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FROM: Dr. Arcides Gonzalez RE: Consider These French Courses
Sent:
1/11/2022 12:27:57 PM
To: Students, Faculty, Staff

Announcement from Dr. Arcides Gonzalez  

  

Attention: International Studies, Business, Nursing, Art, language students, and all other majors/minors (including our Canadian students who have knowledge of French), join us in:  

French 102, 204 &/or French 345 Birth of Modern French Culture, all offered this Spring 2022!   

 

French 102 & 204 are language classes and previous French language experience will allow you to take these classes. French 345 Birth of Modern French Culture is open to all as it is taught in English.   

  

Why study French? Here are just a few of the reasons: 

 

  1. Forbes reports that French is the language of the future, according to a study by Natixis investment bank projecting French will be the "most-spoken language in the world" by 2050. Read the article and think about the study's methodology, to see if you agree with the bank's analysis. (https://www.forbes.com/search/?q=language%20of%20the%20future&sh=10fa9653279f


     
  2. ABC News reports that according to Bloomberg Rankings, French is the second most useful language in the world for business. It is spoken on all 5 continents whereas Chinese, Arabic and Spanish are regional.

     
  3. Studying French makes you smarter! 

    “…. scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age. (“Why Bilinguals Are Smarter.”) (https://www.nytimes.com/by/yudhijit-bhattacharjee


     
  4. French is one of the easiest languages for native English speakers to learn. In 1066, the French Duke of Normandy conquered England and made French the official language of England for a time. As a result, more than half of our current English vocabulary comes from French—words like avenue, university, café, exam… sound like and are spelled like their French counterparts. 


    Register today for French 102/204 and/or French 345!  
    For more info contact: Dr. Arcides Gonzalez at gonzalez@calu.edu