LearnModule 15 · Lesson 11 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 3 · L'oral préparé

Construire un dossier

Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 11 of 30: . 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 11.

The words

French	English	Say it
le dossier préparé	the prepared case	luh doh-syay pray-pah-RAY
le soutien	the supporting point	luh soo-TYA(n)
l'objection anticipéefeminine — the article elides to l'	the anticipated objection	lohb-zhehk-syoh(n) ah(n)-tee-see-PAY
préparer	to prepare	pray-pah-RAY
en trois mots	in three words	ah(n) trwah MOH
la page de notes	the page of notes	lah pahzh duh NOHT
ne pas lire	not to read out	nuh pah LEER
exister	to exist	egg-zees-TAY

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 prepared spoken case is a written object first: a page of notes with a position, three supports and two anticipated objections. You will not read it; you need it to exist.

Et aussi · And also

Write the objections in full sentences and your answers in three words each. It is the objection you have not written down that arrives.

Attention · Watch out

Write the objections in full sentences and your answers in three words each; the objection you did not write down is the one that arrives. le dossier here is the prepared case, not a folder; le soutien is a supporting point.

Do it now — on paper

Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with le dossier préparé.
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 11 in Module 15 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.

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