Friday, September 19, 2008

Welcome to the Francophone World


Welcome Dear Entrant to the Francophone World!

You have now become a part of a 200 million strong community spread across 40 countries in all the continents that identifies itself as the “Monde Francophone” due to their regular usage of the French language either because its their maternal language, their medium of instruction at school or the administrative language in their country or two or more of these cases.

You may have chosen to study French due the following reasons:
1. You work for a French, Swiss, Belgian or Canadian company/institution that requires you to deal with French speaking clients.
2. You have chosen French as your Second Language in school.
3. You are migrating to Quebec, Canada.
4. You want to work as a French Translator/ Interpreter / Teacher.
5. You work in the Travel and Tourism sector.
6. You plan to work or study in France.
7. You have nothing to do and are learning French for killing time constructively i.e. Learning French out of personal interest.

No matter what is your reason, learning a new language is not a piece of cake but you can make the ride smoother by inculcating some practices in your study routine for a prolonged period of time. I have my share of ups and downs during this very enriching and satisfying journey of learning the French language and in the process discovering a whole new world.

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