The Agrégation d'Anglais is the French civil service exam English majors take to be certified to teach English in French universities/high schools. This exam requires the study of literary works by English-language authors, as well as humanities topics relevant to the study of the English-speaking world.

Once the exam questions are announced, usually around June, all books from our collection that pertain to the exam subjects (for example, everything on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales or all our resources on "organized crime in the U.S.") are placed on reserve on special shelves. These books have limited borrowing privileges to ensure access to resources by more students.

Additionally, dossiers of critical articles are then compiled from the Library's periodical collection, including literary criticism, historical surveys, articles of general interest, and topical news stories. These resources are invaluable to not only the students, but for teachers developing their course plans as well. For more information contact the Reference Librarian.

The books and articles available for this year's program are listed below. Dossiers from previous years are available for consultation at the Library.

List of CAPES/Agrégation dossiers from previous years (76.33 kB)

CAPES/Agregation - General Resources (59.58 kB)

Agrégation d'Anglais - Program 2011-2012