Les Médias Internationaux Francophones (International Francophone Media)

Learning ObjectivesIdentify major international French-speaking media outlets.Analyze the point of view of a news article or report.Use indirect speech to report information.Express an opinion or doubt on a current topic using the subjunctive.Imagine: you're in Montreal 🇨🇦 and you want to understand a political issue in Senegal 🇸🇳. What do you do? You turn to international French-speaking media! 🌍 They offer you a window to the world, but you have to know how to read between the lines. 📰Real-World ApplicationsStaying informed for university debates or classes.Understanding global perspectives on important issues.Preparing for a trip or a job in another French-speaking country.

French TermWhat it MeansExample in a Sentenceun média (a media outlet) [uhn may-dee-AH]A way to share information (TV, radio, newspaper, etc.).La télévision est un média (a media outlet) [uhn may-dee-AH] de masse. (Television is a mass media outlet.)l'actualité (f.) (the news / current events) [lak-too-ah-lee-TAY]All the current events; the news.Je suis l'actualité (the news) [lak-too-ah-lee-TAY] internationale tous les jours. (I follow international news every day.)un reportage (a report / feature story) [uhn ruh-por-TAHZH]A journalistic investigation on a topic, presented in an article or a show.Le journaliste a fait un reportage (a report) [uhn ruh-por-TAHZH] sur le changement climatique. (The journalist did a report on climate change.)une source (a source) [oon SOORS]The origin of a pi...

1. Indirect SpeechUsed to report what someone else said. It often leads to changes in verb tenses and pronouns.Rule: The introductory verb (like dire que (to say that), affirmer que (to affirm that), annoncer que (to announce that)...) is followed by a clause. The verb tense in the clause changes depending on the tense of the introductory verb.Example: Direct Speech: Le ministre a dit : « Nous prendrons (will take) [noo prahn-DROHN] des mesures. » (The minister said: "We will take measures.") → Indirect Speech: Le ministre a dit qu'ils prendraient (would take) [keel prahn-DRAY] des mesures. (The minister said that they would take measures.)2. The Relative Pronoun 'Dont''Dont' (of which / of whom) [dohn] replaces a phrase that starts with 'de' (of/from), like in verbs such as parler de (to...