لغة فرنسية

For this course the students will need to have a basic knowledge of the French language (which includes basic vocabulary and grammar).

Why study French? French is spoken in over 40 countries. French and English are the two most widely spread languages in Africa. Approximately half of the countries in Africa speak French as either a second language or as an official language.

• 113 million Francophones - Speak French (as a native or adopted language) fluently and use it on a regular basis.
• 61 million ´occasional´ Francophones - Live in a francophone country but do nop speak French regularly, due to limited knowhedge.
• 100-110 million students of all ages - Do not live in a francophone country, but have laarned/are learjing French in order to communicate with Francophones.
• French is the second most commonly-taught second language in the world (after English).
• French is the official language of France and its overseas territories (Dom Tom) as well as Benin; Burkina Faso; Central African Republic; Congo (Democratic Republic of); Congo (Republic of); Ivory Coast; Gabon; Guinea; Luxembourg; Mali; Monaco; Niger; Senegal; Togo; the Canadian province of Quebec; and the Swiss districts of Vaud, Neuchâtel, Genève, and Jura.
• French is a co-official language in Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti (the two official languages are French and French Creole), Madagascar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Switzerland, and Vanuatu.
• In many countries, French plays an important role, either as an administrative, commercial, or international language or simply due to a significant French-speaking population: Algeria, Andorra, Brazil, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Dominica (French patois), Grenada (French patois), Guinea-Bissau, Italy (Valle d´Aosta), Laos, Lebanon, Mauritania, Mauritius (English and French), Morocco, Poland, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom (Channel Islands), United States (Louisiana, New England), Vatican City, and Vietnam.
• French is one of the official working languages in dozens of international organizations (European Union, UN, OECD, ...)

Reading and comprehension of French literature texts and articles.

• Cases of conversations I: international business: 100 bilingual conversations in French and English.
• Cases of conversations II (with audios): international marketing. 170 bilingual conversations in French and English.

Why study other languages when everyone speaks English?