UNAIR NEWS 鈥聽鈥淏efore I start the class, I鈥檇 like to first say 鈥淏onjour!鈥 said Julien starting the French Class for staff in 东京热.
鈥淏on means鈥榞ood鈥. Bonjour means hello. So, I will welcome you guys in front of the room with 鈥楬ello鈥. Bonjour also means good morning or good day,鈥 said Julien.
Besides 鈥渂onjour鈥, a teacher from Institut Francais Indonesia (IFI) also invited the staff to practice the other greetings, 鈥渂onsoir鈥 which means good afternoon.
鈥淏ut, if you want to address your friends in an informal context, say 鈥渟alut鈥, said the tall man.
Starting the language class, Julien asked the participants to use the words used every day. For example, greetings and introduction.
The first meeting of this French Class on Wednesday, August 30 was quite interactive. The teacher, in English, explained the lessons in an easy way to follow.
In the room on third floor of Campus B UNAIR Library, Julien wrote the words one by one. For each word or phrase he wrote, he then pronounced it.
He asked the participants to say the words. 鈥淢erci! Merci is thank you. When your friends say merci you should answer is 鈥渄e rien鈥. It means 鈥測ou鈥檙e welcome鈥, or 鈥淚t鈥檚 nothing,鈥 said the man in a blue shirt.
Almost a hundred participants enthusiastically took notes on the phrases they just learned. Some of them even recorded the class in a video. The class lasted for 90 minutes.
Staff of Information and Public Relations Center (PIH), Hedy Dyah Syahputri was impressed with the first French class held for UNAIR staffs. She said that it was an important training for staff to improve their communication skill.
鈥淚t鈥檚 interesting. It improves our morale. So I think we were given attention as employees. And it鈥檚 free for three months,鈥 said Hedy.
Besides Hedy, there was I Wayan Putra Radityawan who appreciated Human Resources Directorate for initiating the class. In the future, he expected more continuity for the language program.
鈥淭here should be some follow up for this program, such as going abroad for internship or study abroad to practice the language. UNAIR staffs can promote UNAIR overseas, maybe in France. UNAIR should also facilitate it,鈥 hoped Wayan.
Author : Defrina Sukma S
Editor : Nuri Hermawan
