The Importance of Languages

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The Importance of Languages

• How many languages are spoken throughout the
  world?
• 100
• 200
• 300
• More than 500

Just over 6,500
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• In London alone, more than 300 languages are
  spoken.

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• The proportion of the world which does not speak
  English as its first language is-
• 1
• 25
• 74
• 94

94
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What proportion of the world speaks no English
at all?

• 75
• 60
• 50
• 25

75
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How many UK companies are losing business
because of language barriers?

• 1 out of every 100
• 1 out of every 50
• 1 out of every 5

1 out of every 5
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English is not enough!
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How will studying languages help you?

• It will increase your job opportunities
• With the growth of the European Union, there is a
  much greater need for people who have a foreign
  language.
• 60 of all UK trade is with non English-speaking
  countries

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It will boost your brain power

• Researchers from University College London
  studied the brains of 105 people 80 of whom
  spoke a foreign language.
• They found that learning another language
  improved the brain in the same way that exercise
  builds muscle

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It will give you more money

• Learning a language can boost an average workers
  earnings by up to 20
• For a person earning the average national salary,
  that would mean an extra 200,000 over a working
  life.

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It can even improve your love life!

• A survey of 270 dating agencies found that people
  who speak a foreign language are more attractive
  to the opposite sex!

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Why French?

• According to employers, the languages which most
  companies want are-
• 1st French
• 2nd German

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French is spoken as a native language in-

• France Luxembourg Monaco
• Switzerland Canada ( Quebec)
• Guadeloupe Martinique Benin
• Guinea Mali Ivory Coast
• Niger Senegal Togo
• French Guiana Central African Republic
• Burkina Faso Congo Gabon
• La Réunion New Caledonia Haiti
• French Polynesia Saint Pierre Mayotte

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French is the only language other than English
which is spoken on 5 continents

• French is the second most frequently used
  language on the internet
• French is ranked the second most influential
  language in the world

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French, along with English, is the official
working language of-

• The United Nations
• The International Olympic Committee
• The International Red Cross
• The Council of Europe
• The European Court of Justice

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France is visited by more tourists than any other
country in the world

• The Eiffel Tower is the most visited tourist
  attraction in the world

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• The following people have one thing in common
• They all speak French !

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Johnny Depp
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Orlando Bloom
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Jarvis Cocker
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Ellen Macarthur
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Robin Williams
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Mick Jagger
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Uma Thurman
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John Travolta
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Tina Turner
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Elton John
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Sol Campbell
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Davina McCall
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Jamie Oliver
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Madonna
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Matthew Perry
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Lisa Kudrow
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Kylie Minogue
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Which other celebrities speak foreign languages?
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Jonathan RossRussian
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Lucy LiuJapanese and Chinese Mandarin
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Gary LinekerSpanish and Japanese
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Gwyneth PaltrowSpanish and Italian
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J K RowlingFrench, Spanish and Portugese
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Arsene WengerEnglish German Italian Japanese
Spanish
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Christopher LeeFrench, German, Italian, Spanish,
Russian, Greek and Swedish