French Teaching Resources. Group Talk Discussing Jobs/ Professions

Group Talk encourages the spontaneous use of the target language. Here the students use the phrases on the sheet to voice their opinions of the different professions as you show them on the PowerPoint.

Expressions on sheet include:

Je veux être = I want to be
Je ne veux pas être = I don’t want to be

Car/ parce que = because
Et = and
Mais = but
Je dois admettre que = I must admit that

On peut = You can
On ne peut pas = You can’t
Je veux = I want
Je ne veux pas = I don’t want to

voyager = to travel
parler une langue étrangère = to speak a foreign language
gagner beaucoup d’argent = to earn lots of money


J’adore = I love
J’aime = I like

les maths = maths
les langues = languages
le contact avec le public = having contact with the public

C’est = it is
Ce n’est pas = it isn’t

assez = quite
très = very

dure = difficult
facile = easy

Je suis = I am
Je ne suis pas = I am not

patient(e) = patient
gentil(le) = kind

To really enter into the spirit of a lively debate you may choose to also use my Group Talk Discussion Mat with expressions such as :

Attend! = Wait!
C’est ridicule! = That’s ridiculous!
Tu es fou/folle?! = Are you crazy?!
Ce n’est pas juste = It’s not fair!
Tu plaisantes? = You must be joking/ are you joking?