Business & Professional

French language course

Executive French
Paris - French Riviera

 

 


Professional French course in France
Specific French programs

 

In Antibes / French Riviera


French for business

   

General objectives

    - working on written and oral expression for business related topics
    - learning general French vocabulary related to economics and commerce
    - efficient use of the phone
    - confronting various situation in business life

 

Program from 2 weeks

General French course + Business French and telephone techniques

Calendar
All year round – Course to be booked on arrival at school

Program content :

Week 1 & 2 : 4 business French lessons per week + a general French course ‘standard’, ‘intensive 1’, intensive 2’.

Business French course

4 French lessons per week
Timetable: Tuesday to Friday* 12.15pm to 1.00pm.
Group size: 8 students maximum per class (2 students minimum).
Open to all levels
Teaching content :
O ur teaching method is based on practical exercises, simulations and role play,
aids and materials are generally authentic printed documents (advertisements - newspaper articles - professional documents), audio and audio-visual documents and material created by students.

  • WEEK 1 ->Themes will be selected from the following :
        -The different types of firms in France
        -The French corporate system – organigram
        -The firms environment
        -The market
        -The banking system
        -Business correspondence

  • WEEK 2 ->Themes will be selected from the following :
        - Main aspects of marketing (market research - advertising)
        - Telephone techniques
        - distribution
        - case correspondence/ study of professional documents
        - Writing a Curriculum Vitae
        - Simulations(job interviews)

Observations
This program is mainly a reference and can be modified in order to meet students expectations:
in depth study of specifics themes, for example business correspondence, introduction to other subjects such as :
    -the evolution of the French consumer society
    -the economic state of France
    -today's France and Europe
    -main aspects labour laws
    -French culture and the French managers behaviour
      and more...



General French course

You have a the choice from 3 French language courses:

  • Standard French course:

    20 French lessons / week
    Timetable : Monday to Friday 8.45 am to 12 noon
    Group size : 12 students maximum
    Open to all levels
    Teaching content :
        - Acquisition of essential French grammar skills and competency in practical communication.
        - Work on oral and written expression and comprehension.
        - Use of varied tools: comic strips, newspaper articles, video…


  • Intensive French course 1:

    Standard course + 10 French lessons / week
    Timetable: Tuesday to Friday 1.45 pm to 3.40 pm
    Group size: 6 students maximum
    Open to all levels
    Teaching content :
        - Learning activities that prompt the need to speak French and provide a cultural insight into France, Provence and/or the French Côte d’Azur (learn to speak French in everyday situations, research surveys in town (Antibes or Nice), conversational exercises based on       authentic documents).
        - Practical French speaking exercises meant to acquire reflexes in oral expression and

          improve pronunciation.



*
There are no French lessons on public holidays. Lessons are neither replaced nor reimbursed

 

Dates and prices

 
French in France
 
The French language schools members of French in France




under convention with the universities of Paris V, VII and Paris VIII