Online French lessons for adults

WWhile any language will be useful for some jobs or for some regions, French is the only foreign language other than English that can be useful throughout the world.
French is estimated as having 110 million native speakers and 190 million more second language speakers. According to a demographic projection, French speakers will number approximately 500 million people in 2025 and 650 million people, or approximately 7% of the world's population by 2050. Estimates in 2013 suggest that French speakers will reach 1 billion by 2060.

French as a foreign language is the second most frequently taught language in the world after English.
The International Organization of Francophonie has 56 member states and governments. Of these, 28 countries have French as an official language. French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents. French and English are the only two global languages.

An ability to speak French and English is an advantage on the international job market.
A knowledge of French opens the doors of French companies in France and other French-speaking parts of the world (Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, and North and sub-Saharan Africa). When deciding on a foreign language for work or school, consider that French is the language that will give you the most choices later on in your studies or your career.

French is the international language of cooking, fashion, theatre, the visual arts, dance and architecture.
A knowledge of French offers access to great works of literature, as well as films and songs. A little French makes it so much more enjoyable to visit Paris and all the regions of France (from the mild climes of the Cote d’Azur to the snow-capped peaks of the Alps via the rugged coastline of Brittany). French also comes in handy when travelling to Africa, Switzerland, Canada, Monaco, the Seychelles and other places.

French is both a working language and an official language of the United Nations, the European Union, UNESCO, NATO, the International Olympic Committee, the International Red Cross and international courts. French is the language of the three cities where the EU institutions are headquartered: Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg.
Learning French opens the doors of 27 different countries on top of a wealth of other organizations globally. French is the perfect 3rd language.
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French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick (Acadia region) in Canada also in Haiti, the Acadiana region of the U.S. state of Louisiana, the northern parts of the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in the New England region, and by various communities elsewhere. Other speakers of French, who often speak it as a second language, are distributed throughout many parts of the world, the largest numbers of whom reside in Francophone Africa. In Africa, French is most commonly spoken in Gabon, Mauritius, Algeria, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire.