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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
- Jan 18, 2020
- 1 min read

We’re sorry for any inconvenience

English: We’re sorry for any inconvenience.

French: Nous sommes désolés pour tout inconvénient.

Along with ‘’Thanks for your patience and understanding”, this is an easy phrase to add to the end of any announcement when passengers are inconvenienced in any way. Though there are many ways in French to apologize for any inconvenience caused, we’ve chosen this way:

Nous sommes=We are

Désolé=Sorry

Pour=For

Tout=All

Inconvénient (m)=Inconvenience.

“Nous sommes désolés” is analogous to the English “We are sorry”, though there are other ways to apologize in French (as there are in English).

European francophones will generally not consider this use of “inconvénient” to be idiomatic French, even though they will understand it. European francophones will use other words for “inconvenience”, such as "désagrément" (m). In Canada, using “inconvénient” like this is perfectly acceptable and thus makes it easier for you to learn as it’s closer to the English word “inconvenience”.

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.

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