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French :

1 - Continuous

2 - Intensive

3 - Combination Course

4 - Individual Course

5 - DELF (exam)

6 - Executive French

7 - French for Teachers

8 - A Level Course

9 - French + Cooking

10 - French + Arts

11 - Club 50



Course Overview

40 lessons, i.e. 30 lessons in a mini group
+ 10 private lessons per week


Lessons in a mini group 9.00 - 10.40 / 11.00 - 12.20
in addition 13.45 - 15.15 from Monday to Thursday
and 12.30 - 14.30 on Friday
Private tuition
Monday to Thursday from 15.30 - 17.00
Friday from 14.45 - 16.15
Required level: B2, C1 or C2 (see Quick Test)

Equipment used during this course:
camescope / video / phone / multimedia projector / computers / Internet
This course, purposely reduced in number of students, is designed to businessmen, engineers, skilled workers… wishing an intensive but short termed course to update or improve their language skills.
Course programme of the mini group lessons

MEETING THE COURSE PARTICPANTS
- First contact
Description of profession and responsibilities
Personal details
Countries and nationalities


PRESENTATION OF THE ENTERPRISE
Structure - Profile - Projects

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISON
Different ways of describing a product (during a staff meeting, a conference or to clients)
Size …
Needs
Comparison of products and profit or loss of the different enterprises

TRADING RESULTS & FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE ENTERPRISE
Different ways of discussing profit and loss (during a staff meeting, a conference or to clients)
State events and targets
Balance sheets / Banks / Financing / Currencies / Payment methods / Insurances

HOW TO NEGOCIATE IN FRENCH
Discussions & Exercises
Disapproving a price
Pending invoices
Renegotiation of a contract
Justification of a price increase
Salary topics
Dealing with conflicts

MARKET REPORT AND TRENDS
Different ways of explaining curves and describing changes (during a staff meeting, in a conference or to clients)

FRENCH GRAMMAR
Essential grammar points are developed at the same time as the course modules.

 

Private tuition
The following aspects are developed during your private lessons (if you have specific needs, please let us know when enrolling for the course.)


- French society.
- Interview techniques.
- French culture and mentality.
- What can be done & what can’t be done…
- Table rules in a restaurant.
- First contact over the phone:
identifying who is calling - passing a call through to another person - taking and communicating a message - apologizing - asking for prices and reductions - ordering products - changing a meeting date - complaining and dealing with complaints - giving references, numbers, information.

• Lessons take place form Monday to Friday.
• 3 to maximum 5 students per class.
• 1 lesson = 45 minutes.
• Duration : 1 week