Language Training Centre

French as a Second-Language Material

Practical French at the Office (PFO)

Description

Practical French at the Office (PFO) is an interactive multimedia learning environment. It is a courseware adaptation of the official program used to teach French in the federal government. PFO 1, 2 and 3 correspond to the three first units of a series of fifteen. PFO deals with a wide range of knowledge and skills commonly required in work situations representative of public administration. Each learning objective reflects typical workplace language tasks.

Target Audience

PFO is intented for anyone wishing to learn basic skills and knowledge of French through individual learning.

Method

PFO offers a wide range of pedagogical activities: matching, drag and drop, open questions, multiple choice, dictation, "Listen, Record and Compare", pronunciation practice, etc. Before or after each learning objective, a test measures your grammatical knowledge. Reference and thinking tools are integrated into the learning: charts, recording scripts, electronic conjugator and audio lexicon.

System requirements

• Windows 98, ME, NT 4, 2000, XP
• Pentium
• 16 MB RAM minimum (32 MB recommended)
• 10 MB available hard disk space
• SVGA graphics card
• 800 X 600 display resolution - 65 000 colors
• Sound card
• Headphones or speakers
• Microphone
• CD-ROM drive

Availability

This tutorial is distributed by the Knowledge Exchange Service to public service employees upon request and at no cost.

Information

Phone: (819) 956-0790
E-mail: knowledgexchange@pwgsc.gc.ca
Web site: http://knowledgexchange.pwgsc.gc.ca/ (federal access)