French B1 module 6: Business (Business)

This is learning module 6 of 6 of our French B1 syllabus. Each learning module contains 6 till 8 chapters.

Learning goals:

  • Leadership and team
  • Negotations and contracts
  • Common communication in the company
  • Business sectors and departments

Lessons (8)

B1.38 - Leadership en équipe (Leadership in team)

B1.38 - Leadership in team
  • Advanced personality traits
  • How personality influences teamwork
  • Expressing a feeling: "Je suis content", "Ça me fatigue"...

B1.39 - Titres de poste et structure de l'entreprise (Job titles and company structure)

B1.39 - Job titles and company structure
  • Advanced job titles
  • Organigram and task divisions
  • Leadership and hierarchy
  • Interrogative pronouns ("que, qui, quoi…")

B1.40 - Les trajets domicile-travail (Commuting)

B1.40 - Commuting
  • Daily transport to work
  • Discuss company policies and car alternatives
  • Discuss leasing transportation
  • Les conjonctions de temps "quand, après que, dès que..."

B1.41 - Au laboratoire (At the laboratory)

B1.41 - At the laboratory
  • Communicate between departments about laboratory work and experiments
  • Follow basic laboratory methods and procedures
  • Sequence of tenses

B1.42 - Autorisations et subventions (Permissions and subsidies)

B1.42 - Permissions and subsidies
  • Explore the government and law in the host country
  • Deal with legal obstacles and get subsidies
  • Talk to local authorities
  • Indirect speech
  • Indirect speech: interrogative words

B1.43 - Négociations et ventes (Negotiations and sales)

B1.43 - Negotiations and sales
  • Price negotations
  • Currency exchange rates / tariffs
  • Contracts vocabulary
  • Reported speech: Imperative

B1.44 - Durabilité et environnement (Sustainability and environment)

B1.44 - Sustainability and environment
  • Talk about environmental legislation
  • Talk about the daily environment and health
  • Comparison with 'tellement...que' and 'tel(le)s...que'

B1.45 - À la conférence (At the conference)

B1.45 - At the conference
  • Vocabulary for conferences and public speaking
  • Present yourself and meet at networking events
  • Attend a conference
  • Les formules de courtoisie : "Il me semble que", "Je vous prie de m'excuser"...