Basseterre: St. Kitts, Wednesday, February 27, 2025: Ten secondary school French teachers assembled at the St. Christopher Air and Sea Port Authority Conference Room on Tuesday, February 25, to engage in a virtual training session on Diploma of French Language / Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) and Advanced French Studies Diploma / Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF).
Director of the Curriculum Development Unit (CDU) Mrs. Amanda Edmead shared the reasons for the training sessions and revealed that the Federation is on the verge of reintroducing the DELF programme to students by September 2025.
“Today is the start of a three-day training session for selected teachers from St. Kitts and Nevis to be trained as DELF Assessors. DELF is an examination that is done through the Alliance Française through the Republic of France. Once the programme begins in the Federation, we will need assessors to help conduct the examinations. The training allows the assessors to conduct the assessment. For the assessment to take place there will need to be at least two assessors for each centre,” she said
Mrs. Edmead while noting that the Federation has recently become a member of the Francophone group added, “This training provides our teachers with improved skills to assist them in gaining a certain level of certification in the DELF Programme. This is one way for us to help to bring more life and more interest in the French Language as there is a decline in the number of students who are pursuing French significantly over the years.”
Acknowledging the importance of DELF to students Mr. Dwight Berridge, Language Coordinator, CDU, expressed, “The DELF is very important because the competencies that are being tested -reading, speaking, listening, and writing- are internationally recognized. A certification in DELF is very important for our students.”
The three-day training session concludes on Thursday, February 27.
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