Introduction

This reference guide covers essential functional language for communication and a comprehensive vocabulary list for 2nd BAC students.

I - Communication Functions

1) Expressing Opinion

Key Expressions

Personal Opinion:
- In my opinion... / In my view...
- Personally, I think... / I believe...
- As far as I'm concerned...
- From my point of view...
- To my mind...
Asking for Opinion:
- What do you think about...?
- What's your opinion on...?
- How do you feel about...?

2) Agreement and Disagreement

Agreement

I totally agree with you.
You're absolutely right.
That's exactly what I think.
I couldn't agree more.
I share your view.

Disagreement

Direct:
- I disagree with you.
- I don't think so.
- That's not true.
Polite/Softened:
- I respect your opinion, but...
- I'm not sure if I agree with you completely.
- I understand what you're saying, but...
- Yes, that may be true, but my feeling is that...

3) Making and Responding to Suggestions

Suggestions

Making Suggestions:
- Why don't we...?
- How about (+ gerund)...?
- Let's...
- I suggest that we...
Accepting:
- That's a great idea!
- Sounds good to me.
- Why not?
Declining:
- I'd rather not.
- I'm not really in the mood for that.
- Maybe some other time.

4) Complaining and Apologizing

Complaints

I'm sorry to say this, but...
I have a complaint to make about...
I'm not satisfied with...
Responding to a complaint:
- I'm awfully sorry about that.
- I'll see what I can do.
- We will fix it immediately.

Apologizing

I'm so sorry.
Please forgive me.
I apologize for...
Accepting an apology:
- Never mind.
- It doesn't matter.
- Don't worry about it.

II - Vocabulary Reference (English - French)

Vocabulary List

Ability: Capacité
Abroad: À l'étranger
Absolute: Absolu
Accept: Accepter
Access: Accès
Account: Compte
Achievement: Accomplissement
Act: Agir
Addiction: Dépendance
Advice: Conseil
Advocate: Défendre / Préconiser
Agreement: Accord
Aim: But / Objectif
Ambition: Ambition
Ancient: Ancien
Apply: Postuler / Appliquer
Approve: Approuver
Argument: Argument
Assessment: Évaluation
Association: Association
Assumption: Supposition
Attitude: Attitude
Avoid: Éviter
Awareness: Sensibilisation
Background: Contexte / Arrière-plan
Behavior: Comportement
Belief: Croyance
Benefit: Avantage / Bénéfice
Brain drain: Fuite des cerveaux
Business: Affaires / Entreprise
Campaign: Campagne
Care: Soin
Challenge: Défi
Change: Changement
Charity: Charité
Choice: Choix
Citizenship: Citoyenneté
Claim: Prétendre / Réclamation
Climate change: Changement climatique
Collaboration: Collaboration
Communication: Communication
Community: Communauté
Comparison: Comparaison
Complaint: Plainte
Conclusion: Conclusion
Condition: Condition
Conflict: Conflit
Consequence: Conséquence
Contribution: Contribution
Culture: Culture
Decision: Décision
Definition: Définition
Degree: Diplôme / Degré
Development: Développement
Difference: Différence
Disadvantage: Inconvénient
Disaster: Désastre
Discovery: Découverte
Discrimination: Discrimination
Diversity: Diversité
Dream: Rêve
Drought: Sécheresse
Duty: Devoir
Education: Éducation
Effect: Effet
Effort: Effort
Emigration: Émigration
Emotion: Émotion
Employment: Emploi
Environment: Environnement
Equality: Égalité
Evidence: Preuve
Example: Exemple
Exercise: Exercice
Expectation: Attente
Experience: Expérience
Expert: Expert
Explanation: Explication
Expression: Expression
Failure: Échec
Faith: Foi
Family: Famille
Feeling: Sentiment
Freedom: Liberté
Friendship: Amitié
Future: Avenir
Gap: Écart / Fossé
Goal: But
Government: Gouvernement
Growth: Croissance
Habit: Habitude
Health: Santé
History: Histoire
Hope: Espoir
Human rights: Droits de l'homme
Humor: Humour
Identity: Identité
Illiteracy: Analphabétisme
Immigration: Immigration
Impact: Impact
Importance: Importance
Improvement: Amélioration
Independence: Indépendance
Individual: Individu
Industry: Industrie
Information: Information
Integration: Intégration
Intelligence: Intelligence
Interest: Intérêt
International: International
Investment: Investissement
Issue: Problème / Question
Job: Travail
Journal: Journal
Knowledge: Connaissance
Labor: Travail / Main-d'œuvre
Language: Langue
Law: Loi
Leader: Chef / Dirigeant
Leisure: Loisir
Life: Vie
Limit: Limite
Media: Médias
Meeting: Réunion
Member: Membre
Memory: Mémoire
Migration: Migration
Minority: Minorité
Modern: Moderne
Nature: Nature
News: Nouvelles
Opportunity: Opportunité
Organization: Organisation
Ownership: Propriété
Partnership: Partenariat
Peace: Paix
People: Peuple / Gens
Policy: Politique
Politics: Politique (science)
Pollution: Pollution
Poverty: Pauvreté
Power: Pouvoir
Pressure: Pression
Principle: Principe
Problem: Problème
Process: Processus
Product: Produit
Profit: Profit
Progress: Progrès
Project: Projet
Property: Propriété
Prosperity: Prospérité
Protection: Protection
Quality: Qualité
Race: Race
Racism: Racisme
Relationship: Relation
Religion: Religion
Research: Recherche
Resilience: Résilience
Resource: Ressource
Responsibility: Responsabilité
Result: Résultat
Right: Droit
Risk: Risque
Role: Rôle
Rule: Règle
Safety: Sécurité
Scholar: Érudit
Science: Science
Sector: Secteur
Sense: Sens
Service: Service
Situation: Situation
Skill: Compétence
Society: Société
Solution: Solution
State: État
Status: Statut
Stereotype: Stéréotype
Strength: Force
Stress: Stress
Success: Succès
Summary: Résumé
Sustainability: Durabilité
System: Système
Talent: Talent
Task: Tâche
Technology: Technologie
Terrorism: Terrorisme
Theory: Théorie
Thought: Pensée
Time: Temps
Tool: Outil
Topic: Sujet
Tradition: Tradition
Translation: Traduction
Trend: Tendance
Truth: Vérité
Understanding: Compréhension
University: Université
Urbanization: Urbanisation
Utility: Utilité
Value: Valeur
View: Vue / Avis
Violence: Violence
Virtue: Vertu
Vision: Vision
Volunteer: Bénévole
War: Guerre
Wealth: Richesse
Wisdom: Sagesse
Work: Travail
World: Monde
Youth: Jeunesse

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