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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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percent of population
Christianity
Not rellgious
Islam
Buddhism
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