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LEGAL FRENCH

COURS DE FRANCAIS JURIDIQUE

"a tailor-made programme to satisfy students’ professional expectations in the field of law and provide a capacity to better understand and actively participate in French life"
BLS BORDEAUX
  • Lessons: 20 general French morning lessons + 10 private legal French afternoon lessons per week
  • Levels: elementary to advanced, equivalent at least to level A2 of the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference (see levels)
  • Course begins: every Monday (see dates)
  • Timetable: 9.30 to 12.45 with a 15 minute break, Monday to Friday +
    1.5 hours private lessons every afternoon from 14.00
  • Duration: minimum 1 week with no time limit
Price
2009
1 week = 895€ | additional week = 860€
Enrolment fee = 75€

 

Target profile: Students, trainees and professionals who work or may work in the future with French-speaking legal professionals and/or with legal documents written in French.

We would like to draw students’ attention to the fact that this course concerns legal French and is not a law course. Students need not be experts in this field to attend the course.

  • this course enables students to combine the French language with their prior knowledge and provides them with the language tools specific to legal activities. However, the learning of legal terms requires the knowledge of certain legal notions that may come up during the course, in particular:
  • the basic legal framework: the main areas of law, European Community Law, sources of law.
  • the course content covers the minimum background any law professional (especially business law) is expected to have

Students may greatly benefit by bringing their own general documents presenting their company, examples of internal communications or correspondence with customers. Since these documents may be of a confidential nature, BLS guarantees that no copies will be kept.

Legal French - objectives and methodology

  • to learn the skills and language tools necessary to understand and interact in a professional context
  • to develop knowledge in various fields: labour law, business law, human rights, property law, etc.
  • a tailor-made approach that combines knowledge of law with an improved understanding of French society

General French - objectives and methodology

  • the practice of spoken French in communicative situations and a cultural approach to the language
  • development of linguistic proficiency (written and oral expression / written and oral comprehension / interpersonal communication)
  • communicative methods combining individual development and group dynamics (group work, role plays, etc.)

Groups

  • single-level groups, 8 to 12* students maximum, ensure easy participation and a true group dynamic as well as individual attention from the teacher
    *Occasionally, this number may be exceeded by 1 or 2 due to an unforeseen student placement

Teaching aids

Dates 2009

BORDEAUX

  • Course start dates
    (elementary to advanced levels)
  • every Monday
  • School closure 2009
  • 13/04; 01/05; 08/05;
    21/05; 01/06; 14/07; 11/11/2009;
    20/12/2009 - 04/01/2010

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