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Register for Register for French Class at Truman!French Class at Truman!

Maryam Damghani

Email: [email protected]

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OUI OUIadieu, art déco, bon appétit, carte

blanche, croissant, c'est la vie, cul-de-sac, déjà vu, démodé, femme fatale,

film noir, idée fixe, je ne sais quoi, joie de vivre, matinée, souvenir, toilette,

sauté, fondue, purée, flambée

Parlez-vous Français?

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WOULDN’T YOU JUST LOVE WOULDN’T YOU JUST LOVE IT IF YOU KNEW MORE IT IF YOU KNEW MORE

FRENCH?FRENCH?

FRENCH IS TOO

HARD!!!

WHO SPEAKS FRENCH?

WHERE WOULD I EVER USE

IT?

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Let us show you why Let us show you why FRENCH is THE FRENCH is THE

LANGUAGE TO LEARN!!!LANGUAGE TO LEARN!!!

REALLY,WHY LEARN FRENCH ?!?

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WHO SPEAKS FRENCH ?!?

• Of course – THE FRENCH !!!

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BUT THAT’S NOT ALL !!!FRENCH is also spoken in 43 francophone countries across

5 continents and it is the official language of 33

countries.

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LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK:

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ACROSS THE 5 CONTINENTS 600 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE THIS ONE

THING IN COMMON:

Ils parlent français !!!

La langue de l’amour !!!

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And 1.9 million of these 600 million people are

AMERICAN.

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Here are some French speakers you might know

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And some more

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AND ONE ROMANTIC SKUNK :

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You ask yourself how do all these

people speak SUCH A DIFFICULT LANGUAGE??

We have a BIG SECRET to share with

you!

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• Over 30% of English words Over 30% of English words come from French.come from French.

• English grammatical structure English grammatical structure is similar to French structure. is similar to French structure.

• Over 20,000 French words Over 20,000 French words mean the same in English and mean the same in English and Spanish.Spanish.

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Can you guess the meaning of the Can you guess the meaning of the words in red??words in red??

L’Europe du 20e siècle a été profondément marquée par les guerres, des guerres mondiales et coloniales qui ont fait des millions de morts et dont les répercussions économiques, politiques et psychologiques ont pris des proportions gigantesques. Quel est le sens de la vie au milieu de tant de destruction ? Qu’est-ce qu’une civilisation qui porte dans ses découvertes atomiques les graines de son propre anéantissement ? Dans un âge où la science et la technologie remettent constamment en question les valeurs humaines, les artistes et les écrivains explorent sans cesse de nouvelles dimensions.

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So you see, you too can

learn to “parle

français”

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Register for Register for French Class at Truman!French Class at Truman!

Maryam Damghani

Email: [email protected]

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Now where can you use your French?

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Most graduate schools require

knowledge of at least one

foreign language,

and French remains the

most commonly

used language

after English.

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French is the 2nd

most important

language on the Internet,

based on WWW pages,

number of discussion lists, and number of countries connected

to the Internet.

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France is the world’s most visited tourist destination

(over 60 million

visitors per year)

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Can you get a BETTER JOB if you speak French?

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OF COURSE YOU CAN !!!French, along with English, is the official working language of many

world organizations such as:

• the United Nations• UNESCO• International Labor

Bureau• International

Olympic Committee

• NATO• the European

Community• the Universal Postal

Union• the International Red

Cross• Union of International

Associations (UIA)

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France has the fourth France has the fourth largest economy in largest economy in the world after the the world after the

U.S., Japan and U.S., Japan and Germany.Germany.

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  France is first in the world in trains and

production of luxury goods; second in the world in commercial aircraft production,

defense production and export of agricultural

products; third in rocketry and electronics

equipment; fourth in automobiles.

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France is a world leader in

medical research:

The AIDS virus was first

isolated by French doctors.

Above: HIV Virus

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Vive le Français

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Je m’appelle(My name is)

Maryam.

I teach French at Truman College

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Register for Register for French Class at Truman!French Class at Truman!

Maryam Damghani

Email: [email protected]