Learn French Common Words & Phrases - Level One

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For whatever reasons or motivation you may have for learning french language, we welcome you. We have years of experience in teaching french and we want to help you. Tell us what you need, and we'll deliver.

We would be please if you continue to read the following pages, you may find yourself with the reasons listed on the right.

Merci beaucoup !

OUR BOOKS

FRENCH PROVERBS comes with a CD to help you pronounce and get use to phonetics and ... how a native speaker sounds. The phrasing of a french proverbs is unique and represents a culture. In other cases, a french proverb can have an almost identical English-language equivalent. Very often the precepts of one culture are the precepts of another for they are an outgrowth of common experiences. Proverbs are relatively easy for nonnative speakers to learn and use. Once the the concept of the proverb is understood, students can often relate it to similar concepts in their own languages.

BESCHERELLE english version is the art of

conjugating french verbs and it remains the greatest problem of the french language. The user will find verbs taken from the jargon of trades and professions and from slang and familiar language.

This book is also a dictionary of spelling and meaning of the verbs appear in the end of the volume. For those who wish to become familiar with the difficulties and subtleties if French verb conjugation, and who are concerned with expressing themselves correctly.

FRENCH VOCABULARY will help you master vocabulary by topics. Like for example, transportation, sports, asking for directions, automobile, shopping, food, etc. Isn't it GREAT ! The chapters have extensive footnotes which inform the students of other ways of saying the same thing and further clarify the use of words.

We help you go through all this and reinforce and enrich the student's knowledge of the language by providing words and expressions that seldom appear in typical textbooks but that are essentials for communicating comfortably about a given situation.

The French Grammar Drills help you through the difficulties and confusions of the french grammar, like for instance oft-confused groups of French verbs, expressions, and grammatical structures.

The prepositions

ex: 1

À (to) vs De (from)

These little words cause big problems! Learn all about these common prepositions.

ex:2

À (preposition- to) vs A (verb to have: avoir)

Accent plays an important role in french language and once you miss it, the phrase means something else. Careful !

The french verb drills acts as a supplement for a thorough understanding of the verb conjugation which is quite important when relating to past actions, describing actions which took place in the past or talking about history. All the tenses have a specific usage. They are conventionally divided into three conjugations with the following groupings:

• 1st group: verbs ending in -er (except aller).
• 2nd group: verbs ending in -ir, with the gerund ending in -issant.
• 3rd group:
• 1st section: verbs ending in -ir, with the gerund ending in -ant.
• 2nd section: verbs ending in -oir.
• 3rd section: verbs ending in -re.
• aller
• The first two groups follow a regular conjugation, whereas the third group follows an irregular one. The third group is considered a closed-class conjugation form, meaning that most new verbs introduced to the French language are of the first group (téléviser, atomiser, radiographier), with the remaining ones being of the second group. - THIS BOOK IS BACKED-UP WITH EXERCISES.

The Festival books are accompanied with two CDs.

(1 for the class work and 1 for the home work). The CDs (class book) are available on request.

The work book is consist of exercises base on what is done in class and help the students to better understand the conversations, phrase structure and verb conjugation which is primordial. Please note that , the students would need a french/english dictionary for the courses.

The Class book consist of small text and based on conversation in respect to the french culture and way of life. A great importance is given to oral, of course, but the writing is present in each lesson. Festival can effectively prepare the candidates to attend the DELF A1/A2 exams.

CONCERNING

FRENCH CERTIFICATION:

For those who are interested to obtain a qualification base on the french exams such as

DELF A1 - Basic User

DELF A2 - Independent User

DELF B1 - Independent User

DELF B2 - Proficient User

DALF C1 - Proficient User

DALF C2 - Proficient User

We prepare the students, base on a deadline according to a schedule to attend the exams of their choice @ ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Kuala Lumpur and add value to their studies and giving them more changes to be hired in a french company or in french universities for further studies.

OUR COMPLETE FRENCH SYLLABUS (for beginners)

Please note that we also cater for intermediate and advance level as well.

WHAT IS YOUR REASON FOR LEARNING FRENCH LANGUAGE?

LEARNING FRENCH

FOR THE FUN?

Wether just to try on, learn for the fun, it is always useful to learn french language specially when you are young. It shows respect and interest for the language and certainly for others.

JOBS WITH

FRENCH LANGUAGE?

You are working for a french company and you need to enhance your communication skills, handling phone calls, writing letters; text translation, etc. We can cater for your needs.

If businesses are to effectively compete in a global economy, they must learn to deal with other cultures on their own terms. Companies that plan to do business in France or with french counter parts therefore have a dire need to speak french. Employees who speak one language can communicate only with people who speak that same language and its a disadvantage.

Business is not the only area of employment where french language is needed, however, Multiple government agencies, the travel industry, engineering, communications, the field of education, international law, economics, public policy, publishing, advertising, entertainment, scientific research, and a broad array of service sectors all have needs for people with french language skills. There was one french company based in KL, searching for candidates having knowledge in french translation and proof reading. They could not find anyone in the city. They have even contacted the french embassy for help, some recruitment agencies, search on the internet, well.... just to report that they had some trouble before they could finally find someone competent for the job. It took them months. The latest news is, they hired a french lecturer/tutor to give private lesson once a week to ten of their staffs. Why does it have to be so hard? What does that mean to you? There is a serious demand out there for such skill, and if you have it, wouldn't it be nice.

Whatever your career goals, knowing a language certainly won't hurt your employability. Chances are that knowing languages will open up employment opportunities that you would not have had otherwise. And you will be able to command a greater salary in the workplace. All else being equal, knowing french languages gives you an edge over monolingual applicants competing for the same jobs.

FRENCH FOR

BUSINESS?

(working adults)

Private classes are often requested where people need special attention. Wether you need to polish your french, you need a crash course for your business trip soon, we can assign a tutor to take care of your needs in the comfort of your house or hotel.

You will be going to france soon and you would need an intensive french course. Things which you need to know... Greetings and short phrases, asking for direction, etc. Here are a few more topics which are quite useful for travelers and business people

1. at the airport

2. on an airplane

3. passport control: at the customs

4. at the train station

5. asking for directions

6. at the hotel

7. at the bank

8. at the post office

9. making a telephone call

10. taking a taxi (going places)

CULINARY ARTS, ENGINEERING & FASHION?

INTERNSHIP & W

O

RK

PLACEMENT @ TAYLOR's COLLEGE

Culinary arts, fashion, engineer

ing, hospitality and tourism are some more reasons to learn french language. There are some universities here, like for instance Taylor's College which offers internship program and learning french language is a must. The students will be spending six months in france for their internship. It requires them to speak french on a daily basis.

And to know the tools and equipment they will be using. Communication skills, asking and giving information, etiquette, table manners, etc.

Malaysian students are offered internship and work placement in france for six months. How do one survive if he/she do not speak french, as they will be expecting you to do so. To go for study (engineering, fashion etc) the requirement is at least a D.A.L.F C1 (Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française), in other words, a proficient user and know at least 1800 of vocabularies.

THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT FOR LEARNING FRENCH !

The little girl on the left is only 9 years old and she performed quite well during the test. Surprise ! We believe once you have the love or passion in learning the language, nothing will stop you. And a good performance is what you can expect. Children are better than adults in memorization. These students have been taken by surprise for a test, and we are quite happy with their results.