Course offerings and resources

Course

General Information
FRENCH LANGUAGE CENTRE  

French for Professional Purposes

Offered through the McGill French Language Center, these French language courses are specifically designed for students registered in professional programs for health and social sciences with the aim of preparing them for professional practice in Quebec. Credit and non-credit options are available. 

Intensive summer courses

Six (6) credit intensive courses taught in an immersion setting through the French Language Centre.

SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES

 

Certificate of Proficiency: French for Professional Communications

A professional program offering evenings/weekends credit courses through the School of Continuing Studies. 

Intensive French Program: Certificate of Proficiency in French – Language and Culture 

Full-time, 6-week courses offered 6 times a year over 6 levels leading to a Certificate of Proficiency.
Part-Time Program: Written French for Workplace Communication

Advance your career by improving your professional writing skills in our online program French for Workplace Communication.

 

French for the Health Sector

Develop the oral and listening skills you need to communicate confidently and effectively as a healthcare professional working among patients, hospitals or in medical NGOs.

IMG (PGME) could not find online

 

NEW –for PGME in residency: could not find online

 

 

Medical Students' Society, Clinical French Club

 

The club's mission is to provide a structured, collaborative environment for medical students to master the essentials of clinical French.

 

Post-Graduate Students' Society, French Courses

 

Courses offered from the beginner level to high intermediate level. Courses are offered in the spring (8 weeks starting in mid April), summer (2 week intensive beginning of July-limited selection of classes available) , fall (10 weeks end of September) and winter (10 weeks, starting mid- January). 

Nursing Peer Mentorship Program

As part of the Nurse Peer Mentorship Program, French language workshops are offered throughout the year at different levels of language proficiency.


 
EXTERNAL COURSES:
 

Dawson College, Continuing Studies

 

 

Concordia University, Centre for Continuing Education

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Université de Montréal, Faculté de l’éducation permanente  
   
 
OTHER RESOURCES:
 

Duoling

This free APP facilitates online language learning.                                                          

Canopy Medical Translator App

Medical phrases in 15 languages (both audio and text) that allows both questions and replies so that healthcare providers can communicate with patients, families and coworkers.

Medical French: Healthcare Phrasebook: which phrasebook does this refer to?

A book of medical phrases in French including a review of health systems.

"Le petit guide des habiletés cliniques"

A handbook on clinical French language with very positive reviews.
SPOT lexicon: where is this online?                                                                                                                                                           

English-French Guide to Social Services Terminology

Provided by Dialogue McGill to distribute to all schools except for medicine and dentistry (additional copies available).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                    
Back to top