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La cordée de la réussite "Languages and cultures of the world"

The objectives of Inalco's "World Languages and Culture" program

The objectives of Inalco's "World Languages and Culture" program are threefold:

1 - Enable students to discover their potential and encourage them to develop their personal skills, particularly linguistic ones, to boost their self-confidence and self-esteem. Actions deployed to this end will aim in particular to help students become aware of their ability to learn foreign languages, mastery of which is an increasingly decisive factor in professional integration, and to value their possible first languages and family cultures, which are often minorities, but which constitute an asset that can be mobilized both personally, academically and professionally, a lever for learning and building citizenship.

2 - Foster students' cultural and scientific openness and help develop their critical thinking, to prepare them for the academic world and enable them to contextualize and decipher information. The actions deployed to this end will aim in particular to introduce them to the scientific approach and to the ways of thinking of the human and social sciences, to the exercise of distancing and decentering, in other words to observe and respect cultural differences without making a priori stigmatizing value judgments, to listen to others, in order to encourage dialogue and debate, especially in the context of group work around a project.

3 - Help students remove certain barriers, particularly psychological and cultural ones, and overcome representations that prevent them from projecting themselves into an imaginary academic and professional success, to enable them to build an ambitious orientation project. In terms of the academic project, the aim is to enable students to make an informed choice, particularly in the context of Parcoursup, by informing them about language- and culture-related courses, how they are run and the opportunities they offer, and by informing them about the expectations of higher education establishments and the conditions for success. In terms of career planning, the aim is to open up the horizons and possibilities offered by languages, notably through meetings with alumni and professionals working in a variety of professions and sectors.

"Languages and cultures of the world" cordée activities

The activities offered by Inalco as part of the "Languages and cultures of the world" cordée revolve around three highlights scheduled throughout the school year, and are offered as part of courses (long workshops of 16 to 30 hours over the year) or modules (short workshops of 6 to 10 hours over 3 or 4 sessions) and supplemented by specific accompaniments.

Three key meeting and exchange times for roped-in students:

• Opening days: these take place in October and January and inaugurate a seven-week workshop cycle (October to January or January to May). Students are welcomed to the Maison de la Recherche (Inalco's historic headquarters in the seventh arrondissement of Paris). The program includes a presentation of the school, its courses and career opportunities, a presentation of the cordée's activities, fun language workshops and a tour of the school's heritage building.
• Cordée welcome day: this takes place in January and brings together students from the LCM cordées in Île de France, Eure-et-Loir and Nouvelle Aquitaine. Students are welcomed at the Pôle des Langues et Civilisations in the 13th arrondissement and at a partner cultural establishment (Musée du Quai Branly, Institut du Monde Arabe, etc.). The program may include a tour of the establishment, introductory workshops in languages taught at Inalco, a visit to the Bibliothèque des Langues et Civilisations
  (BULAC), round-table discussions with students and alumni, and a guided tour of the partner cultural establishment.
• Closing day: this takes place in early June at the Pôle des Langues et Civilisations and brings together all the students in the LCM cordée. The program may include a series of workshops in the morning or a cultural visit depending on the group, as well as - and above all - a festive program of cultural and leisure activities offered in the afternoon by student associations and school staff. The day is also an opportunity for students to share what they've done and discovered throughout the year: poster exhibitions, presentations of their various productions and oral presentations. At the end of the day, they will receive a certificate of participation in the LCM cordée.

Workshops tailored to different target audiences:

• Four short workshops for middle and high school students:
  • Discovering world languages
  • Multilingual creative writing
  • Public speaking
  • Valuing skills and finding an internship
• Six specific long workshops:
  • For middle school students
    • Exploration of world languages
  • For UPE2A students
    • World languages and writing
    • Plurilingual theater
  • For middle school students and lycéen-ne-s
    • Contes et récits plurilingues
  • For lycéen-ne-s
    • Enquête journalistique
    • Cherher-euse en herbe
    • Initiation à deux langues " rares"
• Stages :
  • Discovering world languages
  • Multilingual creative writing
  • Exploring world languages
• Accompaniment
  • Mentoring for middle-school students
  • Welcoming parents
  • Accompaniment with career guidance