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Le rapport
Module 14 of the free French course (CEFR C2, continued), lesson 26 of 30: A French report has a fixed order: contexte, constat, analyse, préconisations. 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 26.
The words
French
English
Say it
le contexte
the background
luh koh(n)-TEHKST
la préconisation
the recommendation
lah pray-koh-nee-zah-SYOH(n)
l'analysefeminine — the article elides to l'
the analysis
lah-nah-LEEZ
préconiser
to recommend
pray-koh-nee-ZAY
numéroté
numbered
new-may-roh-TAY
le titre de section
the section heading
luh teetr duh sehk-SYOH(n)
les faits seuls
facts only
lay feh SUHL
rompre le contrat
to break the contract
roh(n)pr luh koh(n)-TRAH
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
A French report has a fixed order: contexte, constat, analyse, préconisations. The recommendations come last and are numbered, and a report that argues in the constat section has broken its own contract.
Et aussi · And also
Write the constat as facts only. It is harder than it sounds, and it is exactly what separates a report from an opinion piece with headings.
Attention · Watch out
The order is fixed: contexte, constat, analyse, préconisations — and the constat states FACTS only; an argument there is a fault of structure, not of style. préconiser is to recommend.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with le contexte.
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 26 in Module 14 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.