Learn Occitan

• The Francis Garnier nursery school and the Marie de Sévigné elementary school provide bilingual French/Occitan teaching, with equal hours in the timetable.
• Occitan lessons are also taught 45 minutes a week at the écoles Anatole France, Alphonse Daudet, Olympe de Gouges and Jules Simon.

Learning another language presents a variety of opportunities for a child:

• Access to a bi-plurilingual education from an early age,
• Learn other subjects more easily thanks to the abilities enhanced by bilingualism,
• Facilitate the study of other Latin languages (Spanish...),
• Value the language and culture of the territory in which he or she is growing up,
• Foster the discovery of other cultures.

The teaching methods offered in Montpellier are:

• The bilingual curriculum: teaching is on an hourly parity basis (12 hours in French and 12 hours in Occitan), on a voluntary basis. National Education teachers are trained to the same standards as any other school teacher.
• Enhanced teaching: one or more subjects are taught in Occitan for up to 3 hours a week. All pupils in schools that offer it benefit.
• L'initiation : 45 minutes of occitan per week, integrated into the various educational pathways (artistic, citizenship...).