The L1+ pathway
In addition to the traditional bachelor's degree, Inalco is offering two courses for the first year which are designed to help students succeed, in the form of special bachelor's degrees: the LLCER Parcours L1+ bachelor's degree and the LLCER Parcours Tempo bachelor's degree.
The L1+ pathway is aimed at L1 LLCER students. It offers individual monitoring and training modules designed to help students succeed.
The LLCER L1+ degree, like the “classic” degree, is a 3-year programme. It includes teaching units common to the classic LLCER bachelor's degree (UE1, UE2 and UE3), with the particularity that the last teaching unit (UE3) contains subjects from the classic bachelor's degree and subjects specific to the L1+ pathway. These specific courses are common to the Tempo pathway.
Who is the L1+ success path for?
It is addressed to students who have received a "Yes if" response on Parcoursup with the obligation to register in the L1+ pathway with the accommodation code AM19.
Registrations
There are two types of registration: administrative registration (IA), which validates your enrolment at Inalco, and pedagogical registration (IP), which takes place at the start of the academic year and allows you to register the courses you have taken, whether compulsory or chosen.
Once you have done your administrative registration (IA), please proceed to your pedagogical registration (IP) online. Watch the video ‘L1+, bien démarrer son année’ at the bottom of this page, to see how your enrolment works and to understand how to complete your online pedagogical enrolment correctly.
Who should I contact if I have a question about enrolment?
If you have any questions about enrolment in the subjects (known as "ateliers") included in the L1+ programme, please contact the Licence+ teaching managers (R.E.V.E. department), at View e-mail.
Please note! For any questions concerning enrolment in subjects common to the traditional bachelor's degree, please contact your language manager.
How do I know if I'm enrolled in the right pathway?
Once you've registered for your course, refer to your study contract (or educational contract) on which you'll find the following indications: "Version" and "Parcours plus ou Parcours L1+".
If the version number displayed is 251, you are indeed enrolled in the L1+ pathway. (See image below)
Welcome meeting
Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 - Amphi 1, from 11 am to 12 pm
Mandatory.
L1+ course presentation
There are two ways of doing the first year of the bachelor's degree at Inalco: either by joining the classic course, or by joining the Licence+ programme, which is itself divided into two specialised courses, the L1+ course and the Tempo course.
Students enrolled on the L1+ pathway must therefore take a limited and defined number of courses from the traditional licence in UE3, as well as 3 teaching modules integrated into the licence+, which are common to the L1+ and Tempo pathways.
These common courses are combined in three specific modules:
Module for personalising the study programme:
Students receive individual support from a director of studies in the L1+ and Tempo programmes (study plans, career guidance). Appointment required. (More details on the following video)
Training module (compulsory courses):
- A ‘Tools internship’ workshop.
- An ‘Anatomy of a Language and Culture’ course to explore languages and cultures in depth, with an emphasis on the practical aspects of university methodology.
Personalised support module (compulsory courses):
- Language or civilisation tutoring
- And one of the courses (called "ateliers") listed below:
French (if not studied in UE1), OR
Methodology support (if not studied in UE1), OR
Writing, OR
English
COURSES SPECIFIC TO THE L1+ AND TEMPO PATHWAYS
COURSES SPECIFIC TO THE L1+ AND TEMPO PATHWAYS
LICENCE+ COURSES
MODULE FOR PERSONALISING THE LEARNING PATH
A meeting with a director of studies from the L1+ and Tempo pathways to work on the academic project.
Validation without marks by attendance and participation.
COURSES IN THE TRAINING MODULE
"Tools" worshop
The aim of the ‘Tools workshop’ is to help students acquire the basic tools they need to succeed in their studies, forge links with the university and gain confidence.
Only in semester 1. Session in week A or week B depending on the group (Tuesday or Friday afternoon).
Compulsory (0.5 ects).
For details of course allocation, timetabling and assessment, please refer to the general L1 LLCER brochure for your language of study under the heading ‘Descriptifs des enseignements’.
"Anatomy of a language and culture" course
This course aims to explore languages and cultures in depth, while focusing on the practical aspects of academic methodology. It provides a dynamic space where participants can share their views, discover new cultures and collaborate on intercultural projects, in a setting conducive to learning and personal development.
Session in week A or week B depending on the group (Tuesday or Friday afternoon).
Compulsory (1 ects in semester 1 and 1.5 ects in semester 2).
For details of course allocation, timetabling and assessment, please refer to the general L1 LLCER brochure for your language of study under the heading ‘Descriptifs des enseignements’.
COURSES IN THE PERSONALISED SUPPORT MODULE
Allocation of a compulsory workshop from among those listed below, determined by the Student Success Service (REVE), on the basis of the results of the English and French tests that students must take in September, before the start of the course.
"French" course
This course provides training in basic French skills. It is aimed at students who need to improve their French in order to carry out the reading, analysis and writing tasks that will be required of them as part of their degree course.
Weekly classes in Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Tuesday or Friday afternoons).
If allocated, compulsory (1.5 ects).
For details of course allocation, timetabling and assessment, please refer to the general L1 LLCER brochure for your language of study under the heading ‘Descriptifs des enseignements’.
"Methodology support" course
A course to help you acquire the methodological structure needed to complete university assignments (presentation, dissertation, commentary) and better understand the expectations and requirements of teachers.
Complementary training to the methodology courses given in the department.
Weekly classes in semester 1 and semester 2 (Tuesday or Friday afternoons).
If awarded, compulsory (1.5 ects).
For details of course allocation, timetabling and assessment, please refer to the general L1 LLCER brochure for your language of study under the heading ‘Descriptifs des enseignements’.
"Writing" course
Focusing on the practice of writing, this course leaves plenty of room for freedom and imagination. Often multilingual, the writing activities on offer will enable students to use the languages they learn, speak or love, and to discover how languages and scripts change and evolve. The course also aims to question the relationship between languages and linguistic norms, to strengthen the ability to defend a personal and sensitive point of view, to discover literature in a different way, through a back-and-forth between practice and theory, and to gain confidence and improve speaking skills.
Weekly classes in Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Tuesday or Friday afternoons).
If assigned, compulsory (1.5 ects).
For details of course allocation, timetabling and assessment, please refer to the general L1 LLCER brochure for your language of study under the heading ‘Descriptifs des enseignements’.
"English" course
This course aims to strengthen or perfect students' English skills: grammar, written and oral comprehension and expression.
Weekly class in semester 1 and semester 2 (Tuesday or Friday afternoon).
If assigned, compulsory (1.5 ects).
For details of course allocation, timetabling and assessment, please refer to the general L1 LLCER brochure for your language of study under the heading ‘Descriptifs des enseignements’.
Tutoring in language and/or civilisation
Tutoring sessions (approximately 1h30 per week) throughout the year, in language and/or civilisation, to provide students with personalised support according to the linguistic or methodological difficulties encountered during their course of study.
Validation without marks by attendance and participation.
What is the L1+ pathway?
You want to know:
-the program for this course,
-the support scheme with your referent,
-the internships and workshops,
-the tutoring follow-up arrangements.
To fully understand, the video below explains it all!
Find all this information on the PDF files at the very bottom of this page under "Usefull documents".
How do you get your L1+ year off to a good start?
All the information about:
-How to start your L1+ school year,
-administrative registration, digital account, Moodle, ENT,
-pedagogical registration, French and English tests, and pedagogical contract
All these topics, in the video that follows!
Find all this information on the PDF files at the very bottom of this page under "Usefull documents".
L1+ and beyond?
How to move on to the next year?
-knowledge assessment procedures
-validation procedures,
-admission to the 2nd year of the Licence,
-conditional admission to L2,
-who to contact?
Are you asking yourself these questions? This video is for you!
Find all this information on the PDF files at the very bottom of this page under "Usefull documents".
Useful documents
Parcours L1+, c'est quoi? 25-26 (1.87 MB, .pdf)
Informations sur le parcours aménagé L1+ de la Licence+.
L1+, bien démarrer son année. 25-26 (2.44 MB, .pdf)
L1+, et après? 25-26 (836.21 KB, .pdf)
Informations sur les validations et le passage en année supérieure pour le parcours L1+ de la Licence+.
Tutoring
TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS
Testimony of a student enrolled in the L1+ pathway in 2019-2020
Soundarya, a first-year Tamil student, tells us about her L1+ experience.
Soundarya decided to put her passion for languages to good use by enrolling at Inalco. For this new student, the L1+ meeting and tool courses were a great way to get her first year off to a good start.
The memorisation and note-taking tools courses, which are designed to introduce students to essential aspects of university work, helped her to find the working method that suited her and to adopt a new rhythm. What's more, she says that thanks to the relaxed atmosphere and the kindness of the teacher, she felt more at ease expressing herself without fear of being judged or mocked during exchanges with other students.
As part of the Anatomy of a Language and Culture workshops, Soundarya helped to design the interactive game Cosmo. In this way, while learning about linguistics in a fun way, she was able to showcase her qualities and make suggestions for bringing the project to fruition. And that's why the enthusiasm generated by the game lasted despite the confinement.
Soundarya has also been able to work on her self-confidence in the drama workshop. Little by little, she has been able to overcome her shyness and meet new friends, with whom she has built up relationships. She even confides that it is now much easier for her to go out and open up to others.
Finally, the meeting with her counsellor was a way for her to see how she had progressed throughout the year. With the support of her guidance counsellor, she has been able to ask herself the right questions about her future direction, and is now looking ahead with much greater confidence.