FRANCE
 A western European country, bordered by Spain in south-
west, with Italy in south-east, Germany, Switzerland and
Luxembourg cover it by east and Belgium is to the north-east
of France.
 From its shape, this country is also known as “un pays
hexagone” in French.
 Paris( capital), Nice, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon, Cannes,
Toulouse, Strasbourg some of the major cities in France.
 La Seine(crosses Paris), La Loire, longest river in France(
Nantes), La Garonne( Toulouse et Bordeaux cities), Le Rhone
( Lyon) and Le Rhin ( originates in Switzerland and separates
France from Germany).
 Mountains: Pyrenees separates ( France and Spain), Alpes
separates (France and Italy).

The French Flag
Blue : Bleu
White: Blanc
Red: Rouge

Charles de Gaulle
President of fifth Republic, drafted new constitution
of France in 1958 that governs modern political
system in the country.

The Culture
 French language belongs to Indo- European family, like German, Spanish, Italian,
Russian and many more.
 It is a main or official language not just in France, but in parts of Belgium and
Switzerland, in Monaco, in parts of Canada – notably but not only in Quebec – as
well as being widely spoken in north and west Africa, Lebanon, and parts of south-
east Asia, particularly in former French colonies.
 French is derived from Latin (as are Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and some other
Mediterranean languages).
 A French speaking person or a nation is often referred as “Francophone”. For
Example Algeria, Switzerland, Morocco, Luxembourg, Canada, Senegal, Ivory
Coast, Mauritius
 The term “Francophonie” introduced by a French geographer Onésime Reclus.
 After the British empire, France was considered the second largest colonial empire
in the world which controlled almost all parts of the world this includes some parts
of North Africa, French Indochina and North America ……..

L’Hmne ( The National
Anthem )
LA Marseillaise
14 July The National Day or The
Bastille Day

The European Union
• The EU consists of 27 member countries –
Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Finland,
Hungry and so on.
• They share the same currency i.e. Euro
• It(EU) allows free movement of people.

La Tour Eiffle
Designed by Gustave Eiffel

Louvre Museum (Paris)

Arc de Triomphe

Notre Dame de Paris
Oldest Church In France

French Baguette

L’ Alphabets
É (accent aigu) acute accent
• A --- Aah
• B--- Bé
• C- Cé
• DE- Dé
• E- uh
• F- effe
• G- jé
• H- aash
• i- ee
• J- jee
• K-kaa
• L- L
• M- em
• N– en
• O- --- O
• P---- Pé
• Q--- QUE
• R-- érre
• S- s
• T --- Té
• U ---- Ooh
• V----Vé
• W --- DOOBLAH Vé
• X -- eeks
• Y --- ee grec
• Z - Zed

LES SALUTAIONS GREETINGS
• Bonjour ! Hello formal/ inf
• BONJOUR ! Hello
• Comment ça va ? Komo sava c how
• ç
• How about ? you? It’s going ? How are you?
• ça va- fine , okay
• ça va bien. Very fine/ very good
• Monsieur sir/Mr Madame madam / ms/ mrs
• Mademoiselle Ms
• Ça va mal it’s going bad, not good
• Ça va comme si comme ça – so- so
• Very Fine , very good,
• Merci - thank you LATITUDE

YES – OUI - - VEE
NON – NO
• Bonjour! Hello INF/FORMAL , AU REVOIR!
GOOD BYE
• Comment ça va? Komo sava
• ça va. Fine/ okay MERCI - THANK YOU
• ça va bien- very good
• ça va comme si comme ça so-so
• ça va mal - it’s going bad / not good.
• Madame – mrs, ms
• Monsieur sir/mr
• Mademoiselle – mademoiselle Ms

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12 UNITS
• SALUT! HI - INFORMAL
• Bon soir - good evening - bonn – suar
• Mes amis – my friends - maiz aamii
• Latitude AI/A2 MAIN BOOK 1000
• WORK BOOK- PRACTICE - 250
• CD S
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• FORMAL
• TEACHERS, COLLEGUES,
• INFORMAL
• FRIEND , FAMILY
• ROUGE - RED
• RESTAURANT -