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Cycle des apprentissages fondamentaux

English translation: basic learning cycle

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French term or phrase:Cycle des apprentissages fondamentaux
English translation:basic learning cycle
Entered by: NatalieD

13:46 May 10, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
French term or phrase: Cycle des apprentissages fondamentaux
I know that this is a basic 3 year learning program that is followed in France for children from the Nursery section onwards, But I would like to know whether there is an equivalent in English, if not should I leave the term as it is or translate?
Thank you for your suggestions.
Kalyani Menon
India
Local time: 13:44
basic learning cycle
Explanation:
... Primary education (basic learning cycle, pre-primary year. and Grades I–II):
weekly hours allocated to each subject. Area/subject ...
www.ibe.unesco.org/International/ Databanks/Dossiers/TFrance.pdf - Similar pages

Lyceum Kennedy - Currciculum
... CYCLE 2 K & Grades 1 - 2 Basic Learning Cycle / Cycle des apprentissages
fondamentaux. This cycle includes Kindergarten, First and Second grades. ...
www.lyceumkennedy.com/lkfrench/ lkfrench/eng/curriculum/curri_eng1.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Cycles of Education
... Cycle II: Basic learning cycle (K, 1st, 2nd grades). In first grade, students
begin to read and write in both languages. Reading skills transfer easily ...
www.fisw.org/aboutschool/cycles_of_education.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

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NatalieD
Grading comment
Thank you Natalie. I had also narrowed it down to this after I had found a few relevent hits on Google.

Thank you to all the others who contributed. I had first left it in French with a footnote but the client wanted it translated.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1key stage 1 (UK)
Glen McCulley
4see comments
Estelle Demontrond-Box
3 +1the three Rs
Christopher RH
3basic learning cycle
NatalieD
3Leave it in French
Clare Macnamara
3foundation curriculum/course for early schooling
david angel (X)


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
key stage 1 (UK)


Explanation:
a good uk equivalent would be "key stage 1 (education"

Glen McCulley
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cchat: provided that British English is what is required.
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basic learning cycle


Explanation:
... Primary education (basic learning cycle, pre-primary year. and Grades I–II):
weekly hours allocated to each subject. Area/subject ...
www.ibe.unesco.org/International/ Databanks/Dossiers/TFrance.pdf - Similar pages

Lyceum Kennedy - Currciculum
... CYCLE 2 K & Grades 1 - 2 Basic Learning Cycle / Cycle des apprentissages
fondamentaux. This cycle includes Kindergarten, First and Second grades. ...
www.lyceumkennedy.com/lkfrench/ lkfrench/eng/curriculum/curri_eng1.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Cycles of Education
... Cycle II: Basic learning cycle (K, 1st, 2nd grades). In first grade, students
begin to read and write in both languages. Reading skills transfer easily ...
www.fisw.org/aboutschool/cycles_of_education.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages



NatalieD
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Grading comment
Thank you Natalie. I had also narrowed it down to this after I had found a few relevent hits on Google.

Thank you to all the others who contributed. I had first left it in French with a footnote but the client wanted it translated.
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see comments


Explanation:
"L'école élémentaire comprend cinq classes réparties en deux cycles : le cycle des apprentissages fondamentaux, qui commence en grande section de maternelle et se poursuit durant les deux premières années de l'école élémentaire (cours préparatoire, cours élémentaire 1ère année); le cycle des approfondissements, qui comprend les trois dernières années d'école (cours élémentaire 2ème année, cours moyen 1ère année, cours moyen 2ème année) avant l'entrée au collège."
http://www.education.gouv.fr/syst/orgs3.htm

This is the last year at Nursery school + CP (cours préparatoire + cours élémentaire 1ère année).
I would leave it as such and explain in a footnote (with equivalent levels in your country)


Estelle Demontrond-Box
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Leave it in French


Explanation:
The term appears in French in numerous Google articles written in English. A fairly general translation would be Basic Learning Cycle, but if you want something more specific you would have to look at the Education system of the particular English-speaking country in question to find the nearest equivalent.

Good luck!

Clare Macnamara
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the three Rs


Explanation:
reading 'riting and 'rithmetic...


Of course, this is not a "proper" answer (I don't know of any specific term which corresponds to the first three or four years of Primary School in the UK), but it is how it is colloquially presented.


Christopher RH
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RHELLER: in the U.S. we also speak of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (3 Rs) :-))))
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foundation curriculum/course for early schooling


Explanation:
A bit vague, but you could add detail. ("Cycle" doesn't seem to me to be very natural in this context.)

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