French Section - Secondary - Specificity of Chinese language teaching

New structure of the Oriental Section at the FIS since 2011

The Oriental Section in FIS begins from 4^ème. This Section is open to students who have been learning Chinese since 6^ème.
In 4^ème and 3^ème, students in the Oriental Section will have four hours of language lessons and one hour of civilisation (calligraphy, IT applied to Chinese and introduction to the History of China) weekly.
In Seconde, Première and Terminale, there will be 3 hours of language and 2 hours of DNL (Discipline Non Linguistique/ non-linguistic subject) on the history and geography of China in Chinese.
The DNL is evaluated through a specific oral test in the French baccalaureate examination.
If the student passes the French baccalaureate examination, obtains at least 12 points in the compulsory Chinese exam and at least 10 points in the DNL oral exam, he/ she will receive the baccalaureate diploma with a 'Mention Orientale’.

The document "Chinese language teaching at FIS" (French section only) presented to parents during the meeting on 10th November 2011 is available here (only in French).