Certification Criteria

The scope of the certification covers French language training, with the exception of teacher and trainer training courses, and a range of peripheral services surrounding the provision of French as foreign language classes, such as hosting facilities, premises, equipment and management.

The framework

The certification is awarded in accordance with a framework based on the following five aspects:

FAQ Pro

Who assesses the candidate centre?

The centre is assessed by two auditors recruited based on a series of criteria and trained to auditing by the CIEP.

How do the auditors work?

Tools

All of the tools required for certification were developed by a scientific committee under the guidance of Claude Le Ninan, a senior lecturer at the Centre of Applied Linguistics (CLA) at the University of Franche Comté, in 2005-2006.

Costs

As a public administrative body, the CIEP has been entrusted by the State with the task of operating the Qualité français langue étrangère certification. As such, it is responsible for the following:

Stages of certification

The processes and procedures involved in the Qualité français langue étrangère certification scheme were developed by a scientific committee in the framework of continuous dialogue with the Advisory Council. They take into account both international standards and the context surrounding French language centres and have been validated by the Interministerial Certification Committee.

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