{"id":8891,"date":"2022-04-20T16:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=8891"},"modified":"2022-04-22T14:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T18:56:26","slug":"new-course-beginner-french-for-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2022\/04\/20\/new-course-beginner-french-for-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Course: Beginner French for Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most language learning apps will prepare you for a vacation to France. (We have the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2020\/12\/21\/essentials-online-language-course\/\">\u201cEssentials\u201d course<\/a> in French and 80+ other languages, if that&#8217;s what you need.)<\/p>\n<p>But what if you have more serious personal and professional needs?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do more than just survive your next vacation. Prepare to live and work in the Francophone world with the Beginner French for Professionals course!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8892\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-1024x561.png\" alt=\"beginner french for professionals online course\" width=\"549\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-350x192.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course.png 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What will you learn?<\/h2>\n<p>This course will help you progress from true beginner to CEFR A2 or ACTFL Novice-High with 75+ hours of learning materials, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>18 conversation lessons<\/li>\n<li>71 vocabulary lessons (covering 1,063 words and phrases)<\/li>\n<li>63 grammar lessons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a beginner, nothing will build your proficiency faster than learning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2019\/05\/20\/why-focus-on-vocabulary\/\">the most useful, high-frequency vocabulary<\/a>. But providing basic vocab lists (like \u201ccolors\u201d or \u201cdirections\u201d) actually\u00a0hurts\u00a0your ability to retain what you\u2019re learning due to \u201csemantic interference\u201d. It\u2019s also just not very fun. ?\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Instead, when we develop lessons, we think of a common scenario and tell a story about it. What scenarios are you likely to be in? Who are the characters you\u2019ll interact with? What conversations would you have?<\/p>\n<p>This approach lends itself to more natural speech you might not find in a textbook approach, as well as other retention tactics like \u201cspiraling\u201d (resurfacing previously learned material) and \u201cinterleaving\u201d (reinforcing material in multiple modalities and contexts). A lesson about shopping can weave in numbers, colors, sizes, etc. in a more effective and memorable way.<\/p>\n<h3>Conversation, Vocabulary, and Grammar<\/h3>\n<p>Each of the 9 units contain three lesson types that support this storytelling format:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Conversation lessons <\/strong>are 60-minute exercises based on the unit theme. For example, in a unit about celebrations, several employees are chatting at the company holiday party. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8894\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/Beginner-French-for-Professionals-Conversation-Lesson-GIF.gif\" alt=\"Beginner French for Professionals - Conversation Lesson\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vocab lessons <\/strong>are 30-minute exercised that build vocabulary needed to understand the theme and the conversations. For example, the companion vocabulary lesson to the holiday party conversation introduces words and phrases related to inviting your colleagues.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8893\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/Beginner-French-for-Professionals-Vocab-Lesson-GIF.gif\" alt=\"Beginner French for Professionals - Vocab Lesson\" width=\"581\" height=\"327\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Grammar lessons <\/strong>are 20-minute exercises that expand on grammar patterns seen elsewhere in the unit. For example, to help understand grammar seen in the holiday party conversation, a grammar lesson teaches you how to use demonstrative adjectives to point out people and objects. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8896\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/Beginner-French-for-Professionals-Grammar-Lesson-GIF-2.gif\" alt=\"Beginner French for Professionals - Grammar Lesson\" width=\"574\" height=\"323\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What about culture?<\/h3>\n<p>This approach emphasizes the knowledge and skills you will need to use the language in the French-speaking world, including culture, as our Project Manager Kate Blais explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conversations use real-world language you\u2019ll actually hear, including slang, interjections, etc. No rigid, cookie cutter conversations you\u2019d find in a textbook. The voiceover artists did a really good job of acting them out with realistic speech, so it\u2019s great practice for learners preparing to use this language in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a section for cultural notes that gives the learner important context for the conversation. For example, the conversation lesson about attending a company holiday party includes a slide discussing how common these parties are among French workers, that it\u2019s acceptable to bring your family along, and other important cultural info.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginner French for Professionals is available now in Transparent Language Online.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/login\/\">Log in<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/trial\/\">try it free<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparent.com\/libraries\/find-transparent-language-online.html\">find it free at a library near you<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>? Looking for more? Stay tuned\u2014Intermediate French for Professionals (CEFR B1-B2) is on its way this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-350x192.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"beginner french for professionals online course\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-350x192.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/04\/beginner-french-for-professionals-online-course.png 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Most language learning apps will prepare you for a vacation to France. (We have the \u201cEssentials\u201d course in French and 80+ other languages, if that&#8217;s what you need.) But what if you have more serious personal and professional needs? Do more than just survive your next vacation. 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