LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES: Learn French
The French language is spoken by over 175 million people around the globe. There is hardly a metro city, without some people, who are fluent in the French language. That is the reach of the French language.
Knowledge of Regional language not only adds vibrance to your resume, but also takes you closer to the people who speak that language. In a foreign land, all too suddenly if you are greeted in your mother tongue, by the Hotel staff, that little joy though for a fleeting moment can hardly find words for expression.
Learning the French Language can be accomplished with relative ease. A number of useful resources are offered on the Internet and most of them free too. All that is required would be your intense desire to learn and the time to do that. Once you learn the preliminary lessons, you can also use the French Television Channels to aid you in the learning process. Like in any other learning, a strong determination and a disciplined approach is very essential to learn French language. A convenient schedule should be drawn up and adhered to, with a high degree of consistency. Depending on your own convenience, you can choose audio, video, CD or even virtual tutorials on the internet to aid your learning process. Most of these resources are free too. For beginners the pronunciation is a bit tricky but can be mastered with some guidance. You can identify appropriate community groups on the internet itself and start conversing as you progress down the learning path.
As a Tourist, if you were visiting France, it would be of immense help to you, if you can pick up minimum rudimentary knowledge of French Language well before you land into the lap of France. Tourists particularly need know that 75% or more of the French population lives in urban agglomerates and the country side is sparsely populated. Therefore, if your itinerary takes you into downtown French cities, the language spoken there will be of immense value to you, though you may have only rudimentary knowledge of the language.
The script of the French language has close relations with the English alphabets, albeit for the notations the French alphabets carry with it. The French vocabulary too shares almost 50% with the English vocabulary. Therefore, by learning French, you would in fact be improving upon your English skills too.
Once you have learnt the language, it is equally important to stay in touch with the language, and for this reason, you can watch French Television channels, or even browse through some of the web sites which are in French language itself. |
