Why take French??

Parlez-vous Français? OUI OUI adieu, art déco, bon appétit, carte blanche, croissant, c'est la vie, cul-de-sac, déjà vu, démodé, femme fatale, film noir, idée fixe, je ne sais quoi, joie de vivre, matinée, souvenir, toilette, sauté, fondue, purée, flambée

WOULDN’T YOU JUST LOVE IT IF YOU KNEW MORE FRENCH? WHO SPEAKS FRENCH? WHERE WOULD I EVER USE IT? FRENCH IS TOO HARD!!!

REALLY,WHY LEARN FRENCH ?!? Let us show you why FRENCH is THE LANGUAGE TO LEARN!!!

WHO SPEAKS FRENCH ?!? Of course – THE FRENCH !!!

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL !!! FRENCH is also spoken in 43 francophone countries across 5 continents and it is the official language of 33 countries.

LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK:

Ils parlent français !!! La langue de l’amour !!! ACROSS THE 5 CONTINENTS 600 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE THIS ONE THING IN COMMON: Ils parlent français !!! La langue de l’amour !!!

And 1.9 million of these 600 million people are AMERICAN.

Here are some French speakers you might know

And some more

AND ONE ROMANTIC SKUNK :

We have a BIG SECRET to share with you! You ask yourself how do all these people speak SUCH A DIFFICULT LANGUAGE?? We have a BIG SECRET to share with you!

Over 30% of English words come from French. English grammatical structure is similar to French structure. Over 20,000 French words mean the same in English and Spanish.

Can you guess the meaning of the words in red?? L’Europe du 20e siècle a été profondément marquée par les guerres, des guerres mondiales et coloniales qui ont fait des millions de morts et dont les répercussions économiques, politiques et psychologiques ont pris des proportions gigantesques. Quel est le sens de la vie au milieu de tant de destruction ? Qu’est-ce qu’une civilisation qui porte dans ses découvertes atomiques les graines de son propre anéantissement ? Dans un âge où la science et la technologie remettent constamment en question les valeurs humaines, les artistes et les écrivains explorent sans cesse de nouvelles dimensions.

So you see, you too can learn to “parle français”

You guys are the smartest students at Reagan!!!

Now where can you use your French?

Most graduate schools require knowledge of at least one foreign language, and French remains the most commonly used language after English.

French is the 2nd most important language on the Internet, based on WWW pages, number of discussion lists, and number of countries connected to the Internet.

France is the world’s most visited tourist destination (over 60 million visitors per year)

Can you get a BETTER JOB if you speak French?

OF COURSE YOU CAN !!! French, along with English, is the official working language of many world organizations such as: the United Nations UNESCO International Labor Bureau International Olympic Committee NATO the European Community the Universal Postal Union the International Red Cross Union of International Associations (UIA)

France has the fourth largest economy in the world after the U. S France has the fourth largest economy in the world after the U.S., Japan and Germany.

  France is first in the world in trains and production of luxury goods; second in the world in commercial aircraft production, defense production and export of agricultural products; third in rocketry and electronics equipment; fourth in automobiles.

France is a world leader in medical research: The AIDS virus was first isolated by French doctors. Above: HIV Virus

Vive le Français

Je m’appelle (My name is) Mademoisell Ward. I teach French at Reagan High School. I have the best students!!!