AF FRAMES
Our commitment to quality
L'Alliance Française de Washington participates in the AF FRAMES project, which stands for Alliance Française French-American Educational Standards.
It is adapted from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF), a practical tool setting standards to be obtained at successive stages of learning languages.
The CEF has been implemented in many European countries, at a number of American universities, locally in some US school districts and also within a few other European Language Institutes such as the Goethe Institute, the Istituto Culturale Italiano, etc.
AF FRAMES seek to adapt its philosophy and components to the American context and specificities.
What does it mean for your Alliance Française?
In participating in the AF FRAMES project, l'Alliance Française de Washington clearly states its commitment to pedagogical excellence. Our first step towards this implementation was the adoption over the summer of the new method Alter Ego, written by Alliance Française Paris teachers.
What does it mean for you as a student of the Alliance Française?
- It provides the Alliance Française with an even better understanding of your needs;
- AF Frames provides you with clear learning objectives, as described in the CEF global scale;
- AF Frames guarantees a standardized evaluation;
- It offers you official documentation and thus, greater “portability” of your achievements, though the portfolio included with Alter Ego.
Overall, you get the guarantee that you have enrolled in a school which dedicates a great deal of its resources and time to upgrading and ensuring the quality of its teaching.