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FRENCH - Its importance
- French is the eleventh most spoken language in the world.
- French is the official language of 33 countries in the world.
- French is the mother tongue of 75 million people. 200 million people around the world understand, speak, read or write French.
- French is the official language of postal services across the world.
- French is one of the official language of the international Red Cross. French - speaking Africa represents an area larger than the USA.
- French is the most widely taught second language after English.
- French is the second language in schools/colleges and students find French more interesting and scoring then any other language Over 20,000 English words have their origins in French.
- In terms of numbers of words, French is the second largest language after english French is required language for businessmen who go to France for Business and communicate with the French People.
- France is one of the world's major foreign tourist destinations. (90 million tourists a year).
- France is Europe's foremost investor abroad. France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have the lowest rates of inflation in the European union.
- This is an indicator of the health of these countries.
- French embraces the philosophy of Active Learning, which is the key to rapid learning.
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