Can you understand people talking about college and university studies in French? Get to grips with vocabulary and develop your language skills with practice exercises.
Practise taking part in a conversation about your education plans after GCSE.
What would you say for the role-play below?
Question
You are talking to the Head of French at a careers conference in your school about work experience and career options. Your teacher will start the conversation and you should address them as vous.
Say you are talented at languages and would like to study for a degree in French.
Ask your teacher is it possible to do a course in France?
Say that you would love to work in a French company.
Say speaking French all day in a business will help you speak French fluently.
Say your dream job is to be a writer in Paris.
Listen to this example role-play.
Transcript:
- Qu’est-ce que tu voudrais faire quand tu quitteras l’école?
- Je suis douée en langues et je voudrais faire une licence en français.
- Comment est-ce que tu voudrais améliorer ton français?
- Est-ce qu’on peut faire un stage en France?
- Oui, est-ce que tu aimerais mieux faire ton stage professionnel en France?
- Je voudrais travailler pour une entreprise française.
- Tu crois que cela serait bénéfique pour toi?
- Oui, parler français tous les jours dans une entreprise m’aidera à parler couramment.
- Est-ce que ça serait utile pour ton futur métier?
- Oui, mon emploi de rêve serait d’être écrivaine à Paris.
Translation:
- What would you like to do after you leave school?
- I am talented at languages and would like to do a degree in French.
- How would you like to improve your French?
- Is it possible to do a course in France?
- Yes, would you prefer to do your work experience in France?
- I would love to work in a French company.
- Do you think it would benefit you?
- Yes, speaking French all day in a business will help me speak French fluently.
