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Around 7 million Canadians are native French speakers, 6 million of whom live in Quebec
From the 17th to 19th centuries, France was the leading power of Europe, and was the lingua franca (a language widely used beyond its native speakers) of educated Europe, especially when involving the arts, literature and diplomacy
French is spoken by about 175 million people all around the world as a mother tongue or fluent second language
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Améle Poulain
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Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain, film français de Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a connu, dès sa sortie en Avril 2001, un succès incroyable.
En quelques mois, le film surfait au sommet des box offices, avec plus de 35 millions d’entrées dans le monde, dont 8 millions en France. Quatre Césars (Césars du Meilleur film, du Meilleur Réalisateur, de la Meilleure Musique et du Meilleur Décor), 5 nominations aux Oscars, telles sont les couleurs que porte Amélie Poulain au nom du cinéma français, indéniablement en plein renouveau et en plein boom au niveau de la fréquentation en salle.
Le film retrace lhistoire dune jeune serveuse Montmartroise, Amélie, dont la vie modeste laisse une grande place à l’imaginaire et aux plaisirs de la vie.
Ayant eu une enfance peu réjouissante avec la perte de son poisson rouge, la mort de sa mère et le réconfort de son père auprès des nains de jardin, Amélie décide de quitter cet univers oppressant et d’aller s’installer à Montmartre.
Un soir, Amélie découvre une boîte de vieux jouets derrière un carreau de sa salle de bain, qui devait appartenir à un enfant ayant vécu ici. Amélie met alors tout en œuvre pour retrouver le propriétaire de cette boîte.
Sa vie retrouve soudainement un sens lorsqu’elle parvint à sa fin.
Amélie souhaite désormais améliorer la vie des personnes qui l’entourent, et ce à leur insu. La serveuse se transforme rapidement en une bonne fée désirant le bonheur d’autrui, en oubliant même parfois son propre bonheur.
Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain a tout d’un conte de fée moderne. C’est une histoire magique qui, en plus d’être fabuleusement narrée, filmée, et mise en scène, rend heureux. On en ressort grandi, ayant une envie de faire le bonheur autour de soi. Une belle leçon d’humanité, une belle leçon d’altruisme
French Courses in Worthing
Your colleagues and yourself can be trained by our native-speaking fully-qualified French tutors at a time and location to suit you. Classes can take place any day, even weekends, and can happen in the morning, afternoon or evening. If the case may be that your home or office is not convenient, there is always the option to take your classes at the office of your teacher. Study books for the course are provided.
Book now / EnquiryFrench 1 to 1 Business
These French lessons are driven towards people who have a requirement to learn French to bolster their work output. For novices, you will find it useful to learn basic greetings and business etiquette; and once you have become more proficient then reading and writing will come to the fore. Typical students include those concerned with import/export, those seeking work in multinational companies, international negotiations, and anyone working with international colleagues or administration. Even on our most rudimentary beginners course, students can expect to finish the course with decent telephone and e-mail French, as well as a good enough grip on the language for a short trip to the country.
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This set of French tutorials are less specific and more targeted at those who want to get a range of different things from learning French. Even though all novice students will cover survival French: enough French to make a visit to the country or make good contacts with the locals, but what do you do from there? It depends on your needs. Those who have benefitted from these courses have been those moving or investing overseas, spouses of overseas nationals, people who love to travel all over the world, those interested in French culture, and those who just want to pass a specific examination in French.
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2 or more people can benefit studying French together as these French courses are also offered to groups (Two-to-One French Course or Small Group In-Company French Course). Every student must have the same degree of knowledge of the language, the same business or language needs and the ability to study at the same time and place as everybody else. The booking has to be made for all students at the same time. Listen & Learn do not advocate group sessions of more than 6-8 people, though Taster French Courses can be experienced by up to 12 people.
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Worthing
Worthing is a large seaside town on the south coast of England, with a population of almost 100,000. Often considered a retirement home, Worthing in fact has an active underground culture, with the area well-known for smugglers all the way back to the 18th century. The town is more than just a sleepy fishing village. It has a rich archaeological history: many Roman coins, tiles and other pottery have been discovered in several parts of the town. Worthing Pier has stood firm since 1862, which is hardly surprising given the town's crime rate, which is far lower than the national average.
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