Professional French

We propose many options according to your sector of activity: business, tourism, medical, law, sustainable development, military. You will be given a request form to fill in before the course starts so that we can prepare a French course program in line with your professional needs.If you are going on a mission in a French-speaking country, we will help you to improve your French language skills in real-life and working situations.

The Professional French course includes 26 French lessons per week: 

• Our Standard Course (20 lessons): This course provides you with the fundamentals of the language in the chosen exam level.
• 6 lessons for the professional topic of your choice (3 sessions of 1h30): this course can be taken alone or with another student with the same goals and level. 

Students can, if they wish, take the DFP exams of the Paris Chamber of Commerce in order to validate their skills with a recognized diploma. These exams assess communication skills (written and oral) in French in the main situations of professional life.

There are 15 different DFP diplomas: 

These 15 diplomas of professional French (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris) allow everyone - student or professional - to evaluate their ability to communicate in French in the main professional sectors: business, law, tourism, hotels and restaurants, secretarial work, diplomacy, fashion, science and technology, medicine...

Accent Français takes care of your registration for the exam and you can take it in our school. Contact us for more information. 

• Business DFP (B2,C1,C2): certifies that the candidate is able to use French effectively, both orally and in writing, in the main situations of professional communication and that he/she is operational in the relational, administrative and commercial functions of the company.
• DFP secretariat (B1, B2): attests to functional competence in French, limited to specific situations in secretarial professions (drawing up a schedule, filing documents, organizing a meeting, etc.).
• DFP tourism (B1): attests a functional competence in French, limited to situations in the fields of tourism, hotels and restaurants.
• DFP Scientific and Technical (B1): attests a functional competence in French, limited to situations in the scientific and technical fields.
• DFP law studies (B2): attests that the candidate is capable of using French in the common situations of a professional activity in a legal environment and that he can therefore handle legal language effectively. Note: The Legal French exam is a language exam, not a legal exam. The candidate is not required to have specific knowledge of a specific legal regime.
• Medical DFP (B2): this diploma is intended for persons practicing a medical or possibly paramedical profession, non-French speaking, who work or are called upon to work with French speaking health professionals and/or on medical documents written in French.

Program goals:

The professional courses cover the vocabulary of your specialty and the "in-situation" exercises are designed to reinforce oral and written skills in work situations.

• Professional communication: telephone communication, public speaking (meetings, presentations, conferences...), professional writing (e-mails, letters, reports, minutes...).
• Specialized French: Business French (commerce, management, marketing, etc.), French for medicine, French for law, French for tourism, French for science and technology, French for diplomacy.