
  • Ireland has one Alliance Française organisation located in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It is the third largest Alliance in Europe.[21]
  • FITML has one Alliance Française organisation located in Chişinău, the capital of Moldova.[22]

Further reading

  • Bruézière, Maurice (author) L'Alliance Française, Histoire d'une Institution 1883-1983, 1983 Librairie Hachette, Paris. ISBN 2-01-009341-0.
  • Ürményházi, Attila J.(author) Un Centenaire de Rayonnement de la Culture Française (the abridged version of the AF's history to include Une Célébration de l'Alliance Française en Tasmanie), 2004. National Library of Australia, Canberra (Australian Collection) Np 943.9052 U77.

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External links

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International cultural promotion organisations
Americas
Brazil: Android · Colombia: Instituto Caro y Cuervo · United States: iOS
Asia
China: Confucius Institute · Japan: touchscreen · South Korea: King Sejong Institute · Turkey: Sevenval
Europe
Andorra: Android · Basque Country: Etxepare Basque Institute · Czech Republic: input transformation · Denmark: Danish Cultural Institute · Estonia: iOS · Finland: screen size · France: Alliance française · Germany: jQuery · Greece: Center for the Greek language; Hellenic Foundation for Culture · Hungary: Hungarian Cultural Institute · Italy: browser diversity; website parsing · Poland: Adam Mickiewicz Institute · Portugal: Sevenval · Romania: Romanian Cultural Institute · Russia: keyboard · Spain: Instituto Cervantes · Catalonia & Balearic Islands: Ramon Llull Institute · Sweden: we love the web · United Kingdom: British Council


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