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Pourquoi apprendre le français langue étrangère (FLE) ?
Le français professionnel pour nos étudiant(e)s internationaux et le réseau du Groupe : saluer et vouvoyer, se présenter, écrire un e-mail aux formules justes, tenir sa place en réunion, réussir un déjeuner d'affaires, téléphoner. Explications et quiz en anglais, audio en voix françaises. ≈ 320 millions de locuteurs — 5e langue mondiale, présente sur les 5 continents.
La méthode qui fonctionne : l'oreille avant les yeux
La recherche en didactique des langues est claire : on apprend une langue en la parlant dans des situations réelles, pas en mémorisant des listes. Voici la méthode en quatre temps, celle qu'applique notre module gratuit :
- Écoutez d'abord — chaque expression s'apprend par l'oreille, avec l'audio, avant de la lire.
- Une mission de 10 minutes par jour — une situation professionnelle à réussir (saluer, négocier, remercier), jamais une leçon abstraite.
- La révision espacée — chaque expression revient au moment précis où vous alliez l'oublier (algorithme FSRS).
- Jouez la scène — un partenaire de conversation IA rejoue la situation avec vous, à l'oral, et votre prononciation peut être notée sur 100.
Vos dix premières expressions
Extraites de la première mission du module — dites-les à voix haute, trois fois chacune :
| Bonjour, Madame. / Bonjour, Monsieur. | [bon-ZHOOR ma-DAM / muh-SYUH] | Good morning/afternoon, Madam / Sir. |
| Bonsoir. | [bon-SWAHR] | Good evening. |
| Enchanté(e). | [on-shon-TAY] | Pleased to meet you. |
| Comment allez-vous ? | [ko-mon ta-lay VOO] | How are you? (formal) |
| Très bien, merci. Et vous ? | [tray byan mer-SEE, ay VOO] | Very well, thank you. And you? |
| Je vous en prie. | [zhuh voo zon PREE] | You're welcome. / Please, go ahead. |
| Excusez-moi de vous déranger. | [ex-kew-zay MWAH duh voo day-ron-ZHAY] | Sorry to disturb you. |
| On peut se tutoyer ? | [on puh suh tew-twa-YAY] | Shall we switch to « tu »? |
| Bonne journée ! | [bun zhoor-NAY] | Have a good day! |
| Au revoir, à bientôt. | [oh ruh-VWAHR, ah byan-TOH] | Goodbye, see you soon. |
🧭 Le code culturel à connaître : The « vous » is not distance — it is respect
Foreigners often feel « vous » is cold. In French business culture it is the opposite: using « vous » correctly shows you respect the person and know the codes. Many French colleagues work together for years using « vous ». Wait for « on peut se tutoyer ? » — accepting it warmly is also part of the ritual. And greet everyone individually: entering a meeting room with a collective wave is noticed.
Business French: why 321 million speakers are worth your ten minutes a day
French is the fifth most spoken language in the world — about 321 million speakers across five continents (OIF, 2022) — an official language of the EU, the UN, the Olympic movement, and the working language of a booming African business space projected to reach some 700 million speakers by 2050. For internationals working in France or with francophone Africa, English opens the meeting; French wins the room.
France remains one of the world's top destinations for foreign investment and international students. Yet professional life here runs on codes — the vous, the formal email, the déjeuner — that no phrasebook teaches. That is exactly what this free programme covers: Business French, explained in English, from day one.
The method: survive the vous, master the rituals
Week 1 — greetings and the golden rule: always vous in business, always Bonjour before anything else (skipping Bonjour is the single most costly mistake in France — it reads as rudeness, not haste). Week 2 — introducing yourself: name, company, role (Je suis responsable marketing). Week 3 — numbers, prices, dates: French numbers are famously athletic (quatre-vingt-dix-neuf = « four-twenty-ten-nine » = 99) and deserve daily oral drilling. Week 4 — the meeting and the e-mail: French professional e-mails are formal to a degree that surprises everyone (Je vous prie d'agréer, Madame, mes salutations distinguées — yes, really).
Our approach is oral-first: every phrase has native audio, spaced repetition brings it back just before you forget, and an AI conversation partner plays the scene with you — a meeting, a lunch, a phone call — correcting gently, in English when you're stuck.
Business culture: debate is respect
French meetings debate — vigorously. Disagreement is not conflict; it is engagement, and a well-argued objection earns more respect than quiet approval. Lunch is a working institution (and a long one), hierarchy is real but intellectual authority can outrank it, and the personal/professional boundary is guarded: first names come later than you expect, and so does tu. Learn the codes, and France is one of the most loyal business cultures there is.
En français — ce guide en bref
- Le français est la 5e langue du monde : environ 321 millions de locuteurs, et une francophonie économique en pleine croissance africaine.
- Notre méthode : l'oral d'abord — chaque phrase en audio, la révision espacée chaque jour, et des scènes professionnelles réelles (réunion, e-mail, déjeuner) jouées avec un partenaire de conversation IA, avec explications en anglais.
- Dix minutes par jour, gratuitement : edulingo.fr.
Questions fréquentes
How long does it take to work comfortably in French?
With ten oral minutes a day: greetings and introductions in three weeks, the five core business situations (greeting, introducing yourself, numbers, meetings, formal e-mail) in about two months, comfortable meeting participation in six to twelve months. Daily regularity beats weekend cramming — spaced repetition is built into the programme for exactly that reason.
Is French really necessary to do business in France?
Large international groups work partly in English; French SMEs, public administration and most clients do not. More importantly, the codes — vous, Bonjour, the formal e-mail, the déjeuner — carry the relationship. Even imperfect French, used with the right codes, changes how seriously you are taken.
What makes French business e-mails so different?
Their formality: fixed openings (Madame, Monsieur), elaborate closing formulas (Je vous prie d'agréer…), and a structure that values politeness over brevity. Our e-mail mission gives you ready-to-use templates and drills the three formulas that cover 90% of professional situations.
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6 missions, audio sur chaque phrase, test de placement en 10 questions. Sans compte, sans installation.
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Le parcours en 6 missions
- Greet and address people properly — I can greet French business partners correctly and use « vous » with confidence.
- Introduce yourself professionally — I can introduce myself, my role and my company in French, and ask about my interlocutor.
- Write a professional e-mail — I can write a correct French business e-mail with the right opening and closing formulas.
- Take part in a meeting — I can follow a French meeting, take the floor politely, agree, disagree and ask for clarification.
- Handle a business lunch — I can navigate a French business lunch: order, make conversation, handle wine and the bill.
- Handle a phone call — I can answer, make and close a professional phone call in French, and manage when I do not understand.
