The foreign language didactic keeps improving with new methods to better adapt to the needs and provide a better efficiency in the teaching / learning process. This study proposes to use translation as a way to teach / learn French as aforeign language in Bahrain. This proposal's strength is to take into consideration the multilingual aspect of this country as well as the reality of a French teaching class. To do so, we first exposed the place of French in context, including comparisonwith languages and languages varieties in competition. Then, we examined the reality of the use of translation and language in French class. This examination is done in the light of the dictates of official’s instructions and constraints of classroom practice. To investigate these factors, we used a methodology that combines the survey, questionnaire, interviews and analysis class.
