REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION VII, CENTRAL VISAYAS
Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
REGIONAL MEMORANDUM JUL 0 1
No. 396 . s. 2013
French Volunteer Teachers Program
To: Schools Division/City Superintendents/Officers-
In-Charge of:
Cebu Province Mandaue City Toledo City
Lapu-Lapu City Tagbilaran City
Attention : Division Language Coordinators, School Heads,
and Teachers of the Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL)-French of:
1. Lapu-Lapu STEC HS
2. Mandaue City Science HS
3. Minglanilla National Science HS
4. Guindaruhan NHS
5. Toledo City Science HS
6. Tagbilaran City Science HS
7. Medellin Science High School
1. This is with reference to a series of emailed
communications from the Linguistic Attache of French Embassy, Mr. Beord Thery, from May 31- June 26, 2013
which pertains to the French Volunteer Teachers Program which was launched for the first time
in the Philippines by the Embassy of France in 2012. After the success of the linguistic and cultural
missions of the French volunteer teachers from July to August 2012, the Embassy of France to the Philippines is
pleased to announce that these missions are renewed in 20 13.
2. The objectives/ targets of the program are to:
• offer a lucid teaching of French language to Filipino
teachers and students in the form of courses or workshops downsized/ reduced;
• deliver foreign language education based on authentic
materials;
• focus on the verbal aspect to take phonetic advantage of
the presence of a native teacher;
• offer the possibility to get one-on-one lessons; and
• provide opportunities for the exchange of ideas, methods,
and even materials.