📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 30 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 6 · Le pont vers C1
Le bilan — la bande Indépendante complète
Module 10 of the free French course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 30 of 30: Look back at Module 1 of this band. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 30.
The words
French
English
Say it
à mi-hauteur
halfway up
ah mee oh-TUHR
la bande indépendante
the Independent band
lah bah(n)d a(n)-day-pah(n)-DAH(n)T
derrière soi
behind one
deh-ryehr SWAH
j'ai fini la bande B2
I finished the B2 band
zhay fee-nee lah bah(n)d bay DUH
le sommet
the summit
luh soh-MEH
plusieurs façons correctes
several correct ways
plew-zyuhr fah-soh(n) koh-REHKT
monter encore
to climb further
moh(n)-tay ah(n)-KOR
fier
proud
fyehr
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
Look back at Module 1 of this band. You now narrate in three layers, hypothesize at three distances, choose a mood on purpose, read a long argued text, write an essay and a formal letter, and prepare a case you can defend out loud. That is B1 and B2 complete — the whole Independent band, ten books of the ladder behind you.
Et aussi · And also
Above you is the Proficient band: C1 and C2, where the question becomes not what you can say but which of several correct ways you choose. Vous êtes à mi-hauteur — you are halfway up.
Attention · Watch out
à mi-hauteur means halfway up. fier takes de (fier de soi) and agrees: fier, fière. la bande here is the CEFR band, not a music band.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with à mi-hauteur.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 30 in Module 10 are the written half of this page.
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.