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978-1-4730-1022-2 (.epub) In this free course, Beginners' French: food and drink, you will learn some basic vocabulary to talk about food and drink in French. You will learn how to express your likes and dislikes in relation to food, and you will learn how to order food and drinks in cafés or restaurants, and how to ask for your bill.You will listen to French speakers in a variety of situations, and you will be provided with some skills for coping with reading texts. Cultural information throughout the course explains about customs surrounding meals and food habits in France.This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L192 Bon départ: beginners' French .After studying this course, you should be able to: express likes and dislikes in relation to food and drink order food and drinks, and take part in simple exchanges pay restaurant or café bills demonstrate a better understanding of some food-related customs in France know how to approach reading longer textsIn this section you will learn how to talk about food in French. In particular, you will learn how to say what food you like and dislike using the verbs aimer (‘to like’), adorer (‘to love’), and préférer (‘to prefer’) and the negative structure ne … pas .

Many French people place a great deal of importance on food – as the British often resort to talking about the weather, French people will fill the conversation with what they had for dinner the night before or what they are thinking of cooking that evening. Despite the growth in supermarkets, most French people still buy their bread from a local baker, and often visit markets to stock up on fresh, locally produced fruit, vegetables and meat. And although the pace of modern life has certainly affected how people eat, preparing food and taking time to enjoy it remain important.Most regions boast an impressive diversity of dishes. From bouillabaisse (a fish soup from Provence) to choucroute (a dish of sauerkraut, sausages and pork, popular in Alsace), there are dozens of dishes and drinks to try when visiting a new region. Some regional specialities, such as foie gras or champagne , have become internationally famous.

Figure 1 Le foie gras du sud-ouest

Activité 1 Task 1Can you work out what the following French food items are? Drag the English words against the French terms they correspond to.vegetablesles légumesice creamla glacecheesele fromagered meatla viande rougepineapplel’ananassea foodles fruits de merwhite winele vin blancfishle poissonraw vegetablesles cruditésTask 2Claudette Dupont and her husband, Paul, have invited their friends the Lenoirs and the Khalifes for dinner on Saturday. Claudette has made a list of what her guests and her husband like to eat.Read her notes and for each name, select the item(s) that person likes.

Figure 2 This is an image of some hand-written notes, in French, which read as follows: Dîner de samedi 28 février avec les Lenoir et les Khalife – Ahmed aime beaucoup les desserts, et surtout la glace. – Chrystelle est végétarienne, elle adore les légumes, les soupes, les crudités et aussi l’ananas. – Benoît aime les poisson, mais il préfère les fruits de mer (crevettes, moules, huîtres...) – Laura est difficile mais elle aime assez le fromage et la cuisine italienne. – Paul aime bien la viande rouge et le vin blanc.

Question 1Ahmedvegetablesice creamdessertsQuestion 2ChrystellecheesevegetablessoupsQuestion 3Benoîtfishsea foodwhite wineQuestion 4LauracheesefruitItalian foodQuestion 5Paulfishwhite winered meat Activité 2 Task 1We asked some French people what they like eating: Qu’est-ce que vous aimez manger ? Listen to the audio track, then select the correct answers below.Audio 1Les Français à tableColetteInterviewerQu’est-ce que vous aimez manger ?ColetteJ’aime les légumes, les crudités …InterviewerVous aimez le poisson ?ColetteLe poisson, oui.InterviewerLes moules ?ColetteLes coquillages, oui, les moules, les huîtres …InterviewerVous aimez la cuisine italienne ?ColetteAh, j’aime beaucoup la cuisine italienne.MaryseInterviewerQu’est-ce que vous aimez manger ?Maryse J’aime la viande, le fromage, les légumes, les fruits. InterviewerVous aimez le poisson ?MaryseJ’aime le poisson.InterviewerVous aimez la cuisine italienne ?MaryseOui. J’aime les pâtes.PhilippeInterviewerQu’est-ce que vous aimez manger ?PhilippeJ’aime bien manger la viande, le poisson…InterviewerVous aimez la cuisine italienne ?Philippe J’aime bien la cuisine italienne, les pizzas et les pâtes, bien sûr. LionelInterviewerQu’est-ce que vous aimez manger ?Lionel J’aime beaucoup la viande, les poissons, le poulet, les … les fruits de mer … InterviewerVous aimez la cuisine italienne ?LionelOui, beaucoup, surtout les spaghetti.Question 1All the interviewees like fish.True.False.Question 2Maryse, Philippe and Lionel like meat.True.False.Question 3None of the interviewees like Italian food.True.False.Question 4Maryse and Philippe like seafood.True.False.Question 5Maryse likes cheese.True.False.

Talking about what you like using aimer , adorer and préférer + le/la/les To express your likes, you can use several verbs: aimer , adorer or préférer . Benoît aime le poisson. Benoît likes fish. Chrystelle adore les légumes. Chrystelle loves vegetables. Il préfère les fruits de mer. He prefers sea food.Note that you will need a definite article . le, la, l’ or les ) when using the verbs of liking with a noun: Il aime le poisson. He likes fish. Il aime la viande. He likes meat. Elle adore l ’ananas. She loves pineapple. J’aime les desserts. I love dessert.Beaucoup (‘a lot’), bien (‘rather a lot’) and assez (‘quite’), placed after the verb aimer , are used to say how much you like things. Surtout means ‘above all’. Activité 3 Now watch this video clip, in which Élisa and Tobias are talking about food, and select which items of food that Tobias likes (below). Don’t worry if you don’t know the meaning of some of these words, concentrate on recognising the sounds for now. You can then check the meaning of each word in the comment when you check your answers.Video 1ÉlisaTu aimes les courgettes ? Qu’est-ce que tu aimes ?TobiasLes haricots et la viande … et les pâtes.Élisa Et les pâtes ? T’aimes bien les pâtes? Tu aimes un petit peu ? Beaucoup ? TobiasBeaucoup ! J’aime beaucoup les pâtes.Élisa Ouais. Bon. Heu… Qu’est ce que je vais te donner à manger ? Tobias Avec de la viande avec mes pâtes, et de la sauce tomate et du gruyère. ÉlisaDe la sauce tomate et du gruyère, d’accord.TobiasEt de la viande.ÉlisaEt de la viande. Oui. Euh, du poisson ?TobiasOuais.Élisa Ouais. Ben, je ne sais pas, alors des haricots verts, de la viande et en entrée ? Euh, je vais faire des avocats. TobiasNon, pas des avocats.ÉlisaPourquoi ?TobiasEn entrée, je voudrais des betteraves.ÉlisaDes betteraves, ah ouais ?Tobias Il faut mettre du blanc dedans, et après ça devient rose et noir. ÉlisaD’accord … et moi je déteste les betteraves.TobiasAh mais tu vas voir que c’est très bon.ÉlisaAh je déteste ça, je ne veux pas en manger.Tobias Alors, alors c’est que moi qui vais manger tout le plat, des betteraves. Et toi, on va te donner quoi, comme entrée ? (Chuchotements) Élisa Des haricots verts froids ? Euh ben non, ben non, des œufs ? Tobias Oui, des œufs froids. Des œufs froids. Avec de l’aubergine ! Élisa Avec de l’aubergine ? Froide ! Ça ne doit pas être bon … les courgettesles carottesles haricots vertsles fritesles pâtesle pouletla viandela sauce tomatela confiturele gruyèrele poissonl’avocatles betteravesHere are the translations of these words: les carottes (carrots); les haricots verts (green beans); les frites (chips); les pâtes (pasta); le poulet (chicken); la viande (meat); la sauce tomate (tomato sauce); la confiture (jam); le gruyère (Gruyère/hard cheese); le poisson (fish); l’avocat (avocado); les betteraves (beetroot). Activité 4 Now you are going to practise saying what you like and how much you like it. Listen to the questions and the prompts. Speak in the gaps to give your answers. Exemple (You hear) Vous aimez la cuisine italienne ? (You hear) (Beaucoup) (You say) Oui, j’aime beaucoup la cuisine italienne.Audio 2Vous aimez la cuisine italienne ? (Beaucoup) Oui, j’aime beaucoup la cuisine italienne.Vous aimez les fruits de mer ? (Assez) Oui, j’aime assez les fruits de mer.Vous aimez la viande ? (Bien) Oui, j’aime bien la viande.

To talk about what you dislike, you can use the negative form of the verbs used to express what you like. To form the negative in French, use ne before the verb and pas after the verb .ne becomes n’ in front of a verb starting with a vowel sound or an ‘h’): Elle n’ aime pas les oignons. She doesn’t like onions. Il n’ est pas français. He is not French.You can use beaucoup and du tout with je n’aime pas to say how much you dislike something. If you use these words, they go after ne ... pas in the sentence: Je n’ aime pas du tout la viande. I don’t like meat at all. Il n’ aime pas beaucoup la cuisine nord-africaine. He doesn’t like North African food very much.Note that in informal spoken French, people often omit the ne, Je n’habite pas en France.→ J’habite pas en France. (I don’t live in France.) Elle n’aime pas les sardines. → Elle aime pas les sardines. (She doesn’t like sardines.) Activité 5 Claudette has just found out what her guests do not like to eat. Read her notes and identify all the words and phrases which express dislike.

Figure 3 This is an image of some hand-written notes, in French, which read as follows: Dîner de samedi 28 février avec les Lenoir et les Khalife – Ahmed aime beaucoup les desserts, et surtout la glace, mais il n’aime pas les tomates. – Chrystelle adore les légumes mais elle n’aime pas du tout les oignons. – Benoît aime surtout les poisson et les fruits de mer. Il n’aime pas beaucoup la cuisine nord-africaine. – Laura est difficile mais elle aime assez le fromage et la cuisine italienne. Par contre, elle déteste les champignons. – Paul aime bien la viande rouge et le vin blanc mais il n’aime pas du tout les cuisines exotiques.

You should have identified: n’aime pas , for Ahmed n’aime pas du tout , for Chrystelle n’aime pas beaucoup , for Benoît déteste , for Laura n’aime pas du tout , for Paul. Activité 6 Answer the following questions in the negative, using whole sentences and ne/n’ … pas, as shown in the example. Remember to put the negative elements in the correct place in your sentences. Exemple Il aime le poulet ? Non, il n’ aime pas le poulet.Vous êtes docteur ? Non, je ne suis pas docteur.Vous êtes professeur ?Ils viennent de Montréal ?Vous aimez les huîtres ?Il parle portugais ?Vous avez 35 ans ?Elle habite en Angleterre ?Il est végétarien ?Elles sont étudiantes ?You should have answered as follows.Non, je ne suis pas professeur.Non, ils ne viennent pas de Montréal.Non, je n’aime pas les huîtres.Non, il ne parle pas portugais.Non, je n’ai pas 35 ans.Non, elle n’habite pas en Angleterre.Non, il n’est pas végétarien.Non, elles ne sont pas étudiantes.Note that n’ is used instead of ‘ne’ in sentences 3, 5, 6 and 7 because the verbs in question begin with a vowel or an ‘h’. Activité 7 Claudette’s son, Frédéric, is a very fussy eater. There are many things he won’t eat or drink. Listen to the audio track and, putting yourself in Frédéric ’s shoes, answer all the questions in the negative following the prompts you hear. Exemple (You hear) Tu aimes le café, Fred ? (You hear) (Say no, you do not like coffee.) (You say) Non, je n’aime pas le café.Audio 6ClaudetteTu aimes le café, Fred ?(Say, no, you do not like coffee.)FredericNon, je n’aime pas le café.ClaudetteTu aimes le poisson ?(Say, no you hate fish.)FredericNon, je déteste le poisson.ClaudetteEt la viande, tu aimes la viande ?(Say, no, you don’t like meat at all.)FredericAh, non, je n’aime pas du tout la viande !ClaudetteEt les légumes ? Tu aimes les légumes ?(Say, no, you can’t stand vegetables.)FredericNon, j’ai horreur des légumes.ClaudetteEt la glace, alors ?(Say, no, you don’t like ice cream very much.)FredericNon, je n’aime pas beaucoup la glace.ClaudetteEt les fruits de mer, tu aimes ça ?(Say, no, you hate seafood.)FredericNon, je déteste les fruits de mer.ClaudetteMais que tu es difficile ! Activité 8 Claudette would like to invite you to her dinner party. Write a short message in French to tell her what kind of food you like and dislike.Here is one possible answer. J’aime beaucoup les fruits de mer. J’aime aussi le poisson. J’adore la glace. Je n’aime pas du tout la viande rouge et je déteste les oignons. J’ai horreur des fast-foods ! Did you use a range of expressions from this section to express likes and dislikes?

In this section you will learn how to order food using je voudrais, and you will learn vocabulary that is useful when you eat at a restaurant in France. You will read about eating out in France.

You can find all sorts of different restaurants in France. There are Italian restaurants and pizzerias in practically every town; Vietnamese restaurants are also common. North African immigrants (from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco) brought couscous (a grain related to semolina cooked with mutton, vegetables and spices), merguez (a spicy lamb sausage) and taboulé (a cold salad made with bulgur wheat and flavoured with mint and lemon).‘Fusion’ cuisine, which makes use of a combination of international cooking styles, is on offer in a small but growing number of restaurants in France. However, it’s not easy to find vegetarian restaurants. Le menu or la carte ? Both le menu and la carte can be translated as ‘menu’ in English. French people will use either to request the menu in a restaurant. However, le menu is always used to refer to set menus. These are normally printed on a separate page in the menu . la carte ) or advertised at the entrance of the restaurant. Set menus can be advertised as, for example, menu à 21 €, menu gastronomique, menu touristique . The expression à la carte is used when you order your dishes from the full range of what is on offer. In brasseries and sandwicheries you may see the word formule instead of menu .

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Activité 9 Look at the following pictures of restaurants and match them to the descriptions below, according to the type of cuisine they offer.(Click on the photos or the words ‘View larger image’ to display a larger version of the photos.)

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un restaurant grecune couscousserieun restaurant kebab turcune pizzeriaun restaurant de cuisine françaiseThe correct answers are:1 b 2 e 3 a 4 d 5 c Activité 10 You are in a café-brasserie Le Bistro du Musée, deciding what to order. Look at the food items below and match the English dishes with their French equivalent.

Figure 6 This is an image of a menu, which reads as follows: Le Bistro du Musée Entrée, soupe de poisson 14.50 €; pâté de compagne 8.00 € Fruits de mer, crabe mayonnaise 10.00 €; homard grillé 30.00 €; langoustines mayonnaise 24.00 € Viandes, steak frites 12.50 €; rôti de porc 11.00 € Plat du jour, lapin à la moutarde 11.00 € Poissons, truites aux amandes 14.00 €; saumon grillé 16.00 €; filet de sole 18.00 € Dessert, glace à la fraise 6.00 €; mousse au chocolat 7.00 €; tarte aux abricots 7.50 €

a starterune entréerabbit in mustard saucelapin à la moutardeapricot tarttarte aux abricotstoday’s specialplat du jour

Using je voudrais + un/une + noun to order food To order food, you can simply use the indefinite article un (masculine) or une (feminine) + the item. You would normally add s’il vous plaît (‘please’), at the end of the sentence: Une soupe de poisson, s’il vous plaît. One fish soup, please.If you want to order a specific quantity of items, you use the relevant number: Trois croissants. Three croissants. Deux pains au chocolat. Two pains au chocolat. Un rôti de porc. One (plate of) roast pork.You can also use the polite form (‘would like’) of the verb vouloir (‘want’): Je voudrais (‘I would like’) + article + item: Je voudrais un rôti de porc. I’d like the roast pork. Je voudrais une mousse au chocolat. I’d like the chocolate mousse. Activité 11 You are about to have your lunch at the café-brasserie Le Bistro du Musée. You are going to place your order. Listen to the waitress and the prompts, and answer in the gaps in the audio track. To check your answers, look at the transcript.Audio 8La serveuseVous prenez une entrée, Madame ?(Crabe mayonnaise)La clienteOui, un crabe mayonnaise.La serveuseEt, puis après ?(Lapin à la moutarde)La clienteUn lapin à la moutarde.La serveuseEt comme dessert ?(Tarte aux abricots)La cliente Je voudrais une tarte aux abricots, s’il vous plaît. Café cultureIf you order un café in France you will get un express (a strong black coffee). Make sure you say un grand café or un café allongé if you want a large black coffee, un café crème or just un crème if you want white coffee, and un grand crème if you want it large.Traditional cafés in France are places where people go at any time of day and consume different drinks depending on the time of day. The food served in cafés is limited to light snacks, such as sandwiches or croque-monsieur . American-style coffee shops can now be found in larger French towns and cities, but are not as popular as traditional cafés.

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This section teaches you how to pay your bill after a meal at a restaurant. You will also find out about the café culture in France. Paying your bill: using ça fait / c’est combien ? To ask for the price of an item or a meal, you can use:C’est combien ?Ça fait combien ?Ça coûte combien ?All mean ‘How much does it cost?’. Note that Ça coûte combien ? or Il/elle coûte combien ? tend to be used for items in shops. Il coûte combien, ce T-shirt ? How much does this T-shirt cost?To signal that you want to pay in a café or restaurant, you can use: L’addition, s’il vous plaît. The bill, please.The answer will be expressed in one of the following ways: Vingt euros cinquante. C’est vingt euros cinquante. Ça coûte vingt euros cinquante. Ça fait vingt euros cinquante. All of which mean ‘That’ll be/That’s twenty euros fifty, please’.

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Activité 12 Now listen to the audio track below, paying attention to the questions and the prompts in the three dialogues. Play the role of the customer. Speak in the pauses following the prompts. To check your answers, look at the transcript.Audio 23Dialogue 1À la Brioche Dorée(Ask how much it is, please.)Le client Ça fait combien, s’il vous plaît ? La vendeuse Ça fait quatre euros cinquante, s’il vous plaît. (Repeat ‘four euros fifty!’ and ask how much does one pain au chocolat cost.) Le client Quatre euros cinquante !!! Il coûte combien le pain au chocolat ? La vendeuse Il coûte un euro cinquante, Monsieur. (Say, okay. Here you are then.)Le client Ah bon. Bon, voilà. La vendeuse Merci, Monsieur. Bonne journée. (Say, thank you, you too.)Le client Merci. À vous aussi. Dialogue 2Au café(Call the waiter, and ask for the bill.)Le client Monsieur, l’addition, s’il vous plaît. Le serveur Oui, un instant … voici … Dialogue 3Dans un magasin (Ask how much the truffle paté costs. 20 euros? Are you sure?) Le client Ah … euh. C’est combien le pâté aux truffes ? vingt euros ? Vous êtes sûre ? L’employée Euh, il y a une erreur, je crois, c’est douze euros vingt. (Say, good, that’s more like it.)Le client Ah bon ! Je préfère ça !

In this section you will practise talking about what you eat, talking about different meals and eating habits. Activité 13 Task 1 Match the French phrases below with their English translations.You are thirsty.Vous avez soif.You are hungry.Vous avez faim.You are on a diet.Vous faites un régime.Have a large meal.Faire un gros repas.You don’t drink anything.Vous ne buvez rien.You eat nothing.Vous ne prenez rien / vous ne mangez pas.A fizzy drink.Une boisson gazeuse.It’s Christmas.C’est Noël.Task 2You want to eat healthily. Select the right answers in the quiz.Question 1Vous avez faim.Vous aimez manger une barre de chocolat.Vous mangez un ou deux fruits.Vous ne mangez pas.Question 2Vous avez soif.Vous préférez une boisson gazeuse.Vous ne buvez rien.Vous prenez de l’eau minérale.Question 3Pour le petit déjeuner...Vous ne mangez pas.Vous buvez du café.Vous prenez des céréales, un thé et un fruit.Question 4Au déjeuner, en général...En général vous aimez faire un gros repas, de la viande, des frites et un dessert au chocolat.Vous préférez travailler et vous ne prenez rien.Vous mangez un sandwich, un fruit et un yaourt.Question 5C’est Noël.Vous mangez et buvez beaucoup.Vous prenez de tout en petite quantité.Vous faites un régime et choisissez de ne rien manger.

In this section you will learn some tips to help you read longer texts in French. When you read longer texts, first look at the title, which will help you identify the topic and give you an idea of the content.Illustrations (if there are any) may also help you to understand what a text is about.Remember that there are usually a number of words in any text that are similar to those used in English. Using them as clues, you can often understand quite a lot of a text without resorting to your dictionary.Aim to get the gist without attempting to understand every word. Use your dictionary if you need a more detailed comprehension.Activité 14Task 1Read the text Les Français et les repas . Les Français et les repas Qu’est-ce qu’on mange en France ? Le petit déjeuner 2% des Français ne prennent pas de petit déjeuner.La plupart des Français boivent plutôt du café (59%).11% boivent un jus de fruits et 5% mangent un fruit le matin.Seulement 7% mangent des céréales.59% mangent des tartines avec du beurre et/ou de la confiture.Le week-end, 17% des Français mangent des croissants, des pains au chocolat ou des pains aux raisins. Le déjeuner 68% des Français déjeunent généralement chez eux en semaine.La plupart des Français (66%) mangent de la viande (bœuf, porc, poulet…)38% mangent des légumes.Seulement 3% mangent un sandwich.4% prennent un plateau-repas dans leur canapé.17% (surtout les hommes et les personnes de plus de 55 ans) prennent une entrée, un plat et un dessert.De plus en plus, on prend un plat unique à midi. Le dîner Le soir, les Français mangent en famille.Ils mangent souvent un repas complet (entrée, plat, et dessert).Les personnes de plus de 50 ans mangent souvent de la soupe et du fromage.Un Français sur dix mange des œufs le soir.Normalement on mange du fromage et un dessert.On boit de l’eau ou du vin.Le repas préféré des jeunes, c’est le steak-frites.Find the French for:breakfast, lunch and dinnerat homeone-course mealTV dinnerat lunchtimethree-course mealThe correct answers are:breakfast, lunch and dinner: le petit déjeuner (breakfast); le déjeuner (lunch); le dîner (dinner).at home: chez euxone-course meal: plat uniqueTV dinner: un plateau-repasat lunchtime: à midithree-course meal: repas completTask 2Read the text Les Français et les repas again and decide if the following statements are true or false.Question 1Few French people eat breakfast.True.False.Question 2The most popular breakfast drink is coffee.True.False.Question 3Cereal is not popular in France.True.False.Question 4Most French people eat lunch at work during the week.True.False.Question 5Most French people do not eat sandwiches for lunch.True.False.Question 6Having just one course for lunch is increasingly popular.True.False.Question 7In the evening, most French people eat just one course for dinner.True.False.

In this section you will practise pronouncing the sounds [ s ] and [ z ].Where there is a single ‘s’ between two vowels in a word, it is pronounced [ z ] as in ‘zero’, for example in the word poison. Where there is a double ‘s’ between two vowels this is pronounced [ s ] as in ‘mass’, for example in the word poisson. It is very important to distinguish between these sounds, as some words with quite similar spellings but very different meanings could otherwise be confused, e.g. dessert (‘dessert’) and désert (‘desert’)! Activité 15 Task 1Listen to the audio track and select whether you hear an ‘s’ sound (as in poisson) or a ‘z’ sound (as in raisin).Audio 17assiette, raisin, parmesan, soupe, croissant, pissaladière, boisson, cuisine, spécialités, soufflé, poisson, poison, désert, dessertQuestion 1assiette[s][z]Question 2raisin[s][z]Question 3parmesan[s][z]Question 4soupe[s][z]Question 5croissant[s][z]Question 6pissaladière[s][z]Question 7boisson[s][z]Question 8cuisine[s][z]Question 9spécialités[s][z]Question 10soufflé[s][z]Question 11poisson[s][z]Question 12poison[s][z]Question 13désert[s][z]Question 14dessert[s][z] Activité 16 Task 1In this activity you will practise the pronunciation of the sounds [ s ] and [ z ].Listen to each of the recordings below, then practise repeating the words with the appropriate pronunciation.1.Audio 5aassiette2.Audio 5bpoisson3.Audio 5ccuisine4.Audio 5dpoison5.Audio 5edessert6.Audio 5fdésertWe hope you have enjoyed this course. Now that you know how to talk about what food you like and dislike, and that you have learned how to order food in a restaurant and what to say when you pay for it, you may wish to try this language out on your next visit to France or to another French-speaking country! If you enjoyed this course, you might be interested in studying the Open University module L192 Bon départ: beginners' French. Or, if you are interested in other language short courses, rather than studying languages for a degree, you may want to have a look at what else is on offer here.

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