Cleo---CNED?

[yvonne]

Hi Cleo,

Has the CNED site made its materials available free online? I keep checking & have not found a way to access them free, but I may be not navigating or understanding it accurately?

Thanks, again!
yvonne

[CleoQc]

http://www.academie-en-ligne.fr/Default.aspx

Then click on "accéder aux cours par matière" ( list of courses by subject) or "accéder aux cours par niveau" (list of courses by grade)

not everything is online yet, it's an ongoing effort till November.

[yvonne]

heading over to take a look....

Thanks!
yvonne

[yvonne]

Cool! Found it! I was poking around on the cned.fr site, not this one. Thanks for posting the link!
yvonne

[anabelneri]

How are you using the CNED material? I was over looking at the French material at the earliest levels, and it looks doable. Sweetie already knows how to read, but most of the rest of it would be useful. Do you print the pages out yourself? Is it really expensive to buy? How long does it take you to work through a level?

Thanks!

[CleoQc]

You have four choices:

1. register with the subsidized approach. Cheapest option of all. Your child is legally a French student, and has a French student ID number and will have an official grade assessment at the end of the year. Pros: it's legitimate. You have access to teachers to go over your child's work. You have a schedule to follow which keeps you on track. Cons: you have to do every single course, the same as if your child was in a classroom. You have a schedule to follow which means no time for bunny trails.

2. you can take the whole program but "libre". No official recognition. Same services as above, but more expensive. Since not everyone is eligible for the subsidies, this option is necessary for some.

3. you register for just a few courses. This is what we do. We get the teachers evaluation, but no official grades at the end of the year. We stilll have to follow their schedule, but since it's only for a few courses, we have time for other things.

4. download the free material (it's the same material, btw) Completely free. No teacher evaluation, no schedule. You do have printing costs to cover if you want a paper version though.

[enviromommy]

I was also using cned.fr, I didn't know there was another site. I'm going to look at that now. I can't BELIEVE you can get the materials free. Wow.

[burckeri]

Regarding CNED, Cleo wrote:

2. you can take the whole program but "libre". No official recognition. Same services as above, but more expensive. Since not everyone is eligible for the subsidies, this option is necessary for some.

Who is eligible for the subsidized full program? I assumed it was just for French citizens living abroad or in some remote area where there was no access to a school.

Erin

[CleoQc]

Who is eligible for the subsidized full program? I assumed it was just for French citizens living abroad or in some remote area where there was no access to a school.

Erin

You need to be accepted by your local French embassy. Locally, they used to accept everyone. Then when we started to be too many, they restricted it to those who do not have access to a French (from France) school.

In short, it's available to everyone who is not within a reasonable distance from a French-curriculum based school

[burckeri]

Seriously???

We're not French citizens. I've never even been to France. But I can ask the French embassy for permission and if they agree, the French government will subsidize a complete French-language homeschool curriculum for my son?

Erin

[CleoQc]

I can ask the French embassy for permission and if they agree, the French government will subsidize a complete French-language homeschool curriculum for my son?

Erin

Yes, it's called French imperialism ;-)

They still see the rest of the world as *wanting* their education... Like it's the best in the world, or something :)

 une inscription en classe complète réglementée au tarif A2 :
 pour un élève de 16 à 28 ans, de nationalité française ou étrangère, résidant sur le territoire national
copie d’une pièce d’identité ou du titre de séjour.
 pour tout élève de nationalité française ou étrangère résidant à l’étranger (quel que soit son âge)
l’avis favorable du conseiller culturel auprès de l’ambassade de France.


You get the A2 fee (which is the subsidized one) of 130 euros. The non subsidized one is 670 euros.

Oh, and Nan and anyone else, I just found this!
Les élèves dont la langue maternelle n'est pas le français, ont la possibilité de s'inscrire en Français rapide, lequel leur permet, en 4 mois,
de suivre une scolarité en établissement français.
Pour plus d'information voir le dossier d'inscription, "offres parascolaires", réf. 4006.
http://www.ia93.ac-creteil.fr/spip/IMG/pdf/Cned_infos_inscrip_college_2009_10.pdf

[Nan in Mass]

That is interesting. I'll have to investigate.

[junepep]

This is wonderful! Thank you :)

I've been looking for free Spanish resources to supplement Muzzy in an interactive way with me during the day and the CNED 1st grade Spanish program looks almost perfect.

Please don't ask why I'm teaching them Spanish when I speak French... really... I... just...don't...know :banghead: LOL