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SpeakFrenchDC: Learn French in L’Enfant City!

If you cannot go to Paris, the next best place to learn French is… none other than the city designed and built by a French man, Pierre L’Enfant.

There are many reasons to learn French:

1. A world language

More than 200 million people speak French on the five continents.. French is the second most widely learned foreign language after English, and the ninth most widely spoken language in the world. French is also the only language, alongside English, that is taught in every country in the world.

2. A language for the job market

Knowledge of French opens the doors of French companies in France and other French-speaking parts of the world (Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, and North and sub-Saharan Africa). As the world’s fifth biggest economy and number-three destination for foreign investment, France is a key economic partner.

3. The language of culture

French is the international language of cooking, fashion, theatre, the visual arts, dance and architecture.

4. A language for travel

France is the world’s number-one tourist destination and attracts more than 70 million visitors a year. French also comes in handy when travelling to Africa, Switzerland, Canada, Monaco, the Seychelles and other places.

5. A language for higher education

Speaking French opens up study opportunities at renowned French universities and business schools.  Students with a good level of French are eligible for French government scholarships to enroll in postgraduate courses in France.

6. The other language of international relations

French is both a working language and an official language of the United Nations, the European Union, UNESCO, NATO, the International Olympic Committee, the International Red Cross and international courts. French is the language of the three cities where the EU institutions are headquartered: Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg.

7. A language that opens up the world

After English and German, French is the third most used language on the Internet, ahead of Spanish. An ability to understand French offers an alternative view of the world through communication with French speakers from all the continents and news from the leading French-language international media (TV5, France 24 and Radio France Internationale).

8. The language of love and reason

And last but not least, Amour and Raison are best spoken in French!