French Language of Integration (FLI) for Migrants

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[...] This aspect of the FLI joins a bit the study proposed by Mourlhon-Dallies, which explains in his thesis Teaching a language for professional purposes, We must focus on four sectors: computer science, tourism, health, and construction. Therefore, it is necessary to teach migrants a language adapted to work in this type of structure and thus promote their professional integration. Teaching is correlated with the demand of employers who must participate in this process and determine the points to be taught (lexicon, grammar, phonetics, general and professional culture). [...]

[...] Thus, the term FLE (French as a Foreign Language) has imposed itself and made it possible to teach French as a second language to migrants. The problem with this term is that it does not take into account the political reality, which is that French is dominant in France, and it is also dominant in the common uses of the overwhelming majority of individuals, including some migrants who arrive in France, for example, and initially live with their family, who speak only French. [...]

[...] It is a matter of internal borders, socio-economic and their overcoming (or not) will depend on the inclusion of migrants in society. It is these issues that are taken into account by those who thought of the FLI: these people who arrive in France have the purpose of living in France in the long term, or even definitively. As a result, their relationships with French society are very different from those of foreign students who are passing through and expatriates. [...]

[...] Manço (dir.), Appropriation of French by migrants, Editions de l'Harmattan, coll. [...]

[...] Finally, the FLI also allows for civic integration, enabling migrants to learn about the values that are important in France. Europe was built on democracy, but France is marked by differences, particularly in the relationship between religious worship and the state. Political integration within French society cannot be achieved without learning a set of fundamental principles, such as freedom of expression, the right to private life, the right to practice one's chosen religion, and the obligation to pay taxes. Finally and above all, the principle of secularism, which is not always in place in countries outside of Europe where religion impacts the state sphere. [...]