Official Website of Étienne: Music

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Finally, a song that lets students know exactly WHY they should continue with their studies in the French language. Don't let them wonder why? Play this song for them and use the great accompanying resources found in the Teacher's Guide.

Open up the discussion! Open up the doors! Open up the possibilities for everyone that has the opportunity to learn the French language!

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♪ Pourquoi Take French? ♪
Words and Music: Étienne

Pourquoi take French, I heard you ask
Well sit back and relate as I kick your aspirations into gear,
You’ve got nothing to fear, when you learn a second language
Opportunities appear, I know many languages, I’m having fun
A lot more than I would be, if I was stuck with one
Yeah, I learned French in school, not in my home
Mais je parle français wherever I may roam
Yeah, I’ve been to Rome, Barcelona and France
Rocked the masses down under, watched them bounce and dance
But, enough about me, let me talk about you
You gotta a choice, it’s your voice, watcha gonna do?
You can open cash doors, your value soars,
When you learn a second language, man, the world is yours
Let me tell ya little story I think you might like,
It’s about my High School friend whose name is Mike
He said “Pourquoi take French? I don’t live in France!”
So he didn’t take French, although he had the chance
So, check it, then one day he meets up with the girl of his dreams
A rare beauty like the ones up on the movie screens
He walks up to her and says “Shawty, how do you do?”
She says, “Je parle français. Parlez-vous?”
He went from geekin’ to freakin, he couldn’t be speakin’
The French that would win him the girl he was meetin’
So, he turned to me, for French help he was seeking
He nearly flipped his lid, I’ll tell you what I did,
I walked up to her, and said “Bonjour” and now we got three kids
Over 200 million people speak French in this world
In more than 50 different countries, that’s lotsa boys and girls
French is the official language of UN and NATO
The Red Cross, The Olympics, and UNESCO,
So, the moral of the story, is just this
It’s not about the money-making or taking all them trips
But ya say, I’m gonna be a doctor, lawyer, engineer
Well, those cats make more money, when they speak French my dear
‘Cause the world is multilingual, it’s real not virtual,
And, you’ll be jammin’ to these words I flow,
Just stick to what you know fo’ sho’, whether for business or for pleasure
Learning French unlocks a treasure
With no value you can measure, you’ll be rich man, yeah, forever…

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