📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 21 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 5 · L'exposé
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Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 21 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 21.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'exposémasculine — the article elides to l'
the presentation
lehks-poh-ZAY
je vais vous parler de
I am going to talk to you about
zhuh veh voo pahr-LAY duh
le point de vue suivant
the following view
luh pwa(n) duh vew swee-VAH(n)
le mot-clé
the keyword
luh moh-KLAY
les notesplural
the notes
lay NOHT
par cœur ou pas
memorized or not
pahr kuhr oo PAH
la voix
the voice
lah VWAH
naturel à l'oral
natural when spoken
nah-tew-rehl ah loh-RAHL
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
You prepare a spoken presentation the way you prepare an essay, on paper, and then you do not read the paper. Notes are keywords, not sentences — a read-out talk loses marks at every level.
Et aussi · And also
Structure: announce the question, give your position, three arguments, a conclusion. Je vais vous parler de... Mon point de vue est le suivant.
Attention · Watch out
Notes for an exposé are keywords, never sentences: a read-out talk loses marks. je vais vous parler de opens; mon point de vue est le suivant states the position.
parler — the table
je parle · tu parles · il/elle parle · nous parlons · vous parlez · ils/elles parlent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'exposé.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out parler in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.