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1. Economy of the future and job opportunities :

Knowledge of a second language is essential over 60 occupations. Canada, officially bilingual, is our most important trading partners and requires labeling in English and French on all imported products.  International job applicants who are proficient in, at least, two languages, will be at a distinct advantage in the global market. When you know French, you can be a part of communications and transactions occuring daily in French. The European Union, the second largest trading bloc in the word, recognizes French as an official language. Think about the many opportunities with the airlines, import-export companies, and other international businesses. French is also a very useful language if you are thinking of working at the United Nations (where French is the second most widely used language) or for the United States Government in the foreign service. Here, in the United States, when you know French, you could become a French teacher, an interpreter or a translator. Knowing French can open the doors to graduate school and to important research.

2. Travel :

France is the most visited destination in the world. When you speak French, you can be an educated tourist, ask for directions, get your own accommodation or tell a French friend about the United States.

3. Improve your English :

The study of French will enhance your English vocabulary (words passed from Latin to French and then to English) and grammar skills. As you develop greater skills in French, you also develop your skills in English.

4. Critical/Creative...

It will also increase your problem-solving skills and improve your memory, self-discipline and self-esteem. Because progress is very easy to measure, you can quickly take pride in your new abilities. Knowing French can help you attain a number of important life skills. That's interesting specially for kids who are learning, they learn very fast an second language and that's a way to develop their brain.

5. Opening the doors to the sport, art, music, fashion, cinema, literature, cooking, sports...

You can follow the Tour de France (long distance bicycle race) that engage fans all around the globe, automobiles races (Le Mans and Monte Carlo), horse racing (Longchamp) and tennis tournaments (French Open). You can follow hockey and baseball games in Quebec because that's in French. You can read literature like "Les Miserables", "the Three Musketeers", "20 000 leagues

under the sea", "the little prince", "the stranger"... You can watch the Cannes International Film Festival annually attracts the attention of the world when the bests films and actors are named.