Le français des affaires is a course designed for those who have a basic knowledge of French and who need to improve their spoken French for work purposes.

Whether you are planning to travel to France on business or living in France, this course will help you actively practice your French for work. The course is designed for self-study, but is also ideal as supplementary material for teacher-based classes. It includes a 100-page workbook with exercises (in pdf format) and allows up to 50 hours of active practice. 

The companion Web site www.lefrancais.com points to numerous additional French language resources on the Web.

Le français des affaires covers the following situations :

1. Making an appointment (Organiser une rencontre)
2. Booking into a hotel (Prendre une chambre à l'hôtel)
3. Taking a taxi (Prendre un taxi)
4. At company reception (A la réception de l'entreprise)
5. First meeting (Première rencontre)
6. Smalltalk (Courtoisies)
7. Going through the agenda (Examiner le programme de la visite)
8. Business lunch (Un déjeuner d'affaires)
9. Taking a message (Prendre un message)
10. Introduction to a presentation (Faire une présentation)
11. Answering questions (Répondre aux questions)
12. A job interview (Un entretien d'embauche)
13. Negotiating a salary (Négocier son salaire)
14. Postponing an appointment (Annuler un rendez-vous)
15. Changing a flight reservation (Changer une réservation de vol)
16. Summarizing and saying goodbye (Récapitulatif de la visite)

Le français des affaires covers the following areas :

1. Alphabet
2. Cardinal numbers
3. Dates
4. Days/Months
5. Ordinal numbers
6. Spelling
7. Telephone numbers
8. Time
9. Titles

Le français des affaires also includes over 400 phrases commonly used in business situations  :

1. Telephoning
2. Meetings
3. Presentations
4. Socialising
5. Talking about work
6. Language problems

Minimum system requirements :  Multimedia PC, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP, Internet browser.
(Network versions are also available)

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