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Top 100 Languages by Population
<< I don't think this is the case, it is only an elective. >>
It is. What do you want Spanish is required when it's not. When are you gonna wake up from your deep siesta?
The French-Speaking Community in Australia
Just as French is the language of many countries, so the SBS French Program must cater to people from many lands and cultures. French is the mother tongue of an estimated 200-million people, including first and second language speakers. The program targets Australia's Francophone and Francophile communities.It must remembered that French is the first language taught as a second language in Australia and the audience of French learners covers all age groups. Apart from France and European countries, such as Switzerland and Belgium, the community is drawn mainly from Mauritius, Canada, Morocco, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lebanon and throughout Africa. Many French-speakers are also likely to listen to our Arabic, Khmer or Vietnamese or African Language Programs. Arrival No discussion of the French in Australia fails to mention explorer, La Perouse, who arrived at Botany Bay just two days after Britain's First Fleet established itself in New South Wales. Australians often ask themselves how different life would have been if the French explorer had landed first. The legacy of the early French contact is language. Hundreds of locations, in almost all states, bear French names. The French came first as explorers, some convicts from New Caledonia escaped and arrived in Australia. The Gold rush brought another wave of French migrants looking for gold and others sought refuge after the Paris Commune . Settlement Once here, the French were quickly absorbed into the professional life of the colony. They became teachers, bankers, wine-growers, policemen and wool buyers. Contact between Australia and France intensified during the two World Wars and paved the way for increased migration from France after 1945. Migrants from Mauritius, who've come since the 1960s, make up a big proportion of the Australia's Francophone population. An estimated 14,000 French-speaking Mauritians live in Melbourne with a similar number in Sydney. The cultural exchanges between Australia and France are already numerous and well established in all spheres of business , arts and tourism. One of the success stories of Australian-French relations is Le Courrier Australien, a French-language newspaper. Le Courrier Australien is believed to be the oldest surviving French-language newspaper in the world published outside of France, and the only French-language newspaper published continuously over the last hundred years. Schools Apart from the numerous schools in Australia where French is offered as a normal part of the curriculum, there are a number of schools where French is taught as a first language, from the earliest (kindergarten) stage to the end of the Higher School Certificate. Ecole Bilingue de Melbourne -Camberwell Phone 03 98 22 32 47 Petite Ecole Francaise de Melbourne Caulfield Junior College Phone 03 95 09 68 72 & 03-95 096131 Lycee Condorcet The French School of Sydney 88 Cooper Street Maroubra NSW 2035 Phone 02 9344 8692 Telopea Park School Lycee Franco-Australien New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600 Phone 02 6205 5599. There are also over 50 Francophone community, social and vocational clubs spread out over the length and breadth of the country. Here are some of these organisations. Belgian Society, NSW Phone 02 93 69 33 59 Canadian-Australian Club - NSW Phone 02 9562 3978 Francofolies French Resource Centre 102 Endeavour Street Seven Hills NSW 2147 Phone/Fax 02 9831 7825 The Australian-Mauritian Association 209 Kendall Drive Casula NSW 2170 Phone 02 9601 0076 Swiss Club of NSW Phone 02 9416 6190 Le Theatre des Amis 1/28 Sutherland Street Paddington NSW 2021 Phone 02 9360 3662 Le Conseil Superieur des Francais de l'Etranger" (CSFE) 41 Dumaresq Street, Gordon NSW 2072 Phone /Fax 02 9498 4374 The Mauritian Club PO Box 46 Galston NSW 2159 Phone 02 9831 3615 The Atelier Popenhagen 17 Mayman Row Menai NSW 2234 Phone 02 9543 3118 Community and Social Clubs, Victoria The National Council of Mauritian Clubs in Australia Phone 03 97 95 01 59 Association Franco-Australienne du Victoria 1/28 Kensington Rd., South Yarra VIC 3141 Association Francophone Phone 03 9531 2474 Belgian Circle of Victoria Phone 03 9808 4741 Canadian-Australian, VIC Phone 03 9464 0102 Swiss Club of Victoria Phone 03 9650 1196 Stella Clavisque 34 Simpson Drive Dandenong North VIC 3175 Tropic Social Club 5 Elmore Court Scoresby VIC 3179 Mauritian Service Association 159A East Boundary Road Bentleigh East VIC 3105 Sporting Clubs - Petanque Sydney Petanque Club, PO Box 38 Canterbury NSW 2183 Phone 02 9686 6223 France Petanque 345 West Botany St., Rockdale NSW 2216 Phone 02 9825 3244 Newcastle Petanque Club PO Box 124 Lambton NSW 2299 Phone 02 4957 2660 Wollongong Petanque Club Northcliff Drive Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 Club de Petanque (Victoria) 03 9531 2474 WAPA (WA Petanque Assoc), 245 Heytesbury Rd Subiaco WA 6008 Prospect Petanque, 13 Hutton Street, Vale Park SA 5081 Phone 08 8261 7997 Club de Petanque d'Adelaide, Box 743, Unley Business Centre 86 Mary Street Unley SA 5061 Phone 08 8266 4158 http://www.radio.sbs.com.au/language.php?page=info&language=French
Don't you ever post a similar message on Spanish language in which the information are unreliable coming from a crappy website made by hispanics.
Teaching French at tertiary level in Western Australia
http://www.multicultural.online.wa.gov.au/wppuser/owamc/onlinenews_3_04/page11.html
<< Schools
Apart from the numerous schools in Australia where French is offered as a normal part of the curriculum, there are a number of schools where French is taught as a first language, from the earliest (kindergarten) stage to the end of the Higher School Certificate.>> This is incorrect. French is actually taught at Pre-school, which is earlier than Kindergarten. << Telopea Park School Lycee Franco-Australien New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600 Phone 02 6205 5599. >> This is incorrect. This school is not in New South Wales. << Ecole Bilingue de Melbourne -Camberwell Phone 03 98 22 32 47 Petite Ecole Francaise de Melbourne Caulfield Junior College Phone 03 95 09 68 72 & 03-95 096131>> This information is inconsistent with other information provided in that it does not contain state/territory details.
>> << Telopea Park School
Lycee Franco-Australien New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600 Phone 02 6205 5599. >> This is incorrect. This school is not in New South Wales. << Hahaha! poor you! the NSW in 'New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600' is not he state but maybe a district in Canberra, ACT. And it's understood that if it's in Melbourne, it's in Victoria.
<<French is compulsory in secondary schools while Spanish is not>>
YOU'RE A LIAR!!! French is not compulsory and will never be. In recent years students french continues to decline, Japanese will outpace French in less than 5 years since Australia requires a knowledge of Japanese but not French <<What about you? What credibility do you have? Posting misinformation here about the Spanish language and against other languages?>> The only one that write misinformation here are you, like this <<French is compulsory in secondary schools while Spanish is not>> THIS IS FALSE!!!!!! french IS NOT compulsory and WILL NEVER BE <<Why don't you ask the Arabs of the Middle East if French is not a prefereed language there. I'm sure your just envious because despite the fact that there's love hate relationships between the Francophone and Anglophone/Arabs, French is still prestigious them even to this century and coming centuries. Wake up from your deep siesta because that century for Spanish langauge did not arrive and it will never.>> Maybe French is prestigious in the freemasonry elite from paris but in the rest of the world people are tired of French linguistic chauvinism Au revoir
"Telopea Park School
Lycee Franco-Australien New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600 Phone 02 6205 5599. " Putting it very very mildly, many people in Australia would be angry upon seeing this. I can assure you, upon looking at this, some people's blood would boil and then evaporate. I would prefer to be described in terms of one hundred "F***", "S***", and "C***" words than see something like this. I think this would include many French speakers who are aware of what has been done here.
<< YOU'RE A LIAR!!!
French is not compulsory and will never be. In recent years students french continues to decline, Japanese will outpace French in less than 5 years since Australia requires a knowledge of Japanese but not French >> Who's liar? isn't' you especially if you insist that Spanish is compulsory and number 1 foreign language in Oz. << THIS IS FALSE!!!!!! french IS NOT compulsory and WILL NEVER BE >> It is that's the truth based on the website. You can now pull your hair and hit your head on a hard object because Spanish comes behind French, Japanese, and Italian. << Maybe French is prestigious in the freemasonry elite from paris but in the rest of the world people are tired of French linguistic chauvinism. >> Maybe Spanish is convincing this movement to make it number 1 but sorry they did not listen. Even the sects within the Roman Catholic Church established by the hispanics would not give in to your demands. The rest of the world are so delighted with the French language that's why there are more francophiles than anglophiles. BTW, the official languages of Vatican are Italian, Latin, and French and Spanish is not. If you have any doubts, you can check the Wikipedia. I want to tell you that that article is not written by a francophone but by a hispanic. Adios!
<< "Telopea Park School
Lycee Franco-Australien New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600 Phone 02 6205 5599. " Putting it very very mildly, many people in Australia would be angry upon seeing this. I can assure you, upon looking at this, some people's blood would boil and then evaporate. I would prefer to be described in terms of one hundred "F***", "S***", and "C***" words than see something like this. I think this would include many French speakers who are aware of what has been done here. >> Why would the blood of an Aussie would boil when he reads this. The site was created by a genuine and certified Aussie not by a francophone.
<< Japanese will outpace French in less than 5 years since Australia requires a knowledge of Japanese but not French >>
I told that there's a love and hate relationship between the French and Aussies but still the latter chose French as their first foreign language to learn that's why it's compulsary there. You can say that Japanese will outpace French in Oz in five years just because your envious but in reality your racist when it comes to the Japanese just like those who ousted Alberto Fujimori in Peru. I can now understand why the Brazilian bossa nova singer Lisa Ono recorded CD's in Italian, French, and English but not in Spanish despite the fact the Spanish speaking world is right next door and there's a huge market to sell one's CD like a hotcake.
<< Hahaha! poor you! the NSW in 'New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600' is not he state but maybe a district in Canberra, ACT. >>
Actually you are sort of right. NSW Cresent is a street and Barton is a Suberb. Thanks for pointing it out. Barton was named after Australia's first Prime Minister "Edmund Barton". << "Telopea Park School Lycee Franco-Australien New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600 Phone 02 6205 5599. " Putting it very very mildly, many people in Australia would be angry upon seeing this. I can assure you, upon looking at this, some people's blood would boil and then evaporate. I would prefer to be described in terms of one hundred "F***", "S***", and "C***" words than see something like this. I think this would include many French speakers who are aware of what has been done here. >> Actually the address is right. Again thanks to the poster who said << Hahaha! poor you! the NSW in ...>> for helping to mitigate the damage. Some people are going to have a field day with this one. I have already given myself 1000 mental lashes.
<< No discussion of the French in Australia fails to mention explorer, La Perouse, who arrived at Botany Bay just two days after Britain's First Fleet established itself in New South Wales.>>
Because of this there is a suburb in Sydney New South Wales named after La Perouse. I also know that there is a street in the ACT named New South Wales Crescent.
<< Hahaha! poor you! the NSW in 'New South Wales Crescent Barton ACT 2600' is not he state but maybe a district in Canberra, ACT. >>
Thanks for your help. But, also poor you!, you could have had a bigger prize, if you hadn't jumped the gun.
"BTW, the official languages of Vatican are Italian, Latin, and French and Spanish is not. If you have any doubts, you can check the Wikipedia. I want to tell you that that article is not written by a francophone but by a hispanic."
I don't know why some Spanish people want to grab Italian heritage. Seems like the poor child jealous of the success of the cousin. |