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Spoken & Written French - for Business & Pleasure "We enjoyed our first lesson very much. David is a great instructor and makes it fun as well. We are looking forward to learning the French language from our new friend!" Take advantage of that little French you know, by turning it into an enviable skill. Foreign holidays and business trips can be transformed with a little knowledge. Learn French with our qualified, hand-picked tutors and reap the benefits! One-to-one and small group tuition is the best way to increase confidence. We have a flexible pay-as-you-go system for private students, or excellent corporate rates for company block bookings. Learn at home, at work, at the teacher's home, or in a quiet cafe. You choose the time and place, we will find you a teacher and arrange everything for you. Simply call 0207 1010 750 or Email learn@talklanguages.net About French French is a *Romance language spoken
by 45 million people in France, and extensively in Canada, Belgium,
Switzerland, and elsewhere. It is the official language of 21 countries.
Standard French, based on a Parisian dialect known as Francien, has
been France's official administrative language since 1539. It has
replaced most northern dialects, known collectively as langue d'oil,
and has superseded the Occitan dialects of Southern France, known
as langue d'oc. During the 17th century the Académie Francaise and
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phonology has greatly altered. There are no noun case declensions
and the verb is conjugated in three persons. Pronunciation does not,
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About France
France is a country is Western Europe, bordering the English Channel in
the north, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and the Mediterranean Sea in
the south. It includes the island of Corsica and several overseas regions
(Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana). Overseas territories include
French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and St Pierre and Miquelon. Fertile
lowlands cover most of the North and West of France, rising to the
Pyrenees in the South, the Massif Central in the South East, and the
Vosges, Jura and the Alps in the East. The principal rivers are the
Seine, the Loire and the Rhone.
Paris Paris, a city in north central France, the capital and largest city of the country, on the Seine River, about 370 km (about 230 mi) from its Atlantic Ocean outlet at Le Havre. Paris is situated in a low-lying basin; the city is mostly flat, although the elevation gradually increases from the river to the low hills that ring the city's edge. The highest natural feature within the city proper is the Butte de Montmartre, at 129 m (423 ft) above sea level. With an estimated population approaching 10 million, the Paris metropolitan area contains nearly 20 percent of the nation's inhabitants and dominates the economic, cultural, and political life of France to an extraordinary degree; the population of Paris proper was 2,152,467 in 1994. The centralizing philosophy of successive governments has historically favored the city as the site for all decision making, thus exercising a powerful attraction on virtually all of the nation's activities. Only since the 1960s have attempts been made to reduce the inordinate influence of Paris in French affairs and to strengthen the role of various regions and secondary cities.
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