COURSE DESCRIPTION

Our business French course addresses individuals who need French in the scope of their work or want to be more competitive in the job market, as well as companies pursuing a business activity in a French speaking country or with French speaking partners.

This course is designed to enhance communication with foreign partners or customers, establish professional fluency and deepen cultural understanding.

We emphasize aspects such as

• business greeting protocol
• phone conversations
• written correspondence
• basic text comprehension
• conversation skills

At the end of our corporate French program, our students are able to:

• use the phone with comfort
• produce culturally correct documents that make a good impression
• have the level necessary to survive in a French-speaking environment

BENEFITS

Business Development Opportunities

While global markets are rapidly expanding, professionals need more language skills and cultural expertise to stand out from competitors and strengthen their business position in the global marketplace.

Foreign language proficiency can also facilitate access to new ideas and developments from abroad translating into larger market shares and increased sales.

According to an article written by Marcos and Peyton in 2002, “interest in and support for language study has been strengthened in the United States in recent years by the growing recognition that proficiency in more than one language benefits both individual learners and society…a multilingual workforce enhances America’s economic competitiveness abroad, helps maintain our political and security interests, and promote tolerance and intercultural awareness” [1].

As businesses want to take more advantage of international opportunities globalization is offering, as they want to increase their competitiveness on global markets, they have to rely more heavily on a bilingual or multilingual workforce and even provide their employees with foreign language instruction.