Modern Foreign Languages > French
Theme 3 Coursework – My Work Experience (Mon Stage en Enterprise)

Remember to include:

Description
Narrative
Opinions
Past, present and future tenses
Pronouns
Good negatives
Linking words and flowing sentences

Some suggestions for content

Paragraph 1 – Where, when, how long for. (fairly short)

l’été dernier
au mois de juillet dernier
travailler
passer – to spend
commencer
finir
de - from
à – to Dates – du 2 juillet au …. juillet
jusqu’à - until

Paragraph 2 – How you organised it. Who helped?(Try some pluperfect tense here and some good pronouns – my mum helped me etc)

avant de + infinitive – before …..
après avoir + past participle – after having
écrire (écrit) – to write
visiter
demander – to ask
chercher – to look for
aider
regarder
les pages jaunes
les petites annonces – the advertisements
aller
un entrevue – an interview

Paragraph 3 – What you used to do every day. (lots of imperfect tenses – chance to give some opinions, negatives – the work was neither interesting nor exciting but ….. )

ranger – to tidy
faire – to do
des photocopies
classer – to file
nettoyer – to clean
répondre au téléphone
envoyer – to send
des fax

Paragraph 4 – The place, the staff and your relationships with them. (present tense for location / size of building / number of staff)

se trouver – to be found
être situé – to be situated
près /loin de ma maison
une zone industrielle
il faut ….. minutes en bus
le personnel – the staff
tout le monde – every one
en équipe – in a team
sympa – nice
serviable – helpful
compréhensif(ve) - understanding
mon /ma surveillant(e) s’appelait – my supervisor was called
s’entendre bien /mal avec – to get on well / badly with
(je m’entendais …. I got on ….)
because s/he used to help me / encourage me / listen to me etc

Paragraph 5 – Your opinions of the placement and your thoughts of a future

career.
apprécier – to appreciate
l’expérience reçu – the experience received
traiter – to treat
confier – to trust
donner – to give
I was treated / I was trusted etc = On m’a traité etc
comme un(e) adulte
des responsabilités
apprendre(appris) – to learn
du monde du travail – about the world of work
maintenant – now
se sentir – to feel
( je me sens – I feel)
plus / moins – more / less
mur(e) – mature
capable
indépendant(e)
a l’avenir – in the future
Future tenses!! At least 3 examples please.
Devenir – to become (je deviendrai)
un emploi – a job
stable
passionnant - exciting
bien payé
où je pourrai – where I can