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© Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan / Hanken School of Economics, www.hanken.fi The French department Bonjour  (= Hello / Hei) © Hanken “Bonjour” and welcome to the pages of the French department! Summary You can use the Slide Show to follow this presentation Good reasons to study French p. 4 Courses offer p. 13 Learning method p. 17 French team p. 21 Questions? p. 23 To limit the environmental impact, this presentation does not include any video. © Hanken Why study French (business communication)? 1. You love this language, its soft, melodious, romantic sound (?) 1 bis. French, the language of love: Learning French is first and foremost the pleasure of learning a beautiful, rich and melodious language that is often called the language of love. © Hanken Why study French (business communication)? 2. French, the language of culture: French is the international language for cuisine, fashion, theatre, visual arts, dance and architecture. To know French is to have access in the original version to the great texts of French and French literature but also to cinema and song. © Hanken Why study French (business communication)? 3. A language spoken all over the world: French is a major language of international communication. French is the fifth most spoken language in the world, with 274 million francophones on five continents. French is the most widely learned foreign language after English. The Francophonie brings together 70 states and governments. Why study French (business communication)? 4. French is both a working language and one of the two official languages in most of the international organizations; UN, UNESCO, NATO, the European Union, the International Olympic Committee, the International Red Cross. French is also the language of several international legal bodies. Why study French (business communication)? 5. An asset for a professional career. France, the fifth largest word trading power, is a major economic partner. Speaking French is an asset to find a job with the many French multinationals in various sectors of activity (distribution, automotive, luxury, aeronautics ...) © Hanken Why study French (business communication)? 6. A language to open up to the world: After English and German, French is the third language on the Internet ahead of Spanish. Why study French (business communication)? 7. A language for thinking and debating: French is an analytical language that structures thinking and develops critical thinking. It is the language of the great philosophers (Descartes, Sartre or Derrida)