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Why learn French?

  1. It’s an intellectual exercise for the brain, a challenge, we are given certain capacities and we were given those capacities to use!
  2. Learning French is also a discipline, you learn grammar, structure, vocabulary, and you also learn humor and so much more about another culture!
  3. Today’s students have been, either in reality or virtually around the world and languages, including French, are not going to disappear.
  4. Learning French helps you to understand other people and their culture. The word “to eat” in Chinese really means “to eat rice”, in English we say, “to break bread”…a view into a whole different culture, geography and economy.
  5. Language is about discovering a new world, and that new world will certainly be one where ideas, knowledge and communication will be the currency. Learning another language is like giving a gold deposit to your child, but without the risk.
  6. Knowledge makes people happy, the satisfaction of knowing that one has done one’s best for oneself and society.
  7. No one ever regretted the opportunity to learn another language.
  8. In addition to developing a lifelong ability to communicate with more people, children may derive other benefits from early language instruction, including improved overall school performance and superior problem-solving skills. Knowing a second-language ultimately provides a competitive advantage in the workforce by opening up additional job opportunities.
  9. Statistics show that students of foreign languages score higher on standardized tests conducted in English.
  10. French is the official language of 33 countries in the world.
  11. French is spoken in two of the G7 countries.
  12. French is the mother tongue of 75 million people.
  13. Learning French can help you learn other languages like Spanish.
  14. 200 million people around the world understand, speak, read or write French.
  15. French is the official language of postal services across the world.
  16. Along with English, French is the official working language of the United Nations, UNESCO, NATO, CUSO, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary Fund, the International Labour Bureau, and the International Olympic Committee.
  17. French-speaking Africa represents an area larger than the USA.
  18. French is the most widely taught second-language after English.
  19. Over 20,000 English words have their origins in French, so learning French helps you to increase your English vocabulary.
  20. In terms of the number of words, French is the second largest language after English.
  21. In the humanities and social sciences, many for the most important writings have come from France. Students and researchers who know French have access to these works for several years before they are translated into English. Many significant works are never translated and remain accessible only to those who know the language.
  22. France is the world's top tourist destination (60 million tourists yearly).
  23. France is in fourth position in terms of world power and it does not have the debt facing many other major industrialized nations (A positive sign for joint projects, business and scientific cooperation.).
  24. France has the fourth largest economy in the world after the USA, Japan and Germany.
  25. France is the fourth largest producers of automobiles in the world (Renault, Peugeot, Citroën) and the third largest exporter of automobiles.
  26. The French export more per capita than the Japanese and more than twice as much as the Americans. Overall, France is the fourth largest exporting nation of the world.
  27. France offers a range of generous scholarships to our graduate students and teachers.
  28. France has the world's greatest number of Nobel Prize winners in literature (12).
  29. French trade with Canada was very high in the last decade.
  30. A good knowledge of French enables you to fully enjoy, at the theatre or on TV, some of the best films in the world.
  31. Learning French can help you improve the interpersonal skills you bring to an international career in computer technology, pharmaceuticals or engineering.
  32. You can do so many more interesting things on the Internet if you speak French (high quality sites from fashion to finance, society to science, music to medicine).
  33. For those with appropriate French skills, there are also possibilities for work in the following fields: international business, international agencies, the tourism and hospitality business, the diplomatic service, the post office, the RCMP, French research institutes, teaching, translation, interpreter, government.
  34. More than nine million Canadians speak French.
  35. More than 50,000 people in Saskatchewan speak French.
  36. Other than English, French is the only language widely spoken on all continents and the 11th most widely-spoken language in the world.
  37. Learning a second-language has been shown to have a positive impact on intellectual growth. In fact, studies suggest learning a second-language can enhance cognitive and intellectual abilities.
  38. Over 150,000 Canadian students attend French-first-language schools outside Quebec, 320,000 are in French immersion, and more than two million Canadian students are enrolled in core French.
  39. The number of schools offering French immersion has increased from 237 in 1977 to 2,115 schools across Canada today, including every province and territory.
  40. Learning a second-language enhances problem solving and hypothesis-testing skills - the same skills used in math and science.