1- France is the world's top tourist destination (60 million tourists
yearly).
2-France is in fourth position in terms of world power and it does not
have the debt facing many other major industrialized nations. (A positive sign
for joint projects, business and scientific cooperation.)
3-France has the fourth largest economy in the world after the USA, Japan
and Germany.
4-France is the fourth largest producers of automobiles in the world
(Renault, Peugeot, Citroën) and the third largest exporter of automobiles.
The French export more per capita than the Japanese and more than twice
as much as the Americans. Overall, France is the fourth largest exporting
nation of the world.
5-France offers a range of generous scholarships to our graduate students
and teachers.
6-France has the world's greatest number of Nobel Prize winners in
literature (12).
7-French trade with Canada was very high in the last decade.
A good knowledge of French enables you to fully enjoy, at the theatre or
on TV, the some of the best films in the world.
8-Learning French can help you improve the interpersonal skills you bring
to an international career in computer technology, pharmaceuticals or
engineering.
You can do so many more interesting things on the Internet if you speak
French (high quality sites from fashion to finance, society to science, music
to medicine).
For those with appropriate French skills, there are also possibilities
for work in the following fields: international business, international
agencies, the tourism and hospitality business, the diplomatic service, the
post office, the RCMP, French research institutes, teaching, translation,
interpreter, government.
9-More
than 8 million Canadians speak French.
10-More
than 50,000 people in Saskatchewan speak French.
11-Other
than English, French is the only language widely spoken on all continents and the eleventh most widely-spoken language in the
world.
Learning
a second language has been shown to have a positive impact on intellectual
growth. In fact, studies suggest
learning a second language can enhance cognitive and intellectual abilities.
12-Over
150,000 Canadian students attend French-first-language schools outside Quebec,
320,000 are in French immersion, and more than 2 million Canadian students are
enrolled in core French.
13-The
number of schools offering French Immersion has increased from 237 in 1977 to
2,115 schools across Canada today, including every province and territory.
14-Learning
a second language enhances problem solving and hypothesis-testing skills - the
same skills used in math and science.
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