ABCM-Zweisprachigkeit (ABCM [1][2] -> French acronym for Association pour le Bilinguisme en Classe dès la Maternelle, "Association for Bilingualism in the Classroom from Kindergarten onwards", Zweisprachigkeit -> German for "Bilingualism") is a network of bilingual community schools, located in the regions of Alsace, Moselle and Baden-Württemberg.
The teaching is given in French and German (standard and dialectal) on a 50-50 basis.
[3] Founded in 1990, these schools aim to revitalise regional languages that are under threat, as well as offer more opportunities for pupils thanks to the dual knowledge of French and German.
[4] Since 2004, the schools have been gradually proposing the teaching of the local dialect,[5] Alsatian or Lorraine Franconian, depending on the school location.
More and more ABCM-schools are integrating immersion classes in the local regional language.