📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 6 · Les tâches B2
L'essai argumenté
Module 9 of the free French course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 26 of 30: The B2 essay has a fixed architecture and examiners mark the architecture. 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 26.
The words
French
English
Say it
l'essaimasculine — the article elides to l'
the essay
leh-SEH
l'introductionfeminine — the article elides to l'
the introduction
la(n)-troh-dewk-SYOH(n)
la conclusion
the conclusion
lah koh(n)-klew-ZYOH(n)
la partie
the section
lah pahr-TEE
développer
to develop
day-vuh-loh-PAY
l'architecturefeminine — the article elides to l'
the structure
lahr-shee-tehk-TEWR
répondre à la question
to answer the question
ray-poh(n)dr ah lah kehs-TYOH(n)
équilibré
balanced
ay-kee-lee-BRAY
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
The B2 essay has a fixed architecture and examiners mark the architecture. Introduction, then two or three developed parts, then a conclusion that answers the question asked.
Et aussi · And also
Each part is the paragraph you built in Module 3: claim, reason, example, qualification. The difference at B2 is that the parts have to talk to each other — part two answers part one, not merely follows it.
Attention · Watch out
l'essai is the essay and la partie one section of it. The conclusion must ANSWER the question — a conclusion that only summarizes loses the mark for it.
devoir, futur simple — the table
je devrai · tu devras · il/elle devra · nous devrons · vous devrez · ils/elles devront
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with l'essai.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out devoir, futur simple 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.