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Training for administrative personnel

Description

The workshop includes two major components: selecting the appropriate word or expression and mastering the main rules of agreement in the French language. We will examine the homophones most frequently used in French (the French words c'est/ses/ces/sais, quand/quant, son/sont, among others) and will provide tips to recognize them. We will also review a few common anglicisms (appartenir, céduler, maller, filière, etc.). To help you properly understand the main grammatical rules applicable to agreement in French (past participles, pronouns and their complements, verbs with several subjects, collective nouns…), we will also review classes of words and their functions in a sentence. Various group and individual exercises will help you put everything into practice.

Open to

Employees in the Translation Bureau, in other government departments and agencies and in the private sector. This workshop is geared to administrative personnel and not to translators and terminologists.

Prerequisite

None

Language

This workshop is conducted in French.

Learning objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the most frequently used homonyms;
• Select words that really express what they think by following tips and using identification tables;
• Recognize certain anglicisms so that they can be avoided and the appropriate words chosen;
• Develop and correctly apply the main grammatical rules applicable to the agreement of past participles, pronouns and their complements, verbs with several subjects, and collective nouns;
• Name classes of words and recognize their function in a sentence.

Duration

One day

Course fee

$345 (Free of charge for Translation Bureau employees)

20% discount for members of a recognized professional association with proof of current membership (photocopy of membership card).

Dates

Course Calendar

Number of participants

10 to 12

We reserve the right to cancel this activity unless at least eight participants are expected to attend.