French for McGill Students

Dialogue McGill has partnered with McGill University’s French Language Centre to offer courses designed for McGill students in health and social services programs wishing to increase their skills in French reading, writing, speaking and listening. The courses include professional communication, role-plays, vocabulary, pronunciation, and case studies.

Description

7 available courses:

  • FRSL 209 (3 credits): Oral Elementary - Health and social services (A2 level)

  • FRSL 210 (3 credits): Oral intermediate 1 - Health and social services (B1 level)

  • FRSL 219 (3 credits): Intermediate 1 and 2 - Nutrition and Dietetics (B1 level)

  • FRSL 329 (3 credits): Written Intermediate 1 - Nutrition and Dietetics (B2 level)

  • FRSL 330 (3 credits): Written Intermediate 2 - Nutrition and Dietetics (B2 level)

  • FIGF PMCO (0 credits): Oral Intermediate 2/advanced - Health and social services (B2/C1 level)

  • FIGP PMCE (0 credits):  Written intermediate 2/advanced - Health and social services (B2/C1 level)

FRSL courses: 3 hours a week, 13 weeks total

FIGF courses: 2.5 hours a week, 13 weeks total

Eligibility

Any McGill Student in health and social services programs wishing to acquire competency in French.

For more information on courses, please email Professor Ariel Mercado, and visit the French Language Centre website

What Students are Saying

  • "I have an intermediate level of French, and as a dietetics student, I need to practice a lot to improve my level before the beginning of stage. I find the discussion format of the class very engaging and effective, and I appreciate that the topics of the discussions are health-related. This helps me a lot with learning specific terminology and actually practicing its application in various scenarios. Thank you for such an opportunity!"

    Liliia Butiaeva | Dietetics Student

  • “When I moved from Toronto to Montreal for medical residency, I only spoke a few words of French. Eighteen months later, a nurse commented that I was fluent! Though still with some difficulty, I’m now able to independently interview and carry out moderately complex conversations with patients - a huge accomplishment in 18 months! These courses are tailored to trainees in the health professions. If you are health professions student and you want to learn French, no matter what level you are at, this is exactly the program that you are looking for.”

    Jeremy Li | Resident, Internal Medicine

  • "The French classes funded by Dialogue McGill were a huge part in fostering the confidence of my French skills. They helped me refresh my grammar and conversational skills in an organized way. Most helpful was the health-care focus in the vocabulary - I would have had a hard time finding this in other French classes!”

    Sarah Zhang | Medical Student

OQLF Workshop

The French Language Centre also offers workshops to prepare McGill students for the Office québécois de la langue française exam.

Other Language Activities

Language activities for health and social services professionals are also provided by Dialogue McGill’s partners. These language-based activities allow professionals and students to practice speaking in an informal, relaxed environment.

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