1. Français Why French? What do you know about French?
How many people in the world are speaking French?
125 millions
What language family does French belong to?
Can you list some other Romance languages?
Romance language
Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Where did French originate from?
France
Why French?
Beautiful language
Second language of many people
To speak French is considered the sign of an educated person in many parts of world

2. In what place French is spoken by people as official language or second language ?
French is a beautiful language spoken on many continents of the world!
North America
Europe
Africa
Asia
South America
Your turn!
For each continent, please find some countries which French is spoken as official language/second language.

3. Asia:
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, some of the Polynesian Islands of the Pacific
Europe:
France, parts of Belgium, Switzerland

4. Quebec, Canada
Louisiana, U.S.
Caribbean: Haiti
Martinique

5. Other part of Africa: The Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Mali, Zaire, Senegal, Niger,Togo

7. In French-speaking countries, young people usually shake hands when they meet.
Pretend that you are in France and shake hands with your classmates as you greet them.

9. Ça va bien, merci.
More formal way:
Comment ça va ?

11. Activity:
Work with a classmate. Make up a conversation in French. Greet each other and find out how things are going.