 Alsatian is taught in schools (but not mandatory) as one of the regional languages of France.German is also taught as a foreign language in local kindergartens and schools.There is a growing network of schools proposing full immersion in Alsatian dialect and in Standard German, called "ABCM-Zweisprachigkeit" (ABCM -> French acronym for "Association for Bilingualism in the Classroom from Kindergarten onwards", Zweisprachigkeit -> German for "Bilingualism").