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Learn French in France: French Language Course in Paris and on the French Riviera (Cote d'Azur)

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PUBLIC	• Corporate heads, managers, executives, import / export technicians, business students aiming at executive positions
OBJECTIVES	• Improving skills in written and oral comprehension and acquiring greater confidence in expression • Being able to confront professional (or professionaly related) situa- tions within a French speaking environment • Getting acquainted with or learning more about the French business world.
LEVEL	• Intermediate to Advanced
PROGRAM MORNING	• Grammar program according to the level of each group • Work on oral comprehension and expression • Work on written comprehension and expression
PROGRAM AFTERNOON	• Study of themes closely related to the business world (the French corporate system, tax policies,the telephone skills, ...)
METHODOLOGY	• Our teaching method is interactive; the student always has an active leading role which is essential in learning a language. Afternoon class will be taught mostly as a seminar: • Use of various teaching aids adapted to the groups' needs: Handbooks and methods specially designed for the teaching of Business French. • Simulated situations / daily life and professional life situations • Didactic activities • Use of the video and the camcorder to improve oral skills: - Audio and audio-visual documents - Authentic written documents
ORGANISATION	• 4 persons in a group (maximum) • Time: 23 hours a week ie 30 lessons (3 hours = 4 lessons a day)

TEACHING CONTENT

Morning lessons

Afternoon lessons

Note: Our teaching will help you develop linguistic automatism, acquire communicative functions and fundamentals of French grammar in order to really improve your skills in expression and comprehension

Morning lessons content: Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 12:15 pm

Our teaching will help you develop linguistic automatism, acquire communicative functions and fundamentals of French grammar in order to really improve your skills in expression and comprehension
Type of work	Objectives	Content	Material
Oral expression	• Encouraging speaking • Being able to use structures, tenses and other grammatical points more and more spontaneously • Correcting pronunciation • Developing communicative functions (asking for information, accepting, declining, thanking, ...) • Distinguishing among various language registers	• Simulation: role plays, real situations within the firm or in daily life • The phone conversation • Understanding simple informations • Phonetic exercices • Grammar exercices	• Use of the cam-corder (video), excellent tool in order to improve communication skills • Tape recorder: auto recording + correction
Auditory comprehension	• Improving rhythm and the French language tonality • Managing to identify messages coming from different sources: - speaking face to face with someone - telephone conversations - audio and video documents - selective listening exercices	• Restructuration and synthesis of various information • Taking notes in order to restitute a message • Dialogues concerning professional situations	• Taped documents (audio) • Video documents + cassettes • Handbooks on spoken French • Handbooks + tapes on French for business
Writing expression	• Being able to take down notes concerning everyday life or life at work • Being able to refine expression of ideas creating more and more complex sentences • Improving spelling	• Writing notes, fax, telex • Producing written reports based on case studies	• Case studies • French for business handbooks
Writing comprehension	• Being able to understand more and more complex messages	• Selective reading in order to fill out a questionnaire • Summaries and reproduction of information • Understanding a professionnal situation (case study)	• Authentic documents • Articles from the press, advertise-ments, documents from firms • French for busi-ness handbooks

Afternoon lessons content: Monday to Friday 1:45 pm to 3:45 pm

THEMES AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPPED	OBJECTIVES	CONTENT
Business and professional correspondence	• Getting an insight on French society	• Population • Description of French people: age, socio-economic categories, etc ... • Social changes in France 1950 - 1975 / the evolution of the French consumer society • Immigrants in France • Social problems, dangers
Use of the telephone	• Getting a general idea of the country's economic situation	• Economic policies in France • specific aspects of French Economy • Inflation - unemployment - trade balance - balance of payments
Job applications and job offers	• Understanding the conditions in which France appears in this new economic context	• France in the Community (historical back-ground) • France's assets and advantages • The weaknesses in French economy • The main partners of France
Business transactions	• Acquiring the language necessary to do any business in France	• Expression of ideas and feelings • Proposing / offering / suggesting • Expressing doubt / certainty • Giving one's opinion: agreeing / disagreeing • Winding up an interview / a conversation
The French Business world: Intercultural aspect	• Better understanding of the French culture / mentality and the resulting behavior within the business world or in relation to time, space social relations, etc ...	• Charateristics of French culture • Analysis of the French approach to work
The French Business world: the Legal and Fiscal context	• Learning about the French tax system • the French companies • Social contributions	• Taxes • The different sorts of firms • New business creation in France
The French Business world: Labour Law	• Knowing the main aspects of labour laws	• Work contracts • Leaves • The employees: means of expression
French Economy	• Getting a general idea of the country’s economic situation	• Economic policies in France • specific aspects of French Economy • Inflation - unemployment - trade balance - balance of payments
France and the Europeen market	• Understanding the conditions in which France appears in this new economic context	• France in the Community (historical background) • France's assets and advantages • The weaknesses in French economy • The main partners of France
The South - La Cote d'Azur (the Riviera)	• Studying the position of the Midi (southern part of France) and more particularly of the Cote d'Azur in relation to the French economy and society	• South / North: historical background • Economic dynamism in the South • The different sectors of development • Sophia Antipolis and technopoles
Study of one specific sector, one field of activity	• Allowing the student to know about one economic field directly related to his / her business activity	• Economic sector - field of activity • Its importance, its evolution • The weaknesses in French economy • Basic vocabulary