• French is spoken in 50 different countries.•In 29 countries French is official language (This

means that governmental affairs are conducted in French, official laws and regulations are written in

French, business is transacted in French, and schools use French as a language of instruction)

• 124 million people all over the world speak French.

•.Can you name any countries where French is the

main language, apart from France?

France Tahiti Algeria Martinique GuyanaMadagascar Morocco Switzerland

TunisiaIvory Coast La Reunion Belgium Cambodia

New Caledonia Luxembourg Vietnam Canada

Countries in the worldCan you put these countries in the correct column to

show where they are in the world?

Europe Africa Asia N America S America Islands

What do these countries all have in common?

EuropeFranceBelgiumSwitzerlandLuxembourgMonacoAndorra

North, South & Central AmericaCanada (Quebec)MartiniqueGuadelupeFrench GuianaHaiti

Countries where French is an commonly used languageAfricaBenin Rwanda Burkina Faso SénégalBurundi NigeriaCameroon Togo Ivory Coast AlgeriaMorocco CongoDjibouti TunisiaGabon Guinea Mauritania Tchad MaliCentral African RepublicLa ReunionMadagascar Seychelles Islands

OceaniaVanuatuNew CaledoniaFrench PolynesiaWallis & Futuna

AsiaVietnamCambodiaLaosLebanon

French Overseas Departmentsand Territories

Islands – Les Iles:

Dans la Mer des Caraibes:La Maritnique (DOM)La Guadeloupe (DOM)St-BarthélemySt-MartinHaiti

French Overseas Departments

DOM – département d’outre – mer-Overseas departments

The inhabitants of the departments are French citizens and have the same legal rights and responsibilities as those living in France

La Martinique- DOMLa Guadeloupe - DOM

Dans l’océan Pacifique du Sud – South of Pascific ocean • La Nouvelle-Calédonie

(TOM)• Wallis-et- Futuna (TOM)• Vanuatu• La Polynésie française

(TOM)

French Overseas Territories

TOM- Territoires d’outre-mer – Overseas territories

The inhabitants of the territories are French citizens and elect representatives to the French parliament although the territories have a certain degree of local autonomy. However, they are governed by a governor appointed by France. The French government highly subsidizes the economies of the territories.

Les Iles dans l’Océan Indien-Indian ocean

MadagascarLa Réunion (DOM)Les SeychellesLes Iles ComoresL’Ile Mayotte (CT)L’Ile Maurice

CT – Collectivités Territorials

Colléctivités territoriales- territorial

collectivitiesThese are previous French

possessions which remain under French influence and protection but have a higher degree of autonomy than territories