PRESENTATION OF IBLV
The Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages was created by presidential decree in 1962. It is a university institution under the Tunis El Manar University and is under the supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The Institute provides, throughout the year, language courses for listeners, young or adult, Tunisian or foreign aged 15 years or over. It also organizes intensive Arabic teaching sessions, a foreign language for more than 800 participants each summer, as well as an intensive session in modern languages for Tunisian students.
It comprises the following departments: the Department of Arabic and Oriental Languages, the Department of English, the Department of French and the Department of Languages. The languages taught are: German, English, Modern Standard Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese , Russian and Turkish.
Located in the city center, the IBLV has air-conditioned rooms equipped with audio-visual equipment. This equipment also includes:
2 language labs
a multimedia room
classrooms equipped with DVD players, TV sets, video projectors, etc.
a conference room
a library comprising 4500 titles.
The IBLV also has 24 teaching centers spread throughout the Tunisian territory. Currently, the languages taught in some of these centers are: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. Any language can be taught provided there are enough listeners.
IBLV teachers are specialized teachers of foreign languages and some textbooks and teaching tools currently used in the Arabic, French and language departments have been developed by an IBLV team.
Language teaching is based on the communicative approach, the competency-based approach and audio-visual methods.
Mission of the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages
The Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages actively participates both at the national and international levels, in the dissemination of foreign languages in the context of continuing education and the promotion of the Arabic language and Arab-Muslim culture. In addition to the regular classes at 47 Liberty Avenue and the various centers, the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages also provides training for staff from several organizations in their workplace.
Continuing Language Training Course for Adults
These courses meet the language needs of increasingly growing learners, moreover, the number of registrants increases each year.