📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 15 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 3 · Le travail et l'argent
Chercher un emploi
Module 7 of the free French course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 15 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 15.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'emploimasculine — the article elides to l'
the job
lah(n)-PLWAH
le poste
the position
luh POHST
l'entretienmasculine — the article elides to l'
the interview
lah(n)-truh-TYA(n)
la lettre de motivation
the cover letter
lah lehtr duh moh-tee-vah-SYOH(n)
la candidature
the application
lah kah(n)-dee-dah-TEWR
l'expériencefeminine — the article elides to l'
the experience
leks-pay-RYAH(n)S
embaucher
to hire
ah(n)-boh-SHAY
je pose ma candidature
I am applying
zhuh pohz mah kah(n)-dee-dah-TEWR
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 job application has two fixed pieces: le CV and la lettre de motivation — the cover letter, and it really is called a letter of motivation. Je pose ma candidature pour le poste de... is the sentence it opens with.
Et aussi · And also
The rest of the vocabulary is close to English but not identical: un emploi is a job in general, un poste is the specific position, and un entretien is the interview.
Attention · Watch out
la lettre de motivation is the cover letter — a letter of motivation, in French. un poste is a specific position; un emploi is a job in general.
inviter, voix passive — the table
il est invité · elle est invitée · ils sont invités · elles sont invitées
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'emploi.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out inviter, voix passive 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.