Did you know that French is the third most important language for business, after English and Chinese? French is also the language of global diplomacy with treaties registered with the United Nations translated into both English and French, and while English is favored at U.N. headquarters in New York, French is more widely used in the U.N. second largest office in Geneva.

According to Stéphanie Boulard, associate professor of French in the Ivan Allen College School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech, French is the second most widely studied language in the world after English and is spoken on five continents. Boulard cited a 2014 study by investment bank Natixis that suggested French might be the most widely spoken language in the world by 2050.

“French is, in fact, a language of international diplomacy, a global business language, and the third most widely used language on the Internet, so our students should start now because French is the language of the future!” said Boulard...Read more