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Les Régions de France Project description 

Exciting employment opportunity for a bilingual journalist. Mme Mansier's Online Travel Agency  is searching for qualified bilingual journalists to travel around the world and publish information about various aspects of a region or country. In order to choose the best investigative journalists for this position, the following competition will allow potential candidates to demonstrate their ability to use French by researching and presenting information on the geographic, economic, and touristic aspects of one of France's beautiful regions. Candidates must be able to gather specific information directly from French language websites and then publish the information online in fulfillment of the project requirements. You must include a map of the region, several high quality images, and also a video clip. A scoring Rubric will be used to determine your final grade for this assignment. The deadline for publication to this wiki is Monday, March 11, 2013.

Important Note: You must use only French language sources for all of your research. You must publish your own editorial piece and must never copy and paste information directly from the original or use a translation device (other than a dictionary or thesaurus), nor should you get anyone other than one of your own peers to proof your work before the deadline. Be sure to cite any and all ideas, images, and sources of information used in the completion of the project. Be prepared to submit the written text to [|http://][|turnitin.com].



Requirements for completion: Your presentation must be written in French and is worth 50 points. It must include the following:

(1) a map showing where the region is located in France

(2) a detailed,geographical description of the region* (borders, climate, mountains, rivers, cities, coasts etc.).

(3) a description of the population (diversity, origin, other language(s) spoken etc.)

(4) a description of natural resources and landmarks

(5) a description of local economy
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">agriculture
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">industries

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(6) a reference to a the patrimony of the region- a famous historical event that took place in this region or a famous figure (writer, philosopher, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> scientist, artist etc.) who was born here, or a famous French culinary product that is made here

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(7) a description of any famous products or gastronomic specialty from this region

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(8) at least 3 quality images of the region

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(9) a short video clip from the area

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">(10) a clearly audible recording of your own voice in French*

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Please check your spelling, gender, tenses, facts; proof, and peer review before deadline.