French People
Being the second most taught language internationally after English, and having a readership and following which are commiserate with the number of its students, French is definitely the language to know these days. With English, French is the only other “international” language, being spoken in 5 continents. The international body supervising the following of French as a language is known as the International Organization of Francophonie, which has 51 countries as its member states and out of these 51 states, 28 countries have French as their official language.
The widespread use of French as a language can also be inferred from the fact that French, with English is the official language of many towering organizations of the world, such as the UN, NATO, UNESCO, the International Red Cross Association and IOC (The International Olympic Committee), to name a few. From a recent survey, it has been noted that almost 70% of jobs in the US require or prefer the aspirants who know French, other than English, which is a testimony to the importance of French.
The importance of French has demographic and economic consequences for major economies in the world, even the US. For example, French is the official global language of Canada, which caries out major trade deals with the US. The knowledge of French for traders to such countries becomes all the more important when you realize that Canada, for example, has provinces like Quebec, which trades more than 70 billion Dollars annually with the US, and the major international language being followed there is French.
Apart from the economic influence of French and France, there is a high degree of intellectual importance associated with French as a language and the French thought for modernism and secularism. French doctors and scientists have been the fore-runners of technology in the modern era. France has the largest R&D center on nuclear physics in the world and also boasts as being the site of the world’s first nuclear fusion reactor. The French doctors were the first to isolate the HIV virus from the body of an infected human being- a ground breaking attempt to find a cure for AIDS. In order to decipher all their findings and discoveries, to understand their intellect and to admire it, it has become inevitable for the intelligentsia and researchers of today to adopt French as a global language.
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Of course the Americans have to learn the French language as an international language. That’s because they already know the English, which is the universal language. Otherwise, it is better to know English. But the best is to know both English and French language.
You are right, Svoboda, the Americans should learn the French language. But as far as they are concerned, they are not interested in learning the French. language. We can say that they are somehow ignorant.
You are right Barry, American people are kind of ignorant. This may be a reason why they don’t learn the french language. However, it will take some time for the french to become the global language.
hey, why do you call us ignorant? just because we don’t like and learn the french language doesn’t mean that we are ignorants. at the moment, the english language is an international language and that’s why many of us don’t want to learn the french language. but this is not really ignorance.
I strongly agree that french should be adopted as a universal language
J’ai bien d’accord que le francais doit-etre adopte comme un langage universel
Hola amigos. El inglés seguirá siendo por algún tiempo más. la lengua más importante económicamente (mientras se posesiona el chino). El francés es una lengua muy bella propia de intelectuales, que nos acerca mas a la cultura del mundo. Cada una en su lugar . pas de conflicto por eso. Viva COLOMBIA
jezu, kto to pisal? czy to tlumaczenie jakiegos slownika online,bo ten “polski” jest straszny
Hai ragione ti appoggio pienamente il francese è la lingua più importante sia nel campo commerciale che in quello politico.
Per non parlare poi della grande “Chanson française”.
Io adoro il francese
Je suis italien et je fais français par quatre ans comme langue.
Je crois que le français est la prémiere langue pour travailler et pour chanter. Parce-que la chanson française,à mon avis, est la plus bélle musique du mond entier.
french language should be the 2nd universal language. lots of people know it, which is a good reason for being an international language. moreover, kids learn it in most of the schools.
French language should not be the global language. But I agree to it being a second international language. English should remain the global language.
I feel French should be adopted as a universal language because it is nice and interesting to learn, and because of the fact that it is the official language of such big organisations in the world that deal much with people’s day-to-day welfare. J’aime le francais beaucoup.
yo necxesito un conflicto que tuvo su lengua o su pais relacionado con el pais o la lengua
Is it a joke?
Who speaks French these days? Where is it important except France?
In Canada even in Montreal you can work in a bank without speaking French.
In Belgium people from Flemish speaking region prefer English or even German than French.
In “French” Africa less than 10 % of people speak French even though it is official language. In Vietnam it is easier to communicate in Russian than in French. So where is French a language of communication except France?
Le francais est une langue tres interessant. A mon avis, je voudrais qu’il soit une langue universelle.
I like French, the language itself, how it spells and sounds… Very chic.
The reason why Americans are so “ignorant” is because we are so accustomed to everyone being able to communicate with us. This being said those of us who are from America do not suspect that we will ever need to speak any other language. Since English is a UNIVERSAL language it is so much easier for us to communicate with a majority of the world. However; we are not all so ignorant so one must recognize this fact and not judge those of whom we do not know. I say this because most Americans now have started to become self aware of the rest of the world. And by becoming more aware of the world we have realized that we must learn to adapt as every other country has. While the American education system is quite flawed as compared to leading countries such as China we are trying to involve other cultures in our learning. We are required now to take a foreign language. We are even encouraged to take two. As I have done some students are taking both French and Spanish. The reason is quite simple we need to know them. So do not call America ignorant ‘John’, for you yourself know not of what you speak of but, I will admit that ‘Benjamin’ did in fact help you to prove your point. Unfortunately he is only one man, not the country as a whole. America is quite diverse and so are the people that live here. Calling America ignorant is like calling the French stuck ups, it’s just a stupid rumor.
p.s. I’m just 19, a freshman in college, imagine if I were older and fully educated.
J’aime beaucoup la langue francaise parce que j’aime la pronociation et apres englais, c’est la langue tres parle entier dans le monde. J’accept que l’englais est la langue universelle mais si on apprend francais que les autres. On aura beaucoup de chance dans la domaine differente pour avoir bon travailler ou bien gagner le concour de bon travaille. A mon avis, si on n’apprend pas le francais, on a tord.
Donc, allez, parlez francais et trouvez-vous toujours avant que les autres.
french is like other language,although it is tough,just learn it