Why study French?

• French is spoken in over 43 countries in the world.
• French is the second language of the Internet.
• French is spoken on five continents.
• French is the most widely taught second language after English.
• French is the official language of the International Red Cross.
• France has the greatest number of Nobel Prize winners in literature.
• The United States exports to more countries having French as a national language than to countries having any other foreign language.
• France is a major tourist destination, with 75 million tourists per year.
• French is one of the official languages of the United Nations and the Olympic Games
• 1.9 million Americans speak French in the home.

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