SERVICE DE L’ENSEIGNEMENT DU PORTUGAIS (COORDENACÃO DO ENSINO)

The Coordination de l'Enseignement du Portugais à Paris is one of the 11 teaching coordinations of the EPE (Enseignement du Portugais à l'Étranger) network of Camões, Institut de la Coopération et de la Langue. It is responsible for coordinating the activities of teachers of Portuguese language and culture abroad, promoting interaction between the different levels and modalities of teaching, and fostering the teaching of Portuguese as a non-native and foreign language in educational programs and systems. Portuguese is taught in French elementary school by teachers appointed by the Camões I.P. This teaching can take place as part of the pupils' school curriculum (ELVE - enseignement de langue vivante étrangère) or outside school hours (EILE - enseignement international de langue étrangère). In middle and high schools, Portuguese is taught by the French Ministry of Education, in accordance with the educational cooperation protocol signed in 2006 between the French and Portuguese Ministries of Education. In addition to this teaching, the French education system also offers Portuguese international sections in certain schools, where a complementary Portuguese curriculum is taught from the first year of primary school through to the final year of secondary school. These sections offer excellent teaching, opening up wider prospects for students, both in terms of multiculturalism and the acquisition of linguistic and cultural skills. Teachers of Portuguese language and literature are placed by Camões I.P. Finally, Portuguese is also taught in several French universities, with the support of Camões I.P. through agreements signed with these establishments. Courses in Portuguese as a foreign language are also offered to adults by the Centre Culturel Camões, I.P. in Paris.