Le français

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Learning French is fun

is easy is useful

• 30% of all English words have a French origin

• French is based on Latin, as is a large portion of English

• =>80,000 French words are similar to English words

• => Learning French is easy for a native English speaker

There are thousands of French words you will recognise immediately, simply because

they are like English words

• problème• pharmacie• personne• septembre• janvier• musicien• leçon• musique

Many French words have crept into English vocabulary

baguette

croissant

French is spoken in many many more countries than just France

Learning French is not just about verbs and grammar

Mon footballeur favori

J’adore les films

J’aime jouer au bingo

Une visite à Paris

• French is continuing to grow, with 220 million speakers worldwide

• French is the official language of 32 states

• French is the 3rd most widely used language on the web (ahead of Spanish)

• There are 96.2 million French speakers in Africa

• French is the 2nd most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union

(after German)

• French is the 2nd most widely spoken foreign language in the European Union

(after English)

• French and English are the only languages spoken as a native language on 5

continents

The French language across the world

Le français

Première Année

Learning French is fun

is easy is useful