Language Learning

Secondary students can choose, from the 6th grade, to join the British international section , with the prospect of presenting the Diplôme National du Brevet then a baccalaureate (French) enriched with an international option (OIB).

Students in the British International Section (SIB) then follow, a specific program of 6 hours of weekly teaching in English:

• • 4 hours of English Language and Literature
  • 2 hours of history-geography in English.

These 6 hours of “OIB” option are added to the 3 weekly hours of English of the current program. So that in the end, the students of the “OIB” section do more than 30% of their secondary education in English.

The international section obviously allows intense and high-level practice of the English language and an enhancement , for our English-speaking students, of their linguistic skills. Beyond this linguistic dimension, it offers a real bicultural approach and an opening towards a different linguistic, cultural, historical and geographical era (in this case Anglophone). SIB students are also invited, through a more in-depth study of the two subjects concerned, to acquire a greater mastery of certain skills .(oral presentation, critical analysis, mastery of specialized lexicons, writing) and to develop new ones (writing essays, rapid passage from one language to another).

This international option represents a considerable advantage for students who wish to pursue studies in France (where the excellence of the OIB baccalaureate is widely recognized) or in the English-speaking world where the linguistic and methodological skills acquired in SIB facilitate integration into the world. university (the OIB baccalaureate is, on the other hand, recognized as being equivalent to British A-levels and thus gives direct access to universities in the United Kingdom).

Multilingualism is at the heart of our ambitions. The Lycée is also the only establishment in Nairobi that allows its students to simultaneously acquire fluency in two major international languages.

Non-French-speaking pupils are generally accepted until the age of 7. Immersed in a French-speaking environment, they also benefit from a support system led by teachers dedicated to learning French. This specific support, which favors a playful approach to the language, helps young children to acquire the level required for the continuation of their school course.

It should be noted that lessons in French are exclusively carried out by French or native French-speaking teachers.

The Lycée is not just a French-speaking school: it allows each student to acquire an excellent command of English  :

• • In kindergarten, then in elementary school , 30% of school time is in English (EMILE system). In elementary school, 3 hours a week are also dedicated specifically to learning English;
  • In secondary school , students benefit from reinforced teaching, adapted to their actual level.

English lessons, at all levels, are taught by native English-speaking teachers and are provided by skill groups . This makes it possible to offer beginner children the specific attention they require, and to encourage, conversely, already bilingual children to improve their command of the English language.

Finally, in secondary school, the British international section allows pupils who take part in it to benefit from 6 additional hours of weekly teaching in English.

From the 5th, the school provides teaching of a 3rd living language (Spanish or German) and offers in extracurricular activity (APS) the learning of Mandarin.

The Lycée allows its students to certify their language level, within the establishment itself:

• • In French , students can take the DELF (diplôme d’études en langue française). It is valid for life and internationally recognized.
  • In English , the school issues Cambridge English Language Assessment accreditations . Designed especially for students according to their level, Cambridge diplomas are internationally recognized by universities, major schools and employers.
  • In Spanish , high school students can present the diplomas of the Cervantes Institute (DELE), and in German those of the Goethe-Institut.