| Why would anyone need to learn French if they lived | | | | French require that you move your tongue and lips in |
| in the United States? Where do they speak French? | | | | different ways than in English. |
| 1. Montreal and Quebec in Canada are French | | | | 5. There is only a limited amount of information that |
| speaking. In fact, if you travel to Montreal or Quebec, it | | | | can be shared by expressions and gestures. Knowing |
| feels the same as being in France. | | | | another language is very important if you are visiting |
| 2. Traveling to Paris or Wine-Country in France is the | | | | people who speak differently. |
| dream of many people in the United States. | | | | 6. French food is very good. If you learn the French |
| Sometimes it is cheaper to fly round-trip to France | | | | language, you will be able to read a French menu or |
| than it is to go to parts of French speaking Canada | | | | recipe and know what you want to order. Even with |
| that are closer to us. | | | | wines, the French wines have many French words in |
| 3. French is considered a very romantic language by | | | | their names and they tell you what you can expect |
| many people and it would be fun to be able to say a | | | | from that wine. It won't be all about the color of the |
| few phrases in French just to get the attention of | | | | wine. It may also have something about the flavor of |
| someone. | | | | the wine or the area where the grapes were |
| 4. Another reason to learn languages is so that we | | | | harvested. |
| can better understand other cultures. Have you ever | | | | 7. Maybe you want to have an exchange family or |
| taken another language? Doesn't it make you wonder | | | | student come to the United States and you want to |
| how that language was ever conceived? All | | | | be able to speak to them. Or maybe you want to be |
| languages aren't alike. The sounds that you make in | | | | part of an exchange to another country. |