Rendre compte d’un document à l’oral

Rendre compte d’un document à l’oral

1. Introduce the document

Mentionnez la nature du document :

• A text : an article from ( a newspaper/ a magazine)/ part of an article( entitled…), (written by…)
• A visual (peut par exemple illustrer un article)

A magazine cover/ a graph/ a (fashion/ sports…) photograph= a picture

An advertisement= an advert= an ad

A (pie-) chart (un camembert) / a diagram…

• a video or recording :

This document is a recording taken from…

This document is taken from a news bulletin which was broadcast on a TV channel (si possible, donnez le nom: CBS/BBC/ VOA (Voice Of America)

This document is a report taken from a news program broadcast on … (date)

This document is an interview with…

Mentionnez l’origine:

This document is taken FROM…./ was published in…./ comes from….

This is an article from…..

Mentionnez la date lorsqu’elle apparaît:

It dates back to October 2008/ the 90s(nineties)/ the last decade…

It was written in (+ year/ + month- year)/ on (+ full date. Ex: on the 9th of April 2011)

It was written….years ago.

This video was broadcast/ aired/ shown on ….

Mentionnez le sujet principal (main topic)

This document (mainly) deals with…./ it is( mainly) about….

This article reports on…./ it studies…/ It analyses…/ it stresses the fact that….

The end / the beginning of the article focuses on….

The main topic which is tackled(abordé) in this article is….

In this article the reader learns about…/ we learn about…/ we are told about….

In this article the journalist describes…/ reports on…/ writes about…/ gives us information about…/ speaks about…/ lets us know about…

The journalist raises the issue of…/ the question of…/ presents.../ develops the idea that…

1. To rephrase/ give further information

The journalist shows…

Analyse/ comment on/ point out (=faire remarquer)

Mention/ reveal/ suggest/ compare….with/ present

insist on/ emphasize the fact that…/ highlight/ focus our attention on/ underline

He explains (+ N(ex: the situation)/ that…/ why…./ how….

He attracts our attention to….

The sentence implies…/ it means that….

If you want to quote the text:

According to the journalist…/ as the writer puts it, ../ as shown (by the author) on line…

As we can read on line…./ in the first/second/third/fourth/ fifth…paragraph

1. To make a clear and well-structured commentary:

-First/ to start with/ to begin with/ first of all…

-Then/ after that/ after comparing….

-Finally= eventually / to finish with/ to conclude..

The article can easily be divided into X parts

The events (which are) reported on/ occurred/ happened last year/ in 2014…

Pour se situer dans le document:

At the beginning of…

in the middle of…

in the first/second/third/fourth/ fifth…paragraph

 towards the end of…

Pour organizer l’argumentation/ 2 points de vue…:

On the one hand…on the other hand..(d’une part…d’autre part)

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