Call For Applications: English Language Assistants Program in France 2025

English Language assistants in France are assigned to schools (primary or secondary).
The role of the assistant is to improve the students’ communication skills, particularly oral, and to deepen their knowledge of a civilizations and culture.

It generally intervenes in support of the work carried out by the modern language teachers of the school and/or the educational establishment. He can intervene in the whole class in the presence of the teacher or take small groups of students separately.

The language assistant has the status of a non-permanent State agent. He works 12 hours a week. The duration of the contract is 7 months (6 months for German assistants), from October 1^st to April 30 (March 31 for German assistants)

ELIGIBILITY

be native speakers of the language they wish to teach in France (German, English, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, sign language, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech or Turkish);
have completed the majority of their secondary schooling as well as their higher education in the country where the application is submitted;
be between 20 and 35 years old as of 12/31/2025;
be regularly registered at a university at the time of application. Some partner countries and institutions accept other administrative statuses. Candidates are invited to refer to the specific conditions of their place of residence;
have obtained a diploma equivalent to the 2nd year of the license course (L2) at the time of their application;
have a good knowledge of the French language (B1 on the Common European Framework of References for Languages scale)

Benefits

The monthly remuneration was set at €1,036 gross before deduction of various compulsory deductions (social security, etc.), or approximately €800 to €813 net.