top of page

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

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.

Please reload

Canadian French for Flight Attendants

The French course designed for current and aspiring Flight Attendants

Search

Flight Attendant Phrases

Sep 20, 20192 min read

Mechanical problem

English: Mechanical problem

French: Problème mécanique

Mechanical issues can cause delays and cancellations. When they do happen, you’ll need to inform your passengers. Many different issues can be considered as mechanical issues. Often, the pilots are notified of issues by indicator lights in the flight deck. There may be an indication of an issue with the engines, with the aircraft’s de-icing system, with the plane’s computer system, communication system, among many other things.

Also, the aircraft needs adequate emergency equipment before it’s allowed to depart. If things like the aircraft fire extinguishers, oxygen bottles, flashlights, first aid kits, etc. need replacement, maintenance personnel will also need to come to replenish them before departure.

Other examples of mechanical issues include broken passenger table trays, broken seat recline buttons, broken overhead bins, burnt-out lights, faulty galley equipment, etc.

Serious issues will need to be fixed before departure. Less serious ones can be deferred by maintenance to be fixed later so as to not delay the current departing flight.

For now, we can learn the most general term and refer to them all as a “mechanical problem.”

Problème (m)=Problem

Mécanique=Mechanical

Problème mécanique=Mechanical problem.

Module 3 of Canadian French for Flight Attendants is available. Learn the French that flight attendants commonly use on the job: greet passengers, stow bags, drink and meal orders, duty-free service, seat changes, wheelchair requests, weather announcements and much more!

Modules 1 and 2: French basics and pass your flight attendant French test.

www.facebook.com/frenchforflightattendants

Flight Attendant Souvenirs. Souvenirs d’un agent de bord. Nagano, Japan. February 2015. Nagano, Japon. Février 2015. Back at the Nagano train station, I saw this in the train station washroom stall and I thought it was just ingenious. Mommy or daddy is travelling alone with a baby but mommy or daddy needs a potty break. What a great idea to install a baby seat inside the stall itself. I'm sorry, but I found this so cool at the time...and still do.

Recent Posts

Flight Attendant Announcements - 3 commonly mispronounced French words

Canadian vs European French (Flight Attendant Edition)

Will getting a flight attendant diploma help me become a flight attendant?

Comments

bottom of page