Calgary French & International School Society

At CFIS, students start French immersion as early as junior preschool, allowing for the optimal development of fluency and bilingualism. An early start gives children the ability to learn the French language as its own standalone structure with separate grammar, syntax, and expression, rather than as a translation. Second language learning enhances focus, increases problem-solving skills and creative abilities, helps to build empathy, and encourages understanding of other cultures and ways of life, as well as making it easier for children to learn subsequent languages.