La France

et La Francophonie

“France and the French-speaking

world”

Unité 1 – Français 1A

Why are we doing this?

I can begin to make comparisons

and contrasts between French

culture and my own.

Devoir-cloche (bellwork):

Question Essentielle:

Le français, est-il parlé exclusivement en

France? Sinon, où est-ce qu’on le parle

dans le monde? (Is French only spoken in France?

If not, where else in the world do they speak it?)

First thing you have to know

about France is….

La motto française:

“Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité”

•The French motto:

“Liberty (or Freedom), Equality,

Brotherhood”

Et la prochaine? (And the next thing?)

L’hymne nationale: “La Marseillaise” (the French

National Anthem)

Composée le 25 avril 1792 par Claude Joseph

Rouget de Lisle (Composed on April 25, 1792 by

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle)

Adoptée par la République Française en 1795 en

tant que l’hymne nationale (Adopted by the French

Republic in 1795 as the French National Anthem)

(Received its name from the volunteer fighters from Marseille in the

French Revolution who sang the song in the streets as they arrived in

Paris*)

Et voici “La Marseillaise”

In this recording*, the

singers perform four

verses of “La Marseillaise”

in the following order: 1st,

7th,3rd, and 6th.

*”La Marseillaise” performed by Jacques Gautier et al. from the album

“La Révolution Française: Chants du Patrimoine”

“La Marseillaise” Arise children of the fatherland

The day of glory has arrived! Against us tyranny's Bloody standard is raised (repeat) Do you hear in the countryside Roaring these ferocious soldiers? They are coming into our midst To cut the throats of our sons and our companions! (husbands, wives)

To arms citizens! Form your battalions! Let’s march, let’s march! May an impure blood Soak our furrows!*

Allons enfants de la Patrie

Le jour de gloire est arrivé !

Contre nous de la tyrannie,

L'étendard sanglant est levé. (bis)

Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

Mugir ces féroces soldats?

Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras.

Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!

Aux armes, citoyens!

Formez vos bataillons!

Marchons, marchons!

Qu'un sang impur

Abreuve nos sillons!

*Translation taken from the following two websites and improvised by author:

•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise

•http://www.marseillaise.org/english/english.html

La Fête Nationale - Jour de

la Bastille On July 14th, 1789, a

group of around 600 Parisian citizens “stormed” the Bastille prison, which was “a symbol of royal tyranny”

“La Fête de la Fédération” (known as “Bastille Day” in English) is France’s national independence day commemorating the overthrow of the French Monarchy during the French Revolution begun on July 14th with the storming of the Bastille.

Storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789

14 juillet - Bastille

Day in France

Le gouvernement français… France’s governmental structure is classified as a “unitary

semi-presidential republic”; meaning “a state whose three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature …in which a prime minister and a president are both active participants in the day-to-day administration of the state…that is not led by a hereditary monarch.”

France has a constitution and is governed by an elected president and prime minister who exercise their powers over the “Assemblée Nationale” or the French Parliament and “Le Sénat” or the Senate.

The presidential elections for France occur once every five years, though it was formerly set up as a seven-year term. Presidents can serve multiple terms, either back-to-back or non-consecutively.

Le Président de la République…

François Hollande

Né: 12 août 1954

Élu “Président de la République” le 6 mai 2012

Installé en office le 15 mai 2012

favors more liberal/socialist views of government

never been married but has four children, at the time of his election was dating a French journalist named Valérie Trierweiler

L’oiseau nationale

France has a national

bird

Just like the United

States has the eagle for

its national bird…

The national bird of

France is…

“le Coq gaulois”

Symboles de la République

Française

Americans have “Lady

Liberty”

France has “Marianne”

http://www.web-libre.org/dossiers/marianne,3570.html

Les Symboles de la République

Française

Flag National Emblem

Le tricolore

Nickname of the French flag because of its

three colors: red, white, and blue.

Does the United States’ flag have a

nickname?

Yes, it does. What is it, do you think?

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

…or “Old Glory”

Les statistiques…

Capital City:

Total Population: 66,991,000

Paris

GDP: 2.42 trillion (US dollars) (6th

largest in the world)

France is also part of the European

Union and their currency is the Euro

European Union Flag the Euro “L’Héxagone”

Began as an official country in A.D. 843

•Total Area: 643,801 km²

•Divided into 18 administrative regions (5 overseas), and 8 oversea

collectivities (French Polynesia, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna, Saint Martin, Saint

Barthélemy, French Southern & Antarctic Lands, New Caledonia, and Clipperton Island)

Les Regions de la France

Nord-Pas de Calais-Picardie • •

Normandie • • Bretagne • Pays-de-

la-Loire • Aquitaine-Limousin-

Poitou-Charentes • Centre-Val-de-

Loire • Île-de-France • Alsace-

Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine •

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté •

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes •

Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-

Pyrénées • Provence-Alpes-Côte

d'Azur • Corse

Overseas regions: French Guiana •

Guadeloupe • Martinique • Réunion

• Mayotte

Religion Statistics (OLD)

France religiosity

Christianity – 53%

Not religious – 31%

Islam – 4%

Buddhism – 1.2%

Judaism – 1%

Other religions or no

opinion – 10%

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Christianity

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Islam

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Judaism

Other religionsor no opinion

Religion Statistics (NEW!)

French religiosity:

1. Christianity – 45%

2. Not religious – 35%

3. Other religions or no opinion – 6%

4. Islam – 3%

5. Buddhism – 1%

Famous Exports France, as you probably already know,

is famous for three main exports:

Did you know that there are over 450

types of cheese produced in France?

Dijon, France is famous for its vast

array of mustards produced there each

year.

And yes, France is also famous for being producers of

some of the world’s finest wines.

1. http://www.worldstopexports.com/frances-top-10-exports/

2. http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/fra/

“La Grande Boucle”

“Le Tour de France” is an international bicycle

race completed in 20 stages

Considered to be the world’s most physically

challenging bicycle race

Finishes in Paris usually mid-July

VIDEO:

“Les grands champions de

la francophonie”

La Francophonie

The French-speaking world

“La Francophonie”

Means “the French-

speaking world”

Is actually an

international

organization made up of

all French-speaking

nations of the world

Check it out:

www.francophonie.org Even has it’s own flag!

La Francophonie

French is spoken all over the world by anywhere between 200 to 300 million people in approximately 84 countries

Among the European countries that speak French include Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and Luxembourg+

On the North American continent, French is one of two official languages in Canada.+

In the United States, French is the third most widely spoken language. In the state of Louisiana, two dialects of French, Cajun French and Creole French, are spoken.+

La Francophonie Haiti:

“French is an official language of Haiti, although it is mostly spoken by the upper class, while Haitian Creole (a French-based Creole language) is more widely spoken as a mother tongue.”+

French overseas territories:

“French is also the official language in France's overseas territories of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, St. Martin and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.”+

Asia:

French is a widely-spoken language in Lebanon along with Arabic; it is also an administrative language in the Asian countries of Laos and Cambodia, formerly held territories by the French.

South Pacific:

“French is also a second official language of the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, along with France's territories of French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna and New Caledonia.”+

La Francophonie en Afrique+ French is an official language of many

African countries, most of them former French or Belgian colonies:

– Benin

– Burkina Faso

– Burundi

– Cameroon

– Central African Republic

– Chad

– Comoros

– Congo (Brazzaville)

– Côte d'Ivoire

– Democratic Republic of the Congo

– Djibouti

– Equatorial Guinea (former colony of Spain)

– Gabon

– Guinea

– Madagascar

– Mali

– Niger

– Rwanda

– Senegal

– Seychelles

– Togo

In addition, French is an administrative language and commonly used though not on an official basis in Mauritius and in the Maghreb states:

– Mauritania

– Algeria

– Morocco

– Tunisia.+

Fin

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise

+http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/French_language

**For more information, view this insightful link:

http://www.fll.vt.edu/french/whyfrench.html