Stage 5 · B1–B2
Talking about your professional background — practise in context
Talking about your professional background: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.
1. Objective
By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Talking about your professional background” without copying the model.
2. Discover
Take two “Talking about your professional background” examples and change one element at a time.
3. Understand
To understand “Talking about your professional background”, start from the examples rather than an abstract definition. Picture the scene: who is speaking, to whom, for what purpose and how formally?
In a real situation, decide your intention first: ask, explain, refuse, thank… Then adapt the phrase to the level of politeness and the person you are speaking to.
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice
6. Write / speak
Say what you want to mean first, then express it with “Talking about your professional background”. Read it again as if you were receiving it.
7. Check your learning
8. Remember
For Parler de son parcours professionnel , identify the context first, then the form carrying the useful information. Always check your answer in a complete sentence.
9. Now I can…
- I can recognise “Talking about your professional background” in a new example.
- I can justify my choice and create an example.
