3.1 Les collèges francophones

• Frans
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Les collèges francophones

L'ojectif : chercher un collège francophone

La recherche : République démocratique du Congo

Research the answers to the following questions and add them to the following slides!

1. Where is this country in the world? 

2. Why is French spoken there? 

3. What other languages are spoken there?

1. Where is this country in the world?

2. Why is French spoken there?

What other languages are spoken there?

1. Where is this country in the world?

La République démocratique du Congo est en Afrique Centrale :

Écoute-moi !

2. Why is French spoken there?

The official language of the DRC is French because the country was brutally colonised by Belgium in 1885, after King Leopold II persuaded the government to do so. They exploited the country's rich natural resources (such as minerals, ivory, coffee, tea, cotton), and enforced the French language on the indigenous populations as the lingua franca due to the high number of  local languages present (many are still spoken today, but French is the language that connects them).

3. What other languages are spoken there?

There are four indigenous languages which have the status of national language: 

• Kituba (called "Kikongo")
• Lingala
• Swahili 
• Tshiluba

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a ? 

Qu'est-ce qu'il n'y a pas ?

Now, let's begin to look at schools of Banga Bola in DR Congo! Watch the video on the next slide up to 0:39 and make a list of what there is and what there isn't in the Congolese school (in French of course!).

You can start your list with these phrases:

• Au collège à Banga Bola, il y a un/une/des...
• Au collège à Banga Bola, il n'y a pas de/d'...

(remember you don't include the article un/une/des in a negative sentence)

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a au collège à Banga Bola ?

Qu'est-ce qu'il n'y a pas au collège à Banga Bola ?