Join the conversation with Fiona Smythe who will be speaking live from Bordeaux and Bronwyn Wood from Victoria University of Wellington on Friday 26 November at 6:00 pm.

As this is an online event, you can connect with Zoom from the comfort of your own home. You will receive the link with the booking confirmation. Please register (donations welcome):

About the topic

While research supports the potential benefits for minority language speakers when first languages are included in education, many education systems continue to exclude students' home languages.  On the basis of the study of language use amongst immigrant teenagers in Bordeaux and Wellington, the speakers will discuss how students with low proficiency in the language-of-schooling on arrival make good use of their first languages in English/French classes.

About Café des Idées - Science in Conversation

​In 2020, the Alliance Française “Café Scientifique” became “Café des Idées - Science in Conversation” jointly organised with FAST!* and the Embassy of France to offer a convivial meeting platform for the exchange of ideas, information  and discussion for all those who are interested in French-related science and its broader implications for society and the natural environment.

The new format will include the possibility to connect on line or to come at the premices of Alliance Française in Wellington (free admission). 

* France Aotearoa Science Technology and !nnovation