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Adults Learning French Becoming the New Norm

It's an unfortunate fact of life that most school students in Australia don't spend many hours on their foreign language studies, even if they have plenty of classes in their school schedule. While this isn't the most heartening thing for a beginner to read, the good thing to know is that many beginner students are coming to foreign language classes later in life as adults, with more time and a more complete desire to learn the language properly. 

We can describe this situation for many languages, from Mandarin to Spanish and, of course, French. Right now, roughly 200,000 adults in Australia currently study French, whether at a university in the CBD, a private language school or with organisations like the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF). Another option that many French students, from complete beginner to intermediate and advanced students often choose is private classes with expert teachers, whether face-to-face or online through apps like Zoom.

Why learn French?!

Many adults might wonder why someone might spend weeks, months and years studying a difficult language like French. Well, there's actually a range of benefits to describe from culture to conversation. Let's check some out.

Learning French For Work or Study Opportunities in France

Plenty of Australians spend time dreaming about having the opportunity to study or have a career in a famous French city, like Paris or Nice. This remains a pipe dream until you are able to prove your French skills in areas like vocabulary, grammar and comprehension.

Universities and workplaces in France often require a certification, or a certain DELF exam score, proving your level of French. Obtaining these requires hours of lessons in a preparation course that lasts at least 8 week. There's no better way to get ready for an exam of this kind than with private lessons that run for a few months.

A teacher who has experience dealing with obtaining certifications will be able to take hours off your study time by tailoring lessons specific to you and describing the different topics, tasks, vocabulary and grammar that are likely to show up on the test. Once you've completed your course and an exam like this, you'll know that, not only can you have a conversation easily and live an independent life in France, but you can also show would-be employers just how advanced your level of French is.

Use Your French Conversation and Language Skills For Work In Australia

We know that speaking native English opens up many doors internationally and adding intermediate to advanced or expert level French skills (especially in speaking) certainly can't hurt your career prospects. There's plenty of work in tourism as an independent contractor or with a group, more than 100,000 French people visit Australia every year plus native French speakers that come from other countries. You will find so much work that there won't be enough hours in the day!

You could even consider becoming a teacher, running courses or lessons either face to face in the CBD of your city or online via apps like Zoom. If you've reached an expert level, you could even consider approaching FIAF for work opportunities (and FIAF only take the best!).

Start A French Conversation In Countries Around The World And Engage With a New Culture

It's important to remember that French is not only useful for speaking and conversation in France but in the 29 countries that speak French worldwide. Between native speakers and other learners, you'll almost always find someone to use what you learn about grammar and vocabulary in class with. Even if you're in France in Jan, Switzerland in Feb, Canada in Mar and Cameroon in Apr, you'll be able to have a conversation about a range of topics.

Private French Lessons vs Group French Classes

You might not be sure about whether you'll learn more French in a private online course or a group face-to-face class. Of course, there are advantages to both ways to learn. If you start to learn through group courses at a school like FIAF, you'll have plenty of speaking opportunities during your hours of class. One downside is the schedule: schools like FIAF often run courses over the same weeks as the school year. This means a course might run from Jan through Apr, but you want to start in Feb or Mar.