| THEMES AND
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS TO BE
DEVELOPPED |
OBJECTIVES |
CONTENT |
| Business and professional
correspondence |
- Mastering written communication in
the business world
|
- Writing various type of documents
- Mail presentation
- Technical in written expression
|
| Use of the telephone |
- Acquiring linguistic automatism for a
more efficient use of the telephone
- Managing in different business
situations
|
- Vocabulary
- Standard phrases, sentences
- Simulations - case studies - role plays
- Exercises in auditory comprehension
|
| Job applications and
job offers |
- Learning about the presentation of job
adverts
- Learning how to apply for a job
|
- Job offer analysis
- Presentation and drawing up of resumes
- Job application letters
- Standard responses
- Job interviews
|
| - Introductions, - Invitations |
- Learning appropriate language and
behavior in first contact situations
- Welcoming
- Inviting
|
- Introducing oneself / introducing one’s company
/ firm
- Introducing other people
- Simulations - Role plays
|
| Business transactions |
- Acquiring the language necessary to
do any business in France
|
- Expression of ideas and feelings
- Proposing / offering / suggesting
- Expressing doubt / certainty
- Giving one’s opinion : agreeing / disagreeing
- Winding up an interview / a conversation
|
| The French Business
world :
Intercultural aspect |
- Better understanding of the French
culture / mentality and the resulting
behavior within the business world or
in relation to time, space social
relations, etc ...
|
- Characteristics of French culture
- Analysis of the French approach to work
|
| The French Business
world : the
Legal and Fiscal
context |
- Learning about the French tax system
- the French companies
- Social contributions
|
- Taxes
- The different sorts of firms
- New business creation in France
|
| The French Business
world : Lab our
Law |
- Knowing the main aspects of lab our
laws
|
- Work contracts
- Leaves
- The employees : means of expression
|
| Social overview |
- Getting an insight on French society
|
- Population
- Description of French people : age, socioeconomic
categories, etc ...
- Social changes in France 1950 - 1975 / the
evolution of the French consumer society
- Immigrants in France
- Social problems, dangers
|
| French Economy |
- Getting a general idea of the
country’s economic situation
|
- Economic policies in France
- specific aspects of French Economy
- Inflation - unemployment - trade balance -
balance of payments
|
| France and the Euro peen
market |
- Understanding the conditions in
which France appears in this new
economic context
|
- France in the Community (historical background)
- France’s assets and advantages
- The weaknesses in French economy
- The main partners of France
|
| The South - La Cote
d’Azur
(the Riviera) |
- Studying the position of the « Midi »
(southern part) and more particularly of
the « Cote d’Azure » in relation to the
French economy and society
|
- South / North : historical background
- Economic dynamism in the South
- The different sectors of development
- Sophia Antipolis and technopoles
|
| Study of one specific
sector, one field
of activity |
- Allowing the student to know about
one economic field directly related to
his / her business activity
|
- Economic sector - field of activity
- Its importance, its evolution
- Basic vocabulary
|
30 lessons x 45 minutes per week 
