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• > French Language

  French is foremost an international language, spoken in over thirty-five countries spanning every region of the world from Europe, America and (...)

• > French : the not so foreign language

  It is a fact that is probably hard to acknowledge by either side. As the two major languages of the Western world, English and French naturally (...)

• > A small history of French language

  Jules and the Gauls Let us start with the truth. French is not called a romance language because it is romantic. In France and in the cultures of (...)

• > Why learn French ?

  Other than being useful during cocktails and to correctly pronounce the name of your favourite French designer label there are plenty of reasons (...)

• > A guide to French teen speak

  GOING OUT On se fait un restau ? Shall we eat out ? Une boîte (de nuit) A club On va en boîte ? Fancy going clubbing ? Un teuf A (...)

• > Francophony

  First coined in 1880 by the geographer Onésime Reclus to describe the linguistic and cultural community which France was building with her (...)