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French is the third-largest of the Romance languages in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese. French is also an official or administrative language in several communities and international organizations such as: the European Union International Olympic Committee World Trade Organization NATO, FINA, FIA, FIFA, World Anti-Doping Agency, United Nations, African Union, International Court of Justice, IHO, Internation Secretariat for Water, International Association of Political Science, International Bureau of Weights and Measures, European Broadcasting Union, ESA, Universal Postal Union, Interpol and so on, and among the six official and the two working languages of the United Nations and of all its agencies.

French is spoken in France, Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, Senegal, Haiti, Lebanon, Martinique, Vietnam, Central African Republic, Chad, Madagascar, Cameroon, Gabon, and other countries.
And is regulated by the Académie française (France) and the Office québécois de la langue française (Quebec, Canada). Its development was influenced by the native Celtic languages of Roman Gaul, and by the Germanic language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders.

Why learn the French Language?

Learning French will increase your job opportunities and salary potentials. And also increases your apreciation from other people, and from other countries, the traditions, the history, the culture, and you can meet new people and understand them without any problem. Something that is not well know is that Learning French will improve your vocabulary in English, this is because 40 to 50% of English vocabulary comes from French, to learn French will also enhance your grammar skills, and willl greatly improve your scores on the verbal section.


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