French Language Training

FRENCH 1 is a beginners’ French course, of a “blended” and “enriched” approach. The objective of the course is the acquisition of basic comprehension, communication, and writing skills. It aims to provide students with a solid grounding in French grammar and the development of an awareness of the language’s structures, and to act as a useful introduction to French

• an interactive format, that will include some short lectures 

• discussion, intensive writing 

• reading, in the full sense:
  —reading, rereading, thinking while reading, making notes, rerereading, etc

• to learn:
  —through a combination of lectures, discussion, and your own independent initiative

• to have—it is seriously and strongly hoped—some fun

Dr. Thouraya Labben is the Dean of the European International College (EIC). She has extensive teaching and training experience. She won also  several research grants and has many academic and professional publications as well as several conference contributions mainly in hospitality and tourism. Dr. Thouraya Labben started her career in hotel industry working for international hotel resorts mainly in Europe and North Africa. Before joining EIC, Dr. Thouraya Labben was acting as VP at StoneHill Education (UAE). Dealing directly with Governments, she was leading strategic educational projects. Previously, she was Director of Research and Development, and member of the Strategic Management Board, at the prestigious Swiss hotel business school: Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne. She provided trainings for important branded companies: e.g. Unilever, Danone professional and Nestlé professional. She also developed and managed the “Centre for Innovation and Trend Tracking ”. In this centre she was coaching and consulting entrepreneurs to maximize the success of their projects. Dr. Thouraya Labben led also several consultancy projects for international companies (e.g. Kempinski, Mc Donalds, and Coop fine food) as well as for SMEs in F&B and hotel industry.