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 European Commission most frequently employ English and French
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
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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When it comes to big, vibrant Canadian cities, it doesn't get much better than Toronto. With over 2.5 million people living there, Toronto has become the biggest city in Canada. A financial capital that is on par with New York or London in many ways, Toronto has become a global leader in banking, technology and other 21st century industries. There is also a tremendous amount of money coming in each year thanks to tourism and the success of the local sports teams, which includes hockey, basketball and professional football. Toronto is the point-of-entry for most immigrants who come to Canada. For that reason, as well as the international business conducted there, Toronto is one place in Canada where knowing additional languages is almost guaranteed to help you get ahead in business. Considered to be the New York of Canada, Toronto is a place where new languages can be put to good use almost every day.