Why Learn French?

WHY LEARN FRENCH???

Just thought I would share this poster that is put out from the following organzation:
www.french-future.org

200 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD UNDERSTAND, SPEAK, READ OR WRITE FRENCH
•FRENCH IS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF 33 COUNTRIES • FRENCH IS THE MOST WIDELY TAUGHT SECOND LANGUAGE AFTER ENGLISH • FRENCH IS SPOKEN IN OVER 43 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD • FRENCH IS THE 9TH MOST WIDELY SPOKEN LANGUAGE INTHE WORLD * SPEAKING A NEW LANGUAGE HELPS YOU TO GET TO KNOW ANDUNDERSTAND ANOTHER CULTURE • FRENCH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THEINTERNATIONAL POSTAL SERVICE • FRENCH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS • FRENCH RESTAURANT MENUS WILL BE EASIER TO
DECODE • FRENCH IS ONE OF THE TWO OFFICIAL LANGUAGES AT THE OLYMPIC
GAMES • FRENCH IS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE UNITED NATIONS •
TO BE ABLE TO KNOW MORE THAN “OÙ SONT LES TOILETTES SVP ?” • IN TERMS OF
NUMBER OF WORDS, FRENCH IS THE SECOND LARGEST LANGUAGE AFTER ENGLISH •
FRENCH IS A MAJOR LANGUAGE OF HIGH TECH AND BUSINESS IN THE WORLD •
FRENCH OPENS DOORS TO CAREERS IN TEACHING, BUSINESS, DIPLOMACY,
RESEARCH, TRANSLATION, INTERPRETATION, TRAVEL, AND MORE • FRENCH IS SPOKEN IN 2 OF THE G8 COUNTRIES • IF YOU BUMP INTO JOHNNY DEPP OR SIDNEY CROSBY,YOU COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION IN FRENCH • THERE ARE WELL OVER 20 MILLIONNATIVE FRENCH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS • OVER 6,000 ENGLISH WORDSARE BORROWED FROM THE FRENCH LANGUAGE • OVER 100 MILLION STUDENTS IN THE WORLD ARE LEARNING FRENCH • LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE CAN HELPYOU TO UNDERSTAND YOUR OWN • FRENCH IS THE LINGUA FRANCA OF ART,CUISINE, DANCE, AND FASHION • FRENCH IS THE SECOND MOST FREQUENTLY USEDLANGUAGE ON THE INTERNET • SPEAKING FRENCH ENHANCES YOUR TRAVELOPPORTUNITIES • THE NUMBER OF FRENCH-SPEAKERS HAS TRIPLED IN THE LAST 50YEARS • FRENCH IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH TAUGHT IN EVERYSINGLE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD • THERE ARE OVER 525 FRENCH-LANGUAGEUNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD • FRENCH GIVES ACCESS TO A HUGE NUMBER OFMOVIES, BOOKS, AND WEBSITES IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE • KNOWINGANOTHER LANGUAGE LOOKS IMPRESSIVE ON A RESUME • FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICA REPRESENTS AN AREA LARGER THAN THE USA • MANY SCHOLARSHIPS ARE OFFERED TO BILINGUAL STUDENTS • FRENCH IS THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE • SALARIES ARE HIGHER FOR BILINGUAL WORKERS THAN UNILINGUAL WORKERS


Two languages... twice the opportunity!

www.french-future.org