An international corporate training company

Three things we train, and why those three

Companies rarely fail internationally for lack of ambition. They fail on execution details: an email that takes an hour to write, a meeting where the best-informed person stays silent, a tool nobody quite trusts. Those are training problems, and they are the ones we work on.

Business English

Not classroom English — the English of your actual meetings, proposals and negotiations. The method comes from e-dutainment, built on films and series rather than textbook dialogues, because people retain what holds their attention.

Levels A2 to C1 on the Common European Framework, with a placement test before anything starts. Programmes lead to a recognised certification when that matters to you.

Generative AI

Most teams have already tried an AI tool once and quietly stopped. We close the gap between knowing it exists and using it well: precise briefing, systematic verification, and the judgement to know when not to use it. See the AI programme.

Executive immersion

A week in the Bay Area, built around a question your leadership team is already stuck on — not a general innovation tour. Company visits, working sessions, and a facilitated debrief every evening. See the immersion programme.

Who we work with

• Companies training teams for international work — industrial groups, exporters, technology firms, professional services.
• Leadership teams preparing a strategic shift: a new market, an AI transition, a change of model.
• Schools and higher education equipping students with language skills that survive contact with a real workplace.

How a programme gets built

Every engagement starts the same way, whatever the subject.

• Scoping. What should people be able to do at the end, by when, and what is currently in the way. This conversation decides the programme.
• Positioning. Each participant is assessed individually, so nobody spends time on what they already master. Groups are formed by level, not by department.
• Delivery. Sessions alternate input and practice on your own material, with a checkpoint partway through — while there is still time to adjust.

Formats

On site at your premises across France and Europe, fully remote for distributed teams, blended for multi-site organisations, or a compressed two-to-three-day intensive when there is a fixed deadline. Groups of 4 to 12 in person; individual coaching for executives or highly specific needs.

Programmes run in English, French or Spanish depending on your teams.

Why the method is unusual

Marmignon Brothers was founded by Corentin and Clotaire Marmignon on a simple observation: people learn what holds their attention, and forget what bores them. That principle produced e-dutainment — a language method built on films and series — and it shapes everything else we run, including the AI programmes and the immersion weeks.

The practical consequence is that our trainers are practitioners rather than lecturers. Someone who has negotiated in a second language teaches it differently from someone who has only studied it.

Marmignon Brothers is Qualiopi-certified — the French national quality standard for training providers, which means our processes are externally audited rather than self-declared. Our work has been covered by Europe 1, Forbes France, M6 and RTL2, and more than 50,000 learners have gone through our programmes over the past decade.

Starting a conversation

Tell us what your teams need to be able to do that they cannot do today. We will come back with a proposal — and an honest view of whether we are the right fit. Get in touch.

Common questions

Do you work with companies outside France?

Yes. We deliver on site across Europe and remotely worldwide, in English, French or Spanish. Most of our international work is remote or blended, with on-site sessions for the parts that need a room.

What size of company do you work with?

From a leadership team of six to organisations training several hundred people across sites. Beyond twelve participants we run parallel sessions with dedicated trainers rather than enlarging the group.

Can we combine several subjects in one programme?

Yes, and it is common — a team that needs both working English and AI literacy, for instance. The scoping conversation establishes the balance and the sequence.

How long before a programme can start?

Two to four weeks from agreement is typical. Ten days is possible when there is a fixed deadline.

What does a first conversation involve?

Twenty minutes on what your teams should be able to do that they cannot do today, by when, and from what starting point. No presentation deck.