{"id":100336,"date":"2025-11-18T13:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/?page_id=100336"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T12:55:15","slug":"ecole-bilingue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/en\/ecole-bilingue\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual school"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section section_has_divider et_pb_top_divider et_pb_bottom_divider\"><div class=\"et_pb_top_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-heading--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h2 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Our vision of bilingualism<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-image--default\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8923263-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8923263-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8923263-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8923263-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/jeannebarret.school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-mikhail-nilov-8923263-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-100636\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h4 data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"630\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bilingualism at the heart of our educational project<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"630\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">At school, bilingualism is not just a skill: it is a valuable asset, opening up the world and offering tremendous benefits for children's futures.<br data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"365\" \/>Located in Mauritius, where several languages coexist on a daily basis, we have chosen to make bilingualism a cornerstone of our educational project. Learning to communicate in French and English fully reflects the cultural and linguistic reality of our island.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"683\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"683\">A dual programme for a dual culture<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"944\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our establishment follows the <strong data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"735\">French curriculum<\/strong>, renowned for the strength of its teaching and the richness of its general education. Its varied, demanding and structured content provides pupils with a solid academic foundation and a broad view of the world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1205\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, we have chosen to adopt the <strong data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1021\">MIE programme<\/strong> for learning English. This programme, designed to suit the Mauritian context, enables pupils to learn English in a progressive, lively and contextualised manner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1414\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">This means that our pupils benefit from the best of both approaches:<br data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1272\" \/>\u2013 the rigour and cultural richness of the French curriculum;<br data-start=\"1334\" data-end=\"1337\" \/>\u2013 daily immersion in modern, masterful and authentic English.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1460\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1460\">A truly bilingual environment<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1602\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">At our school, bilingualism is not limited to one hour of class time. It is experienced, shared and embodied in every moment of the day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1936\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pupils and teachers evolve in a <strong data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1675\">multilingual context<\/strong>, where everyone naturally hears each other's language, understands its meaning, becomes familiar with it, and sometimes dares to venture into speaking a language that is not yet their own.<br data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1849\" \/>It is in these small moments of everyday life that the greatest lessons are learned.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Experience languages every day<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1988\" data-end=\"2255\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are convinced that a language cannot be learned solely in the classroom, sitting at a desk.<br data-start=\"2083\" data-end=\"2086\" \/>It is learned through playing, cooperating, asking for help, sharing a meal, and working on a joint project.<br data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2213\" \/>In other words: by <strong data-start=\"2235\" data-end=\"2254\">living together<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2257\" data-end=\"2446\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Young and old learn side by side, absorbing each other's words, developing comprehension strategies, daring to express themselves, trying, making mistakes, starting over... and progressing.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2448\" data-end=\"2476\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong data-start=\"2452\" data-end=\"2476\">An asset for life<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2478\" data-end=\"2789\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mastering two languages \u2014 or more \u2014 opens doors, builds self-confidence, facilitates learning and prepares children for an increasingly interconnected world.<br data-start=\"2659\" data-end=\"2662\" \/>In a society where exchanges, professions and cultures regularly intersect, being bilingual is a valuable asset.<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:divi\/placeholder \/--><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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