Module for the Accelerated Initial Training of Primary Teachers: Didactics of French
- Written for trainers of future fundamental school teachers, with 72 hours of study across five themes.
- Oral comprehension, reading and writing take 15 hours each, and the French lesson sequence and French in other subjects 6 hours each.
- French teaching starts in the first year of fundamental school alongside Creole, and trainees are to build on pupils' Creole skills.
- Aims at a communicative approach to French as a second language for the first two cycles.
- Prepared under the Education for All project 2008 to 2014 and revised in 2014 for CIEP and FONHEP.
This 210-page module prepares future primary teachers to teach French as a second language. It was written by Lecksly Lamy, Marie Dafné Gilet and Jean François Max-Antoine under the Education for All project (2008 to 2014), coordinated by Norbert Stimphil and others, supervised by the DFP, and reviewed in 2014 for CIEP and FONHEP. It notes that French teaching starts in the first year of fundamental school alongside Creole, and aims to build a communicative approach for the first two cycles. The module opens with role plays for trainees. It sets five study themes totaling 72 hours: oral comprehension (15 hours), reading (15), writing (15), the French lesson sequence (6) and French in other subjects (6).
How to cite
Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), 2015, Module for the Accelerated Initial Training of Primary Teachers: Didactics of French, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/menfp-fia-modules-didactique-francais