Over the weekend, you may have spotted my latest video 9 Reasons To Learn French, but just in case you missed it, here it is along with 9 more reasons to learn French!

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French food! I had a pain au chocolat for breakfast on Sunday morning and couldn’t believe I hadn’t mentioned French food in the video! Being able to speak French will mean you’ll be eating more than McDo if you visit a French speaking country.

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I mentioned how French is considered a sexy language, but what about the sexy people?!

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French is spoken in 29 countries.

“Wait! You said that in the video!”
Yes, but what I didn’t say was that French is spoken on each and every continent…well, we’ll ignore Antarctica…

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Being a romance language, a knowledge of French makes it easier to learn other languages such as Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Vive le polyglotte!

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Fashion. Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton…the list goes on. When people say things are à la mode or haute couture, you’ll understand.

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Ok a really serious reason now. French is an official language for loads of worldwide organisations including the UN, the EU and NATO. Oh yeah, and Eurovision. Nil points.

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Speaking French means you’re joining the likes of Joseph Gordon Levitt and Johnny Depp. You can’t tell me that’s not good company.

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If you’re a young student in the UK, because France is so close, there are often many French exchanges organised, which could offer you your first glimse abroad!

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Around 28% of English vocabulary is of French origin – so learning French will help you understand English!

Phew. There you go. 18 reasons why French should be your language of choice. There is an inevitable Spanish follow-up to this in the pipeline so stay tuned!

If you’re learning French then fellow language blogger Benny Lewis has just the thing for you: Why French Is Easy. Check my honest review right here.