FRENCH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

French Course for professional purposes

Executive French (FDA)
French for Teachers of French (FPF)

We offer a wide range of French language courses, whether you need to learn French for private or for professional reasons.

There is a variety in intensity and length of the courses, and they all have in common the aim at autonomy and communication. Classes are in small groups during the whole year with a focus on oral communication.

For all our French courses in Aix-en-Provence the minimum age is 18 years, except for the closed groups where we can accept younger students.

For all our French courses on specific objectives we ask the participants to fill in a questionnaire on beforehand in order to prepare the course according to your needs and goals. This way you’ll get the best of your French courses in France.

Executive French (FDA)

This program is made to suit managers, executives and people in charge of various business sectors, who are in direct contact with French speaking interlocutors. The training is organised and personalised, in accordance to the requests and the needs of the students.
  • Becoming independent in a French professional context
  •  Improving and developing the oral and written communication
  • Strengthening the linguistic tools (vocabulary, grammar) in a professional context
  • Acquiring the essential skills of the business world to be able to develop in a company
  • Develop the ability to adapt to « cross-cultural » and different French speaking corporate cultures
  • Tailored teaching ; emphasize on the oral and written practice in a professional context
  • Rigorous linguistic progression that takes into account the level and needs of the group
  • Learning and practicing linguistic tools that are used in the French corporate world
  • Simulation of authentic professional conversation situations
  • Practice training of presentations, negotiations, formal and informal exchanges and all types of business related writing
  • Autonomous and individual work every day after class
  • Examples of themes: introduction of the company and its organisation, its products and services ; simulation of recruitments, economy and finance, marketing, writing of memos, rapports and note taking, related to the French culture and the business world
  • From Monday to Friday: 09:00 – 10:30 and 11:00 – 12.30 and 14:00 – 15:30
  • The schedule is subject to change in case of public holiday during the week
  • 2 week program on specific dates
  • 30 lessons per week
  • 1 lesson = 45 minutes
  • 3 to 6 participants
  • If less than 3 participants: course will be converted into a FGCP10 course without charge
  • B1 to C1 *
  • A preparatory file and a test are required

*All levels according to CEFR

Our teachers have a degree in teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE) and receive ongoing training to develop their teaching techniques. They animate alternately the course and coordinate with each other for a precise follow-up according to the objectives of the CEFR grid.

Each participant receives, on the day of their departure, a certificate indicating the duration and the level of the taken course based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

  • 3 to 6 people
  • 2 weeks
  • 1 lesson = 45 min
  • 30 lessons per week
  • B1 to C1
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  • 4 to 15 people
  • 2 weeks
  • 1 lesson = 45 min
  • 10 lessons per week
  • From B1
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French for Teachers of French (FPF)

This linguistic, methodological and socio-cultural internship is intended for foreign teachers of French as a Foreign Language living outside France or for students in this field at the end of their training course

  • Knowledge and learning of French in a teaching purpose
  • (Re)discovering the socio-cultural realities of today’s France and its historical, literary and artistic heritage
  • Enrich its classroom practices in terms of FLE didactics
  • Discover new teaching tools and case studies
  • Discussing classroom practices (difficulties, solutions found) and observing classes in situ
  • Workshops on French civilization (the great events of the 21st century and its main principles)
  • Pedagogical workshops aimed at enriching classroom practices and exchange of experience
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  • Documents created by teachers for educational purposes
  • Written, video and/or audio documents
  • Afternoon between 14:00 et 17:30
  • Detailed schedule will be communicated on the first day
  • 2 week course
  • 10 lessons per week of educational workshops
  • 1 lesson = 45 minutes

4 to 15 participants

From B1 level*

*All levels according to CEFR

Each participant receives, on the day of their departure, a certificate indicating the duration and the level of the taken course based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)

Our teachers have a degree in teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE) and receive up-to-date training to develop their teaching techniques. They teach the course alternately and coordinate with each other for a precise follow-up according to the objectives of the CEFR grid.