The Joys of Speaking a Foreign Language

Bonjour tout le monde. Je m’appelle Anne, j’ai vingt ans, et j’adore parler français. J’ai étudié le français depuis huit ans maintenant et cela m’a aidé beaucoup dans ma vie. Comment ? Laisse-moi expliquer.

Hi everyone! My name is  Anne, I am twenty years old, and I love to speak French. I’ve studied French for eight years now and it’s helped me a lot in my life. How? Let me explain.

Having studied a second language for years, it’s blessed me immensely in my life. For one, it gives me a practical skill I can put on a resume to help me get a position. Throughout my life, this will always be a helpful skill in the work world.

Studying French has also helped me discover a passion for language I would have never guessed I had. Learning French has helped me appreciate the English language more and helped me discover the wonderful power words have over people. It’s inspired me to study even more languages and learn to speak as many of them as I can. It’s a wonderful hobby that just helps me feel happy inside.

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It also helps boost my self-esteem. To be able to tell other people, “Oh yeah, I speak French,” is something that not everyone can say and it helps me feel I have at least one talent I can do well. It impresses people and that just helps me feel better about myself.

Plus, who doesn’t like saying things that nobody else can understand.   I love to mutter to myself in French and use it to annoy my roommates and family members. And then to talk to other people in my French classes outside of class in French makes me feel so cool and smart.

Basically the moral of the story is study a foreign language! It’s fun and helps you immensely in your life!