French Courses for Business in Leeds

Many professionals in companies across the UK, as well as private individuals, have benefited from an French Language Course with SIMON & SIMON. We have a terrific team of qualified native-speaker French teachers, and with an average of 15 years' experience they will ensure you benefit from a course designed specifically around your needs, whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner with more specialised requirements. We consistently receive excellent feedback on our French tutors from our clients, and we send our students a profile on their French tutor prior to their French lessons commencing, with information on the tutor's background and experience.

If the only experience you have of studying a language is from your time in school, you may not know that there has been a revolution in the teaching of modern languages so that it is both more fun and more worthwhile. Your French teacher in Leeds will be using the Communicative Approach, where your lessons will, with few exceptions, be conducted in French. You will see your progress from that very first lesson and will soon be confident enough to conduct business or talk socially in French.

Both 1:1 and group formats are available for our French language courses. While most of our clients offer 1:1 French training, the group format can offer great value for money. If you want groups to be successful, the members must commit to the weekly meetings and we recommend keeping the number of participants below 7. Progress is faster for those who learn French in Leeds on a 1:1 basis as the lessons are individually tailored for their particular needs, strengths and weaknesses.

French Course Management

A multi-lingual Account Manager with extensive experience is responsible for each SIMON & SIMON French language course. A profile on your trainer, Course Plan and course materials will be sent to you when you start your French course. After every 40 hours of training you will receive a Progress Report. We will also send you Breaking the Language Barrier, our quarterly newsletter, which contains a wonderful prize draw and valuable language learning resource weblinks.

The French language courses of SIMON & SIMON have been run in numerous locations. As we have a global network of language trainers your French language course can be arranged in major cities across Europe and further afield. Most of our clients arrange for their French lessons to be run in their offices so that there is less need for travel, but we can also run French lessons in your home. We also run residential full-time French language courses in a variety of locations which our office will be happy to inform you of.

Leeds French Course Schedules

We run French language courses in Leeds all year. Most of our students participate in no less than one 90-minute lesson per week, but many students will participate in more if work commitments allow. Weekend Courses can be facilitated, and our French weekday courses run from Monday to Friday, from 8am to 8pm. Intensive French language courses are also available and can be run at the client’s premises or a residential centre in the UK or overseas. These courses take place over 6 hours a day, Monday through Friday, for 30 hours per week.

Your French language course’s content will be tailored to your experience and goals. Prior to the course, we will assess your French language level and speak to you comprehensively about the areas and subjects you are interested in. Students may be complete novices who need everyday French conversational skills or have more proficiency in French and wish to be able to discuss various business topics such as banking or finance more fluently. Students may desire to bolster their French for negotiations and meetings or focus on gaining better listening, pronunciation and comprehension skills. No matter what your needs, you can be confident that our very experienced French language trainers will work with you on a French language course that is tailored for you so that you quickly meet your goals.

French Language Examination Courses

French examination preparation for business or other examinations can also be assisted with. Our students boast a 95% rate of passing such examinations, proving the value of our policy of French teachers in Leeds with experience above the average. SIMON & SIMON also organises registration and administration of French examinations as well as issuing results certificates as a part of our service.

The table below is based on recognised language levels used by various academic institutions accross the European Union. A highly motivated student attending weekly sessions with their language trainer can expect to move from one level to another after 50 hours providing they also commit to a similar number of hours of self-study.

Of course, some people find learning languages easier than others, and some students will have more opportunities to practise the language in the course of their work and leisure, so these factors also need to be considered when trying to assess how long it will take to move from one level to another.

Company Funded Training

If your company is thinking of investing in language training our free consultation and demo lesson is a real opportunity to see if SIMON & SIMON is right for you - hundreds of other companies have chosen SIMON & SIMON, so we hope you will join them.

To take up this special offer, please call Cristiana Aragoni, on 020 7931 9869 - quoting "Demo Lesson" - our no-obligation consultation and demo lesson is free of charge.

Self-Funded Training

If you are interested in taking one of our courses as a private individual, then our free demo lessons are a perfect opportunity for you to meet one of our language trainers, experience the teaching methodology firsthand, and for us to assess your level and course needs - all with no obligation.

Demo lessons typically last 1 hour, and take place at our offices in central London, close to Victoria Station.

To take up this special offer, please call Cristiana Aragoni, on 020 7931 9869 - quoting "Demo Lesson" - our no-obligation consultation and demo lesson is free of charge.

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language by around 136 million people worldwide. A total of 500 million speak it as either a first, second, and foreign language. Moreover, some 200 million people learn French as a foreign language. French speaking communities are present in 56 countries and territories. Most native speakers of the language live in France, the rest live essentially in Canada, particularly Quebec, a minority in New Brunswick and Maine, as well as Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg and Louisiana. Most second-language speakers of French live in Francophone Africa, arguably exceeding the number of native speakers.

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