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How France could make learning French easier

Ben McPartland
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How France could make learning French easier
How learning French could be so much easier. Photo: Shutterstock

Let's imagine for a moment France decided to make learning French easier for Anglos in a bid to get more people speaking their language. What could the language guardians at the Académie Français do to make it simpler for us? Here's ten ideas.

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Imagine if the so-called "Immortals" at the Académie Française - the famed guardians of the French language - had a dramatic change of heart.

Instead of trying to protect the French language by banning English words, the Académie decides to change tactics and make it simpler for us notoriously linguistically-challenged Anglos to learn their tongue, by removing some of the main hurdles.

We asked the IASLFF - International Association of Struggling Learners of French in France, which happens to be based in The Local's office in Paris, to come up with a list of ten ways the folk at the Académie could help us out. Would you add anything else to their report?

Ten ways France could make learning French much easier

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