HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG TO CHOOSE FRENCH
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF FRENCH
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Foreign languages open the door to other cultures.
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Those who learn several languages will become more aware of their own national
identity. -
If you study French, you will even enrich your English !
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In most of the countries of Europe and even of the world, French is the second foreign
language taught, after English -
French is the language most used, after English, international organizations such as
UNO, NATO, the EU . . -
France is the most visited country in the world.
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The French language gives you direct access to the masterpieces of French literature,
cinema and song, as well as to the strip cartoons of Astérix and Tintin. -
«Study in France, a passport to success ! »
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At least 15 French groups are listed among the top 200 in the world, all sectors
included. -
I will have a better chance of finding interesting work in my own country, in France or
in a French-speaking country. -
«French is a rich and melodious language which enables precision and the expression
of shades of meaning». -
As French is important in professional life, why not learn it at school, it’s so much
more difficult to learn it as an adult, and it costs more as well ! -
If you have learnt French, you will find it easier to learn Spanish, Italian and
Portuguese because these languages are sister languages, derived from Latin. -
Someone who has learnt French is able « to go to some 50 countries in the world
which offer an extraordinary cultural, economic and political richness”. -
French-speaking countries and their supporters stand up for cultural and linguistic
diversity in the world and so for their own language. -
France drewup La déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme, in force in modern
democracies following the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789. -
By learning French I increase my skills and will have a better chance of finding
interesting work. -
French allows you to go where other languages are politically less acceptable.
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The importance of multilinguism, i.e. the need to learn several languages to ensure
better cultural diversity in the world.
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