Studying French can unleash an array of opportunities!

French is often considered the language of culture. A French lesson is a cultural journey into the worlds of fashion, gastronomy, the arts, architecture and science. Learning French also offers access to the works of great French writers such as Victor Hugo or Marcel Proust and famous poets like Charles Baudelaire or Jacques Prévert, in the original text.

Some fun facts about this endearing language:

• More than 220 million people speak French on all the five continents.
• French is a major language of international communication.
• It is the second most widely learned language after English and the sixth most widely spoken language in the world.
• French is also the second most widely taught language after English, and is taught in every continent.

The ability to speak both French and English is an advantage for finding a job with the many multinational companies using French as their working language, in a wide range of sectors (retailing, automotive, luxury goods, aeronautics, etc.).

France, as the world’s fifth biggest economy, attracts entrepreneurs, researchers and the cream of foreign students. Studying French as a foreign language can open the doors of sectors such as the embassies, diplomatic services, interpretation, translation etc.

Some new avenues such as online content writing, technical translation and decoding have come up in a big way. International organizations such as the United Nations Organization (UNO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and various Indian National Organizations such as the Ministry of External Affairs, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) etc, too require professionals who have specialization in foreign languages.

There are numerous French companies, many of which have offices and trading partners in India. These companies require foreign language experts for business transactions, reporting and translation of documents, as well as general communication.

To sum it up, studying French as a foreign language can expose you to a vista of opportunities. It is important that we are aware of it, to make our experience more gratifying and fruitful.  

Source: HT Education