Students schooled abroad
What changes, what does not
Holidays at French schools abroad do not always coincide with those in France, and revision periods fall at the wrong moment.
My answer
We work to your school's actual calendar. Sessions carry on through the French holidays if the school is open, and stop when it is closed.
Abroad, finding a French teacher who specialises in the bac papers is often a matter of luck, and local rates are sometimes higher than in France.
My answer
Video removes the geographical constraint. You have access to a doctor of French literature who sits on the oral examination panel, wherever you are.
A posting, a move, and your child joins a class mid-year that has already covered two works from the syllabus.
My answer
The initial assessment identifies exactly what is missing. We catch up on the works not yet studied, without redoing what is already secure.
Slots offered from France often fall in the middle of the school day, or too late in the evening.
My answer
For the Gulf, sessions are set for the late afternoon or early evening local time — the afternoon in France. The slot is fixed once and for all.
By city
Émirats arabes unis
Trois lycées français, un même examen, et deux heures de décalage.
See the pageÉmirats arabes unis
Deux grands établissements, et un examen qui ne s’adapte à personne.
See the pageQatar
Une heure de décalage seulement, et le même examen qu’à Paris.
See the pageArabie saoudite
Un réseau plus petit, et donc moins de recours sur place.
See the pageWhere my students are
Paris · Lyon · Marseille · Bordeaux · Lille · Toulouse
Same time zone
Dubaï · Abou Dabi · Charjah
2 à 3 heures d’avance
Doha
1 to 2 hours ahead
Riyadh · Jeddah · Dammam
1 to 2 hours ahead
Kuwait City
1 to 2 hours ahead
Manama
1 to 2 hours ahead
Muscat
2 hours ahead
Casablanca · Rabat · Marrakesh
1 to 2 hours behind
This list is in no way exhaustive. If your city has a French school, or if your child is sitting the exam as an external candidate from abroad, write to me: we will find a slot.
Students sitting the exam as external candidates face a constraint the others do not: they must put together their own list of texts and choose their set work for the interview, without the framework of a class and without a teacher to arbitrate.
It is work I know well. We tackle it from the very first sessions, because everything else depends on it: the texts chosen must stand up at the oral, hold together, and match the syllabus objects of study.
Your questions
It is a large part of what I do, and it presents no difficulty. For families in the Gulf, sessions fall naturally in the late afternoon or early evening local time, which is the afternoon in France. The slot is fixed once at the start of the year and does not move, including during French school holidays, which do not always match those of French lycées abroad.
Yes. These students have a particular need: they must assemble their own list of texts and choose the work for the interview, without the framework of a class. It is work I know well, and we begin it from the very start.
Premier échange
Write to me and tell me your city: I will suggest two slots that fit your child's school hours, and we will talk it over for thirty minutes, free of charge.
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