Le Journal de la Maison - covers such areas, as design, architecture, a decor and garden designing.

Le Journal de la Maison - covers such areas, as design, architecture, a decor and garden designing.

Many business leaders, when they begin to work overseas or interact professionally with teams abroad, are surprised by how much they thought they knew about the other culture, but how little it counts for on the ground. The reality is that communication is multi-dimensional, and simply knowing a foreign language doesn't mean one automatically understands the culture that goes with it. Idiom, psychological factors and cultural nuance all come into play. To grasp a culture, and communicate meaningfully to it, you need familiarity with language, of course, but also with non-verbal communication, customs, perceived values, and concepts of time and space.

Everyone knows a few French phrases, but au revoir and bonjour can only get one so far. "Learn French in a Hurry" is the perfect pocket language primer for a student traveling abroad to a French-speaking nation, a professional doing business in Paris, or someone who just wants to lay a foundation for learning the beautiful French language.