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Alliance Française

Founders	Louis Pasteur, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Jules Verne, Ernest Renan, Armand Colin
Type	Cultural institution
Founded	1883
Headquarters	Paris, France
Area served	Worldwide
Website	www.alliancefr.org/

An Alliance Française office in Astana, Kazakhstan

The Alliance Française (AF) is an organisation whose mission is to promote French language and culture outside France. Its primary concern is teaching French as a second language. It is headquartered in the French capital of Paris.

The Alliance was created in Paris on 21 July 1883 by a group of eminent men, including the scientist Louis Pasteur, the diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, the writers Jules Verne and Ernest Renan, and the publisher Armand Colin.

It finances most of its activities from the fees it receives from its courses and from rental of its installations. The French government also provides a subsidy covering approximately five percent of its budget (nearly €665,000 in 2003)

More than 440,000 students learn French at one of the centres run by the Alliance, whose network of schools includes:

a centre in Paris,
locations throughout France for foreign students and
1071 locations in 133 different countries.

The organisations outside Paris are local, independently-run franchises. Each has a committee and a president. The Alliance française brand is owned by the Paris centre. In many countries, the Alliance française of Paris is represented by a Délégué général.

1 Certificates and diplomas
2 Recognition
3 Franchises
4 See also
5 Further reading
6 External links

Certificates and diplomas

The Alliance Francaise also offers certification in French, with its own series of certificates and diplomas.

Certificat d'Études de Français Pratique 1 (CEFP 1): Level 1 at ALTE and level A2 at the CEFR
Certificat d'Études de Français Pratique 2 (CEFP 2): Level 2 at ALTE and level B1 at the CEFR
Diplôme de Langue (DL): Level 3 at ALTE and level B2 at the CEFR
Diplôme Supérieur - Langue et Culture Françaises (DSLCF): Level 4 at ALTE and level C1 at the CEFR
Diplôme de Hautes Études Françaises (DHEF): Level 5 at ALTE and level C2 at the CEFR

Individual locations also may offer testing sessions for diplomas and exams from other organizations (i.e. DELF, DALF, TCF and TEF).

Recognition

In 2005, along with the Società Dante Alighieri, the British Council, the Goethe-Institut, the Instituto Cervantes and the Instituto Camões, the Alliance française was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for outstanding achievements in communications and the humanities.

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Contents

Certificates and diplomas

Recognition

Franchises

See also

Further reading

External links