Let’s keep that motivation strong! Remember how finding your why is key to boosting your motivation? LINK TO WHY Here’s to give you an extra push: the 10 reasons to start or catch up with French.
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1. You will not only learn French, you will become French.
Language is only a reflection of who people are, how they think, how they see the world.
That means you will experience the French mindset through learning French language.
See ‘7 things that make French different from English’ LINK for more on this!
2. French speaking people are everywhere.
Learning French means you gain access to a literally unlimited supply of native speakers:
– in Europe: France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Monaco…
– in America: French Canadians, Maine/New Hampshire/Vermont/Louisiana in the US; French West Indies (beautiful Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint Barthélemy); French Guiana for a taste of Amazonian forest…
– in Asia and Oceania: French Polynesia, former French India, French speakers in now Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam…
– in Africa: the list is just too long… from Morocco to Lebanon up north, from Senegal to Madagascar to Mauritius and Reunion island…
You will find native French speakers everywhere!
PICTURES OF BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS
How’s that for travelling the world? 🙂
3. You will be able to connect with fellow French students around the world.
Not to mention you’ll be joining a huge number of French students around the world! There are French students pretty much anywhere in the world.
In Southern Europe, you’ll be able to speak French on your next trip to Italy, Spain or Portugal – you stand a good chance of meeting a fellow student of French. You also get much, much closer to other Latin based languages: mostly Italian, Spanish, Portuguese.
An estimated 12 million people in Germany can also speak French, as well as 11 million in the UK.
MAP OF ALLIANCE FRANCAISE / BIGGEST LEARNERS OF FRENch
How’s that for connecting with new people? 🙂
4. Work opportunities
How’s that for landing yourself a new, more fulfilling job? 🙂
5. French culture has shaped Europe as well as the world.
From the Greeks to the Romans to the French to the British, geography has it that France has pretty much always been in the middle of something. The French have inevitably influences the British, which in turn were to influence the world, and now through American power.
Between north and south, between east and west, France culture has always been shaped by the multiple influences around.
MAP OF ROMAN EMPIRE
In modern times, as the British and the French set out to conquer most parts of the world (for better or worse…), their culture has shaped a huge number of places around the world.
A few examples:
– the Channel Islands between the UK and France (Jersey and Guernesey)
– the Latin heritage in the English language, with words sometimes twisted ‘the French way’ before making their way to Britain
– the close links between the American Revolution (1776) and the French Revolution (1789), which will later be the basis for the idea of freedom around the world
– Napoleon’s conquests allowing for French culture to spread up to Russia
– French once being the language of diplomacy – today one of many.
6. French films!
7. French literature and philosophy!
8. French music!
7. Access to the French web!
9. Access to a huge variety of regions, within a short distance – from Paris to Lille to Brittany and Strasbourg… to Basque Country, Lyon, Montpellier and Corsica… It’s like you gain access to dozens of different countries at once – all within France.
11. Oh, Here’s Another One: Learning French Is An Adventure, An Experience That Will Open Your Mind… And Take You Very Far, Much Farther Than You’d Expect… Learning French Can Even Change Your Life. It Can Make You A Better Person – Someone Who’s More Open To Meeting New People, To Accepting New Ideas, A New Mindset. You Will Become That French Speaking Person You Think Of As You Learn.
14. French people? 🙂
As you’re learning French, you’ll soon be speaking to passionate, well-read people. This will shape you in new ways you haven’t realized before. The French share an inquiring mind, a strong desire not to take anything for granted – faults and all 😉
As a bonus – the fellow French students you will meet will be lovely people with an open mind, eager to share their passion for French culture and French language.
15. France is still the most visited country in the world.
Speaking French to French speakers around the world goes a long, long way. Using French with them is the best way to connect with the people in ways you haven’t experienced before. As hospitable as French speakers around the world can be, speaking French to them will strike an emotional chord like nothing else can. It truly is a way into their hearts – no matter what your level is, as long as you’re trying. That’s why LINK Your French doesn’t have to be perfect to reach your goals.
12. A lifetime of travelling through the endless collection of books, from adventure (80 lieues sous la mer) to history (Le Comte de Monte Cristo, Les Misérables…) to murder mysteries (Lupin…).
Learning French become and enriching experience – and an endless source of pleasure.
13. Oh I almost forgot:
It’s not that hard to learn.
See my free guide ‘Make French Simple’ to know why.
No doubt this has boosted your motivation through the roof!
Download my free guide ‘Make French Simple’ to keep the momentum going and take action to start or catch up with learning French now 😉
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