À la recherche d’un emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context is designed to develop students' vocabulary and cultural knowledge in preparation for working in an international environment. Exceeding the need to learn business structures and practices, most students need business communication skills, including advanced cultural competency. To meet these needs, À la recherche d’un emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context uses authentic materials from Quebec and France. Communicative excursuses are reality based and task oriented, encouraging a student-centered classroom. The numerous activities in the text elicit natural language use, facilitate vocabulary acquisition, and provide students ample opportunities to create relevant and personalized documents in French. In addition to completing viewing activities from feature-length films and online resources, students examine their personal goals and assess their strengths and weaknesses as they develop a job portfolio. À la recherche d’un emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context promotes learning valuable crossover skills that develop students' French language aptitude, while also preparing them for the job market in their own country as well.
A Note to the Instructor: À la recherche d’un emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context is designed to be taught by non-business specialists. Its goal, in addition to preparing students linguistically and culturally for work in a Francophone business environment, is to engage students in the job search process. In doing so, the text causes students to draw on valuable crossover skills from their own culture and their native language. This course will work not just for business majors, but for any student studying French at the intermediate to advanced level, regardless of their major field of study.
Industry Reviews
"Finally, a textbook for business French that actually prepares students for the real world and todays tough job market. Amy Hubbells A la recherche dun emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context is extremely well designed and planned. The layout of the CV and cover letter activities are clear, clean, and concise and I particularly like the fact that there are comparison activities (i.e., French vs. American vs. Quebecois CV) with on-target comprehension questions for reading selections. Students are certain to appreciate the practical nature of this text which is creatively presented in an up-to-date format. Amy Hubbells text is a welcome addition to the field." Eileen M. Angelini, PhD, Professor of French, Fulbright Scholar, Chair of the AATF National Commission on French for Business and Economic Purposes, Department of Modern Languages, Canisius College "Quel ouvrage stimulant et rafraichissant. A la recherche dun emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context, invite litteralement a la decouverte du monde des affaires de la francophonie internationale. Cet ouvrage offre a tout etudiant interesse loccasion dacquerir une excellente comprehension et les connaissances essentielles, pour jouer eventuellement un role actif dans le milieu francophone des affaires. Lapproche que propose le professeur Amy Hubbell, par les themes traites, le contenu (vocabulaire, videos, exercices), mais surtout ce concept dapprentissage innovateur (actions retroactions), amenent letudiant ou le lecteur au-dela de la theorie, donc litteralement dans la pratique et les enjeux que representent le milieu des affaires de la francophonie daujourdhui, dans un contexte de globalisation des marches." Damien Ferland, Directeur, Centre du savoir sur mesure, Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi "A la recherche dun emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context definitely fills a tremendous void in the field of business French. With a wealth of information and activities, this textbook provides students and instructors with an engaging and in-depth introduction to the major aspects of using French in a professional context. Of particular interest is the incorporation of la Francophonie and the European Union, two critical topics rarely presented in other business French textbooks. Anyone intending to seek employment in a French-speaking country or region will benefit greatly from the content and guidance that this text provides." William Thompson, Associate Professor of French and Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Memphis
