Les pour et les contre d'un travail : extended writing and speaking
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of jobs, adapting words to different parts of speech and to create opposite meaning.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Pre-rehearsal, focusing on range of language and accuracy of pronunciation, improves performance in speaking tasks.
- Being able to apply word patterns, such as creating antonyms or adverbs from adjectives, expands our vocabulary.
- Listening to texts and identifying sound-spelling links is crucial to good pronunciation of trickier sounds e.g. im/in.
Keywords
Adverb - word that describes a verb or an adjective
Antonym - a word that has the opposite meaning to another word
Common misconception
To create antonyms in French, always add the prefix in- to the start of an adjective or adverb e.g. 'utile' becomes 'inutile'.
Some antonyms are formed by adding the prefix im-. This is when the original word begins with p, b or m: possible become impossible; buvable (drinkable) becomes imbuvable (undrinkable); 'mature' becomes 'immature'.
Teacher tip
Task B1 has two options: Option 1 aimed at the majority of students; Option 2: aimed at students who may need a simplified text to enable them to succeed.
Equipment
Mini whiteboard and pen if available.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which words are adverbs?
Q2.Match the French and English adverbs.
differently
sufficiently
carefully
easily
sensitively
unfortunately
Q3.What is the adverb meaning 'apparently' formed from the French adjective 'apparent'?
Q4.'Juste' means fair. What is the French for unfair?
Q5.Put the words in order to make this sentence: His dual role is hard for him.
Q6.Which adjective completes the sentence? 'Elle est de son équipe.'
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which letters are part of an acronym to remind what to include when describing a picture?
Q2.To which adjectives can the prefix in- be added to make the antonym (opposite meaning)?
Q3.What is the antonym of 'poli'?
Q4.Which sentence goes with each focus when describing a picture?
Je vois plusieurs personnes, un homme, deux femmes et cinq enfants.
Ils sont en train de faire le ménage.
Il me semble qu'ils sont dans la cuisine.
Ils ne sont pas heureux. Peut-être, ils n'aiment pas aider.
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