Executive courses
Learning business French in France - Short programs
(2 Weeks)
30
French lessons x 45 minutes per week
Schedule:
Monday* to Friday, 9am to 12.15 and Tuesday to Friday,
14.00 to 15.55
Level: Intermediate
minimum B1/B2
B1/B2 Intermediary course: For students with a basic
knowledge of French
We encourage you to
make active use of the skills you already have. The
aim of the course is to enable you to develop the
automatic responses specific to French, and to refine
the expressions of your ideas in French, by learning
to construct more complex phrases.
Teaching content:
- In addition to perfecting
language skills, this intensive program gives executives
and managers an opportunity to practice specialized
French language and themes closelyrelated
to the business world (doing business in France,
French tax system, employment legislation, effective
use of the telephone, etc...).
Arrival dates:
- Special arrival
dates: consult th pricelist
Your
course schedule:
|
Time |
Executive
courses
30 lessons per week |
Morning
Monday
to Friday |
9.00
12.15 |
4
students
maximum
per class |
Meal
+ options |
Afternoon
Tuesday
to Friday |
13.45
15.45 |
4
students
maximum
per class |
No
lessons on the mondays of your arrival ( visit
of Antibes + tests) 1 lesson=45 minutes |
Information:
- There are no executive
courses the Monday of your arrival nor on public
holidays. Lessons are neither replaced nor reimbursed.
-
- Public holidays(2006):
17.04, 01.05, 08.05, 25.05, 14.07, 15.08,01.11
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. |
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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
|
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PROGRAM
AFTERNOON : |
Study
of themes closely related to the business
world (the French corporate system,
tax policies,the telephone skills,
...) |
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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 |
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ORGANIZATION
: |
4
persons in a group (maximum)
Time:
23 hours a week ð 30 lessons (3 hours
= 4 lessons a day) |
|
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 sponta-neously
Correcting
pronunciation
Developing
communicative func-tions (asking for
information, accepting, declining,
thanking, ...)
Distinguishing
among various language registers |
imulation
: role plays, real situations within
the firm or in daily life
The
phone conver-sation
Understanding
simple informations
Phonetic
exercices
Grammar
exercices |
use
of the cam-corder (video), ex-cellent
tool in order to improve commu-nication
skills
tape
recorder : auto recording + correc-tion |
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
concer-ning professional si-tuations |
Taped
documents (audio)
Video
documents + cassettes
Handbooks
on spo-ken French
Handbooks
+ tapes on French for busi-ness |
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 busi-ness handbooks |
Writing
comprehension |
Being
able to understand more and more complex
messages |
Selective
reading in order to fill out a questionnaire
Summaries
and re-production of infor-mation
Understanding
a professionnal situation (case study) |
Authentic
docu-ments
Articles
from the press, advertise-ments, documents
from firms
French
for busi-ness handbooks |
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•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 corres-pondence
|
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 |
-
Introductions
-
Invitations |
Studying
the position of the « Midi »
(southern part) and more particularly
of the « Côte 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 |
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 Busi-ness world : Labour Law
|
Knowing
the main aspects of labour laws |
Work
contracts
Leaves
The
employees : means of expression |
|
THEMES
AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPPED
|
OBJECTIVES
|
CONTENT
|
Social
overview |
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 |
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 back-ground)
France’s
assets and advantages
The
weaknesses in French economy
The
main partners of France |
The
South - La Côte d’Azur (the Riviera)
|
Studying
the position of the « Midi »
(southern part) and more particularly
of the « Côte 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 |
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