FRENCH INSTITUTE

1. FRENCH INSTITUTE Presentation for Session 2011-2012

2. About Us Professionaly driven organisation, having head office in Grenoble, France. Primarily focussed on French and English Language Training in Gurgaon

3. Importance of French Language • Second most taught language internationally after English. • With English, French is the only language, being spoken in five continenets. • Official language in 28 countries. • Official Lanuage • UN (United Nations) • UNESCO • NATO • OECD (Organisation of Economic Corporation and Development) • International Labour Bureu • International Olympic Committee. • 31-member council of Europe

4. The Economics of French and France French is the foreign language spoken by our largest trading partner (Canada). The province of Quebec alone is the sixth largest trading partner of the United States with approximately $72 billion in trade in 2006. In 2006, the United States exported and imported more to countries having French as a national language than to countries having any other foreign language. Exports to Canada alone in that year were greater than the combined exports to all countries south of the United States. From 2003 to 2008 trade between France and the United States increased by 59% with one billion dollars of transactions taking place every day. The U.S. and France share many trade similarities, particularly their global standing as the world's top 2 exporters in 3 very important sectors: defense products, agricultural goods, and services. Franco-American trade is also remarkable for its symmetry, as 6 of the top 10 exports are the same each way. France has the fifth largest economy in the world after the U.S., Japan, China, Germany (2008). In 2006, the French GDP was $2.231 trillion and China's was $2.668 trillion. France is the second largest exporter of agricultural products in the world after the U.S.

5. The Economics of French and Francecontd…. In recent years, the U.S. has been the largest direct investor in France. France is nearly tied with Japan, Germany and the Netherlands as the second largest foreign investor in the U.S. The world invests in France: in 2006, France was the third largest destination of foreign investment in the world. 2,300 French companies in the US employ approximately 520,000 Americans. US companies employ nearly 650,000 people in France. Among foreign countries doing business in the US, France employs the third largest number of Americans. French is one of the languages spoken in the US: 1.9 million Americans speak French in the home. (2000 US Census) Overall, the French export more per capita than the Japanese and more than twice as much as the Americans. France is the world's leader in the production of luxury goods. More tourists visit France than any other country in the world. France gives more foreign aid per capita to developing nations than does the US.

6. Extensive course DELF/DALF sessions are organized 4 times a year, at the end of each term (February, May, August and November). Students are free to register for any exam if they think they are ready to sit for it. Class schedule If you choose to attend extensive course, the classes are held 2 hours/day, twice a week which completes 20 hrs/ term course. The text book The prescribed text book is Alter Ego A1and A2. French Adult Course

7. French Course for School Students

8. Teaching Format • Two Classes every week • CLASS - I • Theory & in-class assignments • Tests & follow-up sessions • CLASS - II • Interactive sessions • Reading – Teacher / Student • Dictation • Conversation • Listening

9. Thank You! Contact Details:- • France • Grenoble, France • +0033 607520926 • India • NM-21, OLD DLF Colony, Sector-14, Gurgaon, Haryana • 0124 4003801, 8860090723, 9953686856 • A-41, South City-II, Gurgaon, Haryana • 0124 4209771, 9873256037 • South City-I Email:- info@frenchinstitute.in