Lesson 3: Nuanced Opinions and Decision-Making at Work and in the News – Subjunctive and Conditional
A focus on expressing doubt, condition, and polite suggestions in professional and news contexts using the subjunctive and conditional moods, with an emphasis on idioms and meeting language.
About this lesson
In this lesson, you will sharpen your ability to express nuanced opinions in work meetings and when discussing current events. We will practise the subjunctive for necessity, doubt, and evaluation, as well as the conditional for hypotheses and polite formulations. You will also expand your vocabulary with widely used phrases and idioms from the professional world, so you can sound confident and natural.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use the subjunctive after expressions of necessity, doubt, and evaluation (il est essentiel que, il se peut que, bien que).
- Formulate conditions and hypotheses using à condition que and au cas où + conditional.
- Soften opinions and suggestions politely through the conditional (je proposerais…, je vous saurais gré de…).
- Use professional collocations and idioms (faire le point, mettre de l'eau dans son vin, prendre du recul) in meeting and news contexts.
- Summarise information from news sources and express well-argued, nuanced positions.