References for L’Alliance Française

82.6 Foreign Tourists in France in 2016. https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/files/files/directions_services/etudes-et-statistiques/4p-DGE/2017-06-4p-N71-EVE-ENGLISH.pdf

About the Alliance Française. https://afusa.org/about-the-alliance-francaise/

Americans in France. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418070413/http://france.usembassy.gov/us-france-americans.html

“L’anglais perd son influence en Europe” au profit du français, estime Juncker

https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/europe/l-anglais-perd-de-son-influence-en-europe-estime-jean-claude-juncker_1905675.html

L’attractivité de la France en bref.                                 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-economique-et-commerce-exterieur/renforcer-l-attractivite-de-la-france/l-attractivite-de-la-france-en-bref/

Cognitive Scientists Define the Critical Period for Learning Language. http://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-scientists-define-critical-period-learning-language-0501

Directory of Foreign Language Immersion Programs in U.S. Schools. http://webapp.cal.org/Immersion/

Dual Language Program Directory. http://webapp.cal.org/duallanguage/

Emmanuel Macron célèbre l’attractivité retrouvée de la France. https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2018/01/23/emmanuel-macron-celebre-l-attractivite-retrouvee-de-la-france_5245767_3234.html

Emmanuel Macron Launches Global Campaign to Promote French Speaking. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/20/emmanuel-macron-campaign-french-speaking

Enrollments in Languages Other than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education. https://www.mla.org/Resources/Research/Surveys-Reports-and-Other-Documents/Teaching-Enrollments-and-Programs/Enrollments-in-Languages-Other-Than-English-in-United-States-Institutions-of-Higher-Education

Foreign Language Enrollment in K-12 Public Schools. https://www.actfl.org/news/reports/foreign-language-enrollments-k-12-public-schools-are-students-ready-global-society

French Population Officially Increased in North America.                       https://frenchly.us/french-population-officially-increased-north-america/

French Tourism to the US Remains Strong. https://www.export.gov/article?id=French-Tourism-to-the-U-S-Remains-Strong

The Greatest Journey. By David McCullough

History of the Franco-Americans.                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Franco-Americans

Immersion is Critical in the Middle School Years. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2018/05/immersion_is_critical_in_the_middle_school_years.html

Language Use in the United States. https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acs-22.pdf

Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre. The Great Courses

The National K-12 Foreign Language Enrollment Survey. https://www.americancouncils.org/ForeignLanguageSurvey

Open Doors. https://www.iie.org/opendoors

Renforcer l’attractivité de la France.                                  https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/politique-etrangere-de-la-france/diplomatie-economique-et-commerce-exterieur/renforcer-l-attractivite-de-la-france/

The Status of French in the World. https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/francophony-and-the-french-language/the-status-of-french-in-the-world/

What’s the Most Popular Language in Your State? http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/language_map_what_s_the_most_popular_language_in_your_state.html

Why is Quebec’s Literary Culture So Much More Fun than the Rest of Canada’s? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-why-is-quebecs-literary-culture-so-much-more-fun-than-the-rest-of/