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Why learn French?

People in the North Country use French in a variety of occupations such as health care, law enforcement, and tourism.

 

 

Proficiency in French can be a lucrative advantage in the business world, the sciences, in law and military careers, education, and in any career in the humanities.

Knowledge of a second language has been associated with increased salary, better scores on standardized tests, and even longer life spans.

 

With more than 30% overlap in vocabluary, French is one of the easiest languages for English-speakers to learn.

 

This foundation helps learners to pursue other languages, such as Spanish, later on.

The modes of communication

Le français à Gorham

Le voyage à Coaticook 2016

Le voyage à Coaticook 2016

La salle de classe

La salle de classe

La classe de Français 1 2015-16

La classe de Français 1 2015-16

En Français 4 on travaille dur!

En Français 4 on travaille dur!

Une petite pause...

Une petite pause...

Nous, à la Ressourcerie

Nous, à la Ressourcerie

l'École la Frontalière

l'École la Frontalière

La Ressourcerie des Frontières

La Ressourcerie des Frontières

Le Rallye

Le Rallye

Le Rallye

Le Rallye

Les meilleurs chaperones

Les meilleurs chaperones

la Tour Eiffel?

la Tour Eiffel?

La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel

Coaticook en décembre 2014

Coaticook en décembre 2014

Au restaurant, décembre 2014

Au restaurant, décembre 2014

Destiny and Rhianna at Ed Fenn

Destiny and Rhianna at Ed Fenn

Five-a-Day

Five-a-Day

à l'étude...

à l'étude...

Français 4 fait la cuisine

Français 4 fait la cuisine

La Tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel

Français 2 2013

Français 2 2013

Les ballons

Les ballons

Students
Why learn French?

Berlin native says he is successful because he knows French

"I took 4 years of French in high school and 1 year in college (to fulfill my language requirement).  My first job out of college did not require a foreign language; but  3 years later, an opening came up at high-tech company in Rochester, NH for an inside sales rep calling into Canada – this did require a working knowledge of French.  I had no sales experience, but since I was the only applicant who spoke French, I got the job.  And coincidentally, I was replacing another French-speaker who graduated from Berlin High.

 

About 4 years later, a better opportunity at another company (Sun Microsystems) came up for a French-speaker calling into Canada.  Combining my sales experience with French again got me the job.

 

Years later,  Sun was acquired by Oracle.  Many sales positions were eliminated, but they still needed a French-speaker for Canada.  Again, having the niche of speaking French allowed me to keep my job when many others lost theirs.

 

In Massachusetts, finding someone who speaks Spanish is pretty easy – but French is more difficult.  And since many companies do business in Canada, you need people with at least a working knowledge of French.  I can honestly say I would not be where I am today without knowing French."

Mike Fortier, 2016

Philosophy

Philosophy

 

Language in context

Authentic Resources

Comprehensible Input

 

 

ACTFL's Can-do Proficiency Statements

 

What can you "do"

in a language?

The Five C's

 

Communication

Cultures

Connections

Comparisons

Communities

Interpersonal

Interpretive

Presentational

Resources for learning French

Images d' France

Improve your French
LOCATION & CONTACT

Gorham Middle High School

120 Main St. Gorham, NH 03581

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