Our native speaker qualified French language teachers can train you and your colleagues at your office or home at a time to suit you. Classes can be any day of the week (even weekends) in the morning, afternoon or evening. In certain circumstances, if your home or office is not suitable, you can take your classes at the trainer's office. Course books are provided.
These courses in French are wider-ranging in their nature, and are driven towards students who have a variety of differing needs. All beginner students will expect to study enough survival French to get them through a short visit to the country, those staying on with the course can progress differently, depending on their individual requests and requirements. Whether you are buying property in a foreign country, married to a foreign national, planning a round-the-world trip, interested in French history and culture, or if you simply want to attain a particular level of French, this is the choice for you.
French courses of this type are aimed towards those that need to learn French to aid them with their employment. For those just starting out, it is integral to learn basic greetings and business etiquette; and reading and writing can be adopted once the simple precepts are out of the way. Success has come from students who are involved in import/export, international negotiations and acquisitions, those seeking jobs in multinational companies, and those working with foreign colleagues, academia and bureaucracy. Just our most basic beginners course will have the student finishing the course with basic telephone/e-mail skills in French, as well as survival French should a short stay in the country be needed.
The French courses are also available for 2 or more people studying together (Two-to-One French Course or Small Group In-Company French Course). All participants must have the same level, the same business or general language needs and be able to study at the same time in the same location. The booking must be made for all participants at the same time. Listen & Learn do not recommend group classes of more than 6-8 people although In-Company Taster French Courses can be run with up to 12 people.
French has only two genders - masculine and feminine - and some verb tenses need auxiliary verbs, usually to have ('avoir') and to be ('être')
French has its own 'Académie Française', an official body that moderates the French language. Its members are known as 'immortels' - "immortals"
From the 1600s to the 1800s, France was the dominant European nation, and French was the common tongue for matters of culture, diplomacy and art
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La France est mondialement connue pour son vin, son pain et son boursin (rime utilisée pour signifier son vin, son pain et son fromage, le boursin étant une sorte de fromage).
Croissants, brioches et baguettes sont les symboles indéniables du savoir-faire gastronomique français. En effet, les spécialités boulangères françaises véhiculent, à l’étranger, un certain art de vivre à la française.
En France, le marché de la boulangerie-pâtisserie est dominé par les artisans. Les 35 000 boulangeries artisanales présentes sur le territoire national produisent près de 70% du pain français, soit environ un million et demie de tonnes de pain. Les industriels et distributeurs se partagent les 30% restants du marché.
Malgré une forte baisse de consommation de pain par rapport au début du siècle (la consommation moyenne de pain par personne est passée de 328 kg en 1900 à 58 kg aujourd’hui), il existe encore de nos jours près de 80 pains régionaux, ainsi qu’un large éventail de pains spéciaux, comme par exemple le pain au noix, le pain aux raisins, etc. Le marché reste néanmoins dominé à 80% par la fameuse baguette, universellement connue sous son nom d’origine.
Des écoles publiques et privées, forment les apprentis boulangers afin qu’ils véhiculent le savoir-faire boulanger et pâtissier français digne de ce nom.
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"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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