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Canadian French for Flight Attendants

audio course

Specifically targeted to Flight Attendants.

Learn exactly the French you need to pass a flight attendant French test and work as a bilingual flight attendant. Created with the help of bilingual flight attendants, no one else knows better the kind of French you need to learn.

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Focus on listening and speaking with confidence.

Flight attendants almost exclusively communicate with passengers orally, rarely by writing or reading. Focus on practicing listening and speaking with natural ease.

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Dedicated to you only.

Listen to our native speakers the entire time, as much as you want. Practice your speaking as much as you want. Don't share course time with other students. No reading, no writing, no grammar homework. Flight attendants rarely need to read or write with passengers.

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Your schedule. Your surroundings. No pressure.

Learn in the comfort of your surroundings. At home. On your commute. In a park. Learn on your schedule. Practice your speaking on your own without any pressure or nerves.

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Standard and Informal Canadian French

We teach you standard French. But native speakers won't speak like a French textbook. Thus, we also teach you to recognize informal pronunciations, non-standard vocabulary, and anglicisms. When you inevitably come across them, you won't get thrown off. We also teach you the Canadian accent, which is what most passengers will speak with.

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Other French courses online/school/community centre

Generic. No specific goal.

Other courses are generic, with no specific purpose. They're made by people who do not know what kind of French a flight attendant needs.

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Overwhelming. Excessive.

Other courses try to simultaneously teach reading, writing, listening and speaking. It's overwhelming. And excessive for the goals of flight attendants. Flight attendants rarely need to read or write with passengers.

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Share course time with other students.

Weekly class time is shared with other students. Each student will only end up with a few minutes of speaking practice per class. You might pick up other students' mistakes. You only get to hear the native speaker teacher speak a little bit each week. Heavy emphasis on writing and reading homework.

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Class schedule. Classroom environment.

Many feel nervous practicing speaking in front of others, especially in front of other more outspoken students in class. Class schedules may interfere with your own.

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Textbook Parisian French only.

Parisian French only. Focuses only on formal, textbook French. Native speakers won't speak like a French textbook. You'll get thrown off when they use colloquial language with you.

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Canadian French for Flight Attendants

The French course designed for current and aspiring Flight Attendants

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Flight Attendant Phrases

Aug 14, 20202 min read

Bassinet

English: Bassinet

French: Berceau

Here is another baby-related term that flight attendants need when helping out passengers travelling with young fliers. On smaller planes and shorter flights, babies that are young enough will often just sit in the passenger’s lap for the flight. On larger planes, and longer flights, having a baby on your lap for that long can get quite tiring. These planes are often equipped with bassinets, which are cradles for babies and passengers can reserve them. Usually, the passenger is seated in front of a bulkhead wall and after take off, the bassinet is attached to bulkhead and the baby is placed inside so the guardian doesn’t have to hold the baby for eight, ten, twelve plus hours.

The word for bassinet in French is “berceau” (m).

You might tell a francophone passenger with a baby:

Je vais chercher le berceau après le décollage. I’m going to retrieve the bassinet after take off.

Je vais=I’m going

Chercher=To retrieve, to search for

Le berceau=The bassinet

Après=After

Le décollage=The take off

Notice we literally say in French "after [the] take off", "après [le] décollage".

Now available! Module 4 of Canadian French for Flight Attendants. Learn the French for:

-Less common food/drinks/special meals.

-Bag issues (bag won't fit/no more space).

-Announcements for mechanical problems, cancellations, airplane changes, diverting, etc.

-Delays because of fuel, catering, connection passengers, weather, etc.

-Tight/missed connections.

-And much, much more!

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Flight Attendant Souvenirs. Souvenirs d’un agent de bord. United Arab Emirates, February 2020. Émirats Arabes Unis, février 2020. Abu Dhabi waterfront. After Dubai, I took the bus to Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the Emirates. This city is smaller than Dubai and it was a bit easier to explore. The city also has a bike-share system, which is one of my favourite ways to see a city. All you need is a credit card. There are also mini electric scooters for rent as well, but that requires you to download and use their app. Here are a few pictures of the beautiful Abu Dhabi waterfront.

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