The Diploma in Business French certifies proficiency in oral and written French for
professional
communication. It prepares individuals to handle interpersonal, administrative, and
commercial aspects
of business in French.
Target Audience :
- Students and professionals needing to communicate in French in their work.
- Company or government staff in contact with French-speaking interlocutors.
Examples of activities and themes covered :
Activities : Filling out forms, commenting on graphs, writing notes and reports,
meeting clients,
presenting backgrounds and arguments.
Themes : Professional world, business, social, economic, and commercial contexts,
negotiations.
Detailed Diploma Descriptions by Level :
Total Evaluation
Duration : 60mins
- Comprehension and Information Processing : 45mins
- Oral Interaction : Preparation : 10mins, Test : 5mins
Skills Evaluated
-
Comprehension and Information Processing :
- Understanding the essential elements of very simple
professional documents to perform
professional tasks.
- Understanding the essential aspects of a short and
predictable message, in person or on
the phone, to perform very simple professional tasks.
- Writing very short and standardized messages related to
common social and professional
activities.
-
Oral Communication :
- Establishing very simple social and professional contacts
and communicating to perform
professional tasks in a limited number of known or
predictable situations.
Total Evaluation
Duration : 60mins
- Comprehension and Information Processing : 45mins
- Oral Interaction : Preparation : 10mins, Test : mins
Skills Evaluated
-
Comprehension and Information Processing :
- Understanding the essential elements of simple professional
documents to perform simple
and common professional tasks.
- Writing short and familiar messages related to common social
and professional activities.
- Understanding the essential aspects of a short and
predictable message, in person or on
the phone, within their usual professional experience.
-
Oral Communication :
- Using simple language to establish social contact, describe
experience and activities,
exchange factual information, express an opinion or
preference, ask questions, etc., in a
limited number of practical situations on common and
familiar subjects.
Total Evaluation
Duration : 1h 45mins
- Comprehension and Information Processing : 1h 20mins
- Oral Interaction : Preparation : 20mins, Test: 10mins
Skills Evaluated
-
Comprehension and Information Processing :
- Understanding the essential elements of simple and common
reports, texts, and professional
documents.
- Understanding the essential elements of a predictable
message (in form and content), in
person or on the phone, within their professional
experience.
- Taking provided elements, organizing them into a given
format, and writing common types of
messages related to familiar social and professional
activities.
-
Oral Communication :
- Participating in exchanges on familiar subjects in their
professional context, describing
what they do, exchanging factual information, discussing an
option, and providing
explanations in practical situations concerning known
subjects.
Total Evaluation
Duration : 2h 30mins
- Comprehension and Information Processing : 2h
- Oral Interaction : Preparation : 15mins, Test : 15mins
Skills Evaluated
-
Comprehension and Information Processing :
- Understanding important details of most professional
documents.
- Extracting relevant information from reports, instruction
manuals, notes, emails, letters,
etc., for effective action.
- Following long and structured presentations or
conversations, and taking notes to write
reports, summaries, etc.
-
Oral Communication :
- Presenting structured information and relevant arguments
convincingly.
- Reacting to others' arguments and defending a point of view
in formal situations like
meetings, round tables, negotiations, etc.
Total Evaluation
Duration : 2h 30mins
- Comprehension and Information Processing : 2h
- Oral Interaction : Preparation : 15mins, Test : 15mins
Skills Evaluated
-
Comprehension and Information Processing :
- Understanding and processing long and complex documents
(written or oral).
- Precisely identifying viewpoints, arguments, and nuances of
style and tone.
- Writing structured and precise professional documents
adapted to the audience.
-
Oral Communication :
- Developing rich and precise arguments and effectively
structuring their speech.
- Flexibly adapting to unexpected situations.
- Improvising effective answers to complex or unexpected
questions.