Proofreading and correcting your text — understand and recognise

Proofreading and correcting your text: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: precision-lexicale-produirePass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will identify and explain “Proofreading and correcting your text” in new examples.

2. Discover

Compare: vérifier les accords; vérifier les temps; vérifier la ponctuation; chercher les répétitions. Which clue helps you recognise relire et corriger?

3. Understand

To understand “Proofreading and correcting your text”, start from the examples rather than an abstract definition. Read the task first so you know what to look for. Then collect only the useful clues.

vérifier les accordsvérifier les tempsvérifier la ponctuationchercher les répétitionscontrôler les homophonesrelire à voix hauteExemple à observer : une collègue apprend aujourd’hui.

Watch out

Base your answer on a precise clue from the document: a word, a fact, a logical relation or the text structure. Do not add information that is not there.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Say what you want to mean first, then express it with “Proofreading and correcting your text”. Read it again as if you were receiving it.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

For relire et corriger, identify the context first, then the form carrying the useful information. Always check your answer in a complete sentence.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Proofreading and correcting your text” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.