LearnModule 15 · Lesson 26 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 6 · Le sommet

Ce que ces livres ont fait

Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 26 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 26.

The words

French	English	Say it
la carte de la langue	the map of the language	lah kahrt duh lah LAH(n)G
la correction	the correction	lah koh-rehk-SYOH(n)
l'oreille exercéefeminine — the article elides to l'	the trained ear	loh-rehy egg-zehr-SAY
ralentir	to slow down	rah-lah(n)-TEER
équipé	equipped	ay-kee-PAY
ce que le livre ne peut pas	what a book cannot do	suh kuh luh leevr nuh puh PAH
des centaines d'heures	hundreds of hours	day sah(n)-tehn DUHR
ordonné	ordered	or-doh-NAY

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

Fifteen books of written practice have given you an ordered map of the language and hundreds of hours of the one thing that is hard to arrange alone: correction. Every answer you checked was checked against a printed key.

Et aussi · And also

What they have NOT given you is an ear, and no book can. That comes from listening and from speaking with people who will not slow down for you — and you are now equipped to start.

Attention · Watch out

l'oreille exercée is the trained ear, and no book gives it: that comes from people who will not slow down for you (ralentir). équipé agrees like any participle: équipé, équipée — you are equipped for that, not finished with it.

Do it now — on paper

Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with la carte de la langue.
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 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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