Current & Future Study & Employment
Key vocabulary learning skills
__Vocabulary learning skills: __
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- To try and reduce the number you need to learn, try to use all the tricks you can e.g.
a. “ha ha it sounds like” – Laine = wool = a sheep called Len. (If it makes you laugh it is more likely to work. Our brains are funny like that!)
b. “ooh it reminds me of” – pantalon = a bit like pantaloons = those funny old fashioned trousers in your history books.
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At home, do it little and often - lots of breaks because it is boring!
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No background noise/music. (Music is good for concentration for most other HW but bad for memorisation HW – it just is. Sorry!)
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Learn the meanings first.
Cover up the English
Test yourself: Look – cover – say (the English) – check
Test yourself again: Look – cover – say – check (just ones you got wrong)
When you have 100% correct, move on
- Now learn the spellings.
Cover up the French
Test yourself: Look – cover – write (the French) – check
Look – cover – write – check (just the ones you got wrong)
When you have 100% correct, have a biscuit!
My studies
__MY STUDIES VOCABULARY __
chimie la - chemistry
dessin le - art
EPS l’ (f) - PE (physical education)
français le - French
informatique (l’) (f) - IT (information technology)
instituteur l’ (m) - primary school teacher (male)
institutrice l’ (f) - primary school teacher (female)
langue la - language
matière la - subject
physique la - physics
professeur le - teacher
religion la - religious studies
Life at school and college
__LIFE AT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE VOCABULARY __
apprendre - to learn
calculette la - calculator
collège le - secondary school
comprendre - to understand
cours le - lesson
demander - to ask
devoirs les (m) - homework
difficulté la - difficulty
diplôme le - qualification
directeur le - headmaster
directrice la - headmistress
discuter - to discuss
distribuer - to give out
droit le - right
école l’ (f) (primaire/secondaire) - (primary/secondary) school
élève l’ (m/f) - pupil
emploi du temps l’ (m) - timetable
en seconde - in year 11
études les (f) - study
étudiant l’ (m) - student
examen l’ (m) - examination
faire attention - to pay attention
leçon la - lesson
lecture la - reading
lire - to read
maquillage le - make up
note la - mark
oublier - to forget
passer un examen - to sit an exam
pause la - break, pause
penser - to think
permettre - to allow, permit
porter - to wear, carry
pression la - pressure
récré(ation) la - break
règle la - rule
règlement le - school rules
rentrée la - return to school
répéter - to repeat
réponse la - reply
résultat le - result
réussir un examen - to pass an exam
salle de classe la - classroom
savoir - to know
scolaire - school (adj)
tableau le - board
terrain de sport le - sports ground
trimestre le - term
trouver -to find
Education post-16
__EDUCATION POST-16 VOCABULARY __
année sabbatique l’ (f) - gap year
apprenti(e) l’ (m/f) - apprentice
avoir envie de - to want to
avoir l’intention (de) - to intend (to)
bac(calauréat) le - A-level(s)
en première - in year 12
en terminale - in year 13
étudier - to study
laisser tomber - to drop
liberté la - freedom
lycée le - sixth form college, grammar school
Jobs, career choices and ambitions
__JOBS, CAREER CHOICES AND AMBITIONS VOCABULARY __
agent de police l’ (m) - policeman
avenir l’ (m) - future
boucher le - butcher
boulanger le - baker
boulot le - job
candidat le - candidate
coiffeur le - hairdresser
compter (sur) - to count (on)
employé(e) l’ - employee
employeur l’ - employer
espérer - to hope
facteur le - postman
fermier le - farmer
gagner - to earn, win
idée l’ (f) - idea
infirmier l’ (m) - nurse
informaticien l’ - IT worker
ingénieur l’ (m) - engineer
journal le - newspaper
livre la (sterling) - pound (sterling)
maçon le - builder
mécanicien le - mechanic
mettre de l’argent de côté - to save money
patron le; patronne la - boss
petit job le - part-time job
plombier le - plumber
policier le - policeman
rêve le - dream
rêver - to dream
recevoir - to receive
varié - varied
vétérinaire le - vet