Your colleagues and yourself can be trained by our native-speaking fully-qualified French tutors at a time and location to suit you. Classes can take place any day, even weekends, and can happen in the morning, afternoon or evening. If the case may be that your home or office is not convenient, there is always the option to take your classes at the office of your teacher. Study books for the lesson are provided.
This set of French tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning French. Even though all novice students will cover survival French: enough French to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these lessons have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in French culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in French.
These French Lessons are intended for people who really need to learn French to help make that difference in their work. For beginners, it will be useful to learn greetings and basic business etiquette, at higher levels reading and then writing become more important. Typical students include those involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, jobseekers in multinational companies where an additional language is required, and those working with international colleagues, academia and government. Even on our most basic lesson for Beginners, students should expect to end the lesson with basic Telephone French and e-mail French skills for communications as well as Survival French required for short visits to a country.
If there are 2 or more of you with the same level of French, the same targets within the language, and be able to study at the same time and location, then you'll be happy to know that these French lessons can also be made available for Two-to-One French Lessons or Small Group In-Company French Lessons. Listen & Learn do not generally recommend classes of more than 6-8 people, although Taster lessons in French can run with up to 12 people. Bookings must be made for all participants at the same time.
The official language in 41 countries around the globe, most French-speaking nations are part of 'La Francophonie'
Canada is home to around 7 million native speakers of French, most of whom live in Quebec
French has its own 'Académie Française', an official body that moderates the French language. Its members are known as 'immortels' - "immortals"
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French Testimonials
"I needed to learn some French because I'll be relocating to Canada next year. My Business French course was great - my teacher was real professional, and if I had any questions she was happy to answer them. Can't believe how quickly I got into it."
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Brampton is a big, bold Canadian city of over 400,000 residents. The fourth largest city in the Ontario province, Brampton was historically home to Canada's largest botanical companies, with people coming from all over the world to obtain the flowers and plants grown and cultivated in the area. Today, the business community has a decidedly more modern feel, with high-tech and logistics industries making inroads in the local market and internationally. The Lorne Scots, the most decorated division of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves is stationed in Brampton. With a thriving international business community in Brampton, more and more people are learning second languages as a means of staying competitive in their chosen career.