French Language Week ... Tell me ten words
To celebrate the French language in all its diversity from 18 to 26 March 2023 and "À tous les temps?" ... everyone will be able to take up the challenge of a dictation, a calligraphy competition, to follow or take part in a lecture, an oratory, or, why not, a poetry contest, a literary meeting…
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French Language and La Francophonie Week
Organized every year around March 20, International Day of La Francophonie, the French Language and La Francophonie Week is the rendezvous of lovers of words in France as well as abroadIt offers the general public the opportunity to celebrate the French language by showing their attachment to it and celebrating its richness and modernity.
Share your love of words by organizing a concert of French songs, a dictation, a calligraphy workshop, a conference, a theatrical performance, an oratory joust, a poetry contest, a literary meeting, etc.
The theme « A Week every time? » invites us to reflect on our perception and relationship to time, especially by playing with the French words that express them.
The Week is also an opportunity to value the multiple projects carried out within the framework of the French language awareness campaign ' Tell me ten words ».
Tell me ten words... every time?
Do we know how to control the rhythm of our life or does it exceed us? Can we still waste our time in a society where time is constantly accelerating?
The words illustrate the richness of the perception of time: long or slow time, the resurgence of the past in the present, the time that gives tempo to our days, the time that shapes our daily and cultural customs, the time of the beginnings or the verbs of time.
These ten words invite you to reflect on ways to reclaim time, to reconcile personal and collective time:
Light-year, before-day, dare-dare, déjà-vu, overwintering, lazing, more-than-perfect, rhythmic, synchronous, tic-tac
This national operation, which meets the objectives of the Ministry of Culture in terms of arts and cultural education, aims to enable everyone to establish a relationship of trust and pleasure with the French language. This French language awareness campaign invites everyone to play and express themselves in a literary or artistic form from September to June.
You can follow throughout the year all the news "Tell me ten words..." on social networks facebook and twitter.
Need help to develop your projects? Feel free to use our resources.
Municipality or community of municipalities, get the «Partner City» label!
Promote the networking of three different actors (educational, social, cultural) around the operation «Tell me ten words». Through your actions, you contribute to strengthening the civic dimension, encouraging intergenerational dialogue and participating in the openness and cultural diversity of your municipality.
Get the label to improve your visibility, to benefit from the intervention of language experts, to have personalized support and to receive free communication materials, teaching tools and prizes.
To communicate about your projects, register them as achievements on the website dismoidixmots.culture.fr. You can also schedule your March events on the OpenAgenda platform of the Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie.
Who can preteto the label?
French cities, villages or intercommunalities (metropolis and overseas) who wish to:
- punctuate their cultural season with an annual meeting around the language, the French Language and La Francophonie Week ;
- federate the structures of the city around an awareness campaign in French, Tell me ten words from September to June. A project that involves both educational (schools, colleges or high schools), social (associations to fight against illiteracy, federations of popular education) and cultural (theatres, libraries, museum).
This dynamic is an opportunity to include in the citizens' living space the actions carried out throughout the year in terms of language policy; the participating structures are then essential actors to highlight the French language in relation to their field of action. Finally, this operation is a way to strengthen social cohesion through convivial moments around the French language.
How to get the label?
The "VP" label is assigned for a year, municipalities that wish to fully invest in the operation by meeting certain requirements.
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