Alliance française de Moncton/ Canada

The Alliance française de Moncton (AFM) is a registered Canadian non-profit organization. Founded in 1999, the AFM welcomes more than 150 students each year, organizes about 30 events and has close to 50 active members every year. Our mission is to promote the French language and Francophone cultures. The Alliance française de Moncton is linked to the Foundation Alliance française, which was founded in Paris in 1883 and is today the most important worldwide non-profit organization specializing in the teaching of French as a second language. The Foundation Alliance française gathers more than 800 Alliances françaises branches in 135 countries, with over 550 000 students. In Canada alone, there are 9 Alliances françaises’ centres, with 160 instructors, more than 10 000 students a year, offering approximately 450 000 hours of instruction, 7500 DELF exams and over 250 events each year. The courses are taught in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFRL), which provides a common basis for the design of schedules, diplomas recognized worldwide, and allows international mobility.