FLS100-WIN 2021-Culture Blog DESCRIPTION & INSTRUCTIONS Blog final draft with APA References list at the end Objectives for your Blog: To learn about a specific a city or town where French is spoken as an official language or in country or region of La Francophonie (*exemptions: Marrakech, Paris, Bruxelles et Fort-de-France these cities are already featured in your textbook Vis-aVis) To write an organized and inviting blog that informs the reader about the country

FLS100-WIN 2021-Culture Blog

DESCRIPTION & INSTRUCTIONS

Blog final draft with APA References list at the end

Objectives for your Blog: To learn about a specific a city or town where French is spoken as an official language or in country or region of La Francophonie (*exemptions: Marrakech, Paris, Bruxelles et Fort-de-France these cities are already featured in your textbook Vis-aVis) To write an organized and inviting blog that informs the reader about the country.

Guidelines / Instructions: Please feel free to follow the guidelines below to ensure that you successfully complete and submit your blog by the due date: • Consult list of countries in La Francophonie • Choose one city or town (see exceptions above)* ? Watch the videos on A) how to create a blog on Blackboard and B) how to write a good blog. • Conduct research and start writing your rough draft. • Make corrections to the rough draft. • Submit the final draft with the APA References list at the end. • Share with class

BLOG FORMAT: • The blog needs a title, introduction, body, conclusion and References list. Title • Write a title for your blog. Include the name of the city or town in the title.

Introduction Provide some as well as one or two interesting facts about the city or town that catch the readers’ attention. Tell the readers where this city or town is located – which country, it’s size, population. Main topics in the body: Write about these two topics in the body of your blog. 1. What makes this town or city special? What can one see or do in this place or nearby? 2. What are the most popular traditional dishes or foods? • Include hyperlinks in the blog. Steps: Select the text you wish to link and then click the link icon.

Liste de pays dans la Francophonie pour le Blog
Liste de pays dans la Francophonie pour le Blog
Dear students
In addition to the resources that have been posted on Blackboard, please find below the list of countries/cities in the Francophonie for the blog.
NB: Les pays et les villes déjà choisis sont surlignés en vert. [Cities and towns that have already been chosen, will be highlighted in green]
List of Member Countries of La Francophonie:

    La Belgique
    Benin*
    Bulgaria**
    Burkina Faso*
    Burundi*
    Cambodia*
    Cameroon*
    Canada (pays/country) 
    Cap Verde*
    Central African Republic*
    Chad*
    Communaute francaise de Belgique (Belgium)
    Comoros*
    Congo*
    Cote d'Ivoire*
    Democratic Republic of Congo*
    Djibouti*
    Dominica*
    Equatorial Guinea*
    French Guyana 
    France (Cities: Paris excepted) 
        Lyon; Nice; Poitiers
    Gabon*
    Guinea*
    Guadeloupe
    Guinea Bissau*
    Haiti*  - Labadie
    Laos* 
    Lebanon* - 
    Luxembourg  
    Madagascar* 
    Mali*  
    Mauritius*
    Moldova**
    Monsco
    Niger*
    Romania**
    Rwanda*
    Sao Tome and Principe*
    Senegal*
    Seychelles
    Switzerland (le pays); Geneva
    Togo*
    Tunisia
    Vanuatu*
    Vietnam* - Saigon 

Associated States:

    Egypt*
    Mauritania*
    Morocco
    Saint Lucia*

Participating Governments:

    New Brunswick
    Quebec Montreal; La ville de Québec

Observers:

    Albania**
    Macedonia**
    Poland**

* Member countries of la Francophonie eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA) from Canada
* * Member countries of la Francophonie eligible for Canadian Official Development Assistance to countries in transition in the Central and Eastern Europe