ABCM-Zweisprachigkeit (ABCM -> French acronym for ''Association pour le Bilinguisme en Classe dès la Maternelle'', "Association for Bilingualism in the Classroom from Kindergarten onwards", ''Zweisprachigkeit'' -> German for "Bilingualism") is a network of bilingual community schools, located in the regions of

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

, Moselle and

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. The teaching is given in French and German (standard and dialectal) on a 50-50 basis. These schools aim to revitalise

regional language * A regional language is a language spoken in a region of a sovereign state, whether it be a small area, a federated state or province or some wider area. Internationally, for the purposes of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Lan ...

s that are under threat, as well as offer more opportunities for pupils thanks to the dual knowledge of French and German. At first, teaching in these schools was done in standardised French and

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

, including the school located in Baden-Württemberg. Since 2004, the schools have been gradually proposing the teaching of the local dialect, Alsatian or Lorraine Franconian, depending on the school location. More and more ABCM-schools are integrating immersion classes in the local regional language.

Situation

The ABCM-Zweisprachigkeit network currently represents: * In

: five schools in the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...

'' (

Ingersheim Ingersheim is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, belonging to the Stuttgart Region. Geography Geographical location Ingersheim is located on the western bank of the Neckar about 20 kilometers ...

, Moosch, Lutterbach,

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

, Muespach) and five schools in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its low ...

'' ( Schweighouse-sur-Moder, Haguenau,

Saverne Saverne (french: Saverne, ; Alsatian: ; german: Zabern ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (2 ...

, Strasbourg, Gerstheim). * In the Moselle French ''

'': two schools in the city of Sarreguemines (opened in 1997). * In

: a school in

Kappel-Grafenhausen Kappel-Grafenhausen ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Kabbl-Groffähüüsä) is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is ...

(opened in 2012). The school is just a transposition of a typical ABCM-school into

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

's territory, therefore it still follows the school teaching program of France.

References

{{Authority control Linguistic rights Education in Grand Est Moselle Language revival Endangered languages Education in Baden-Württemberg Bilingual education Bilingual schools Schools in Grand Est Schools in Moselle (department) Schools in Baden-Württemberg