Rendre compte d’un document à l’oral

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Pour ajouter des propos:

Moreover/ besides/ furthermore

In fact= actually

Pour expliquer:

Indeed (en effet)

Pour exprimer la consequence:

That’s why/ as a consequence/ therefore

Pour exprimer la cause:

Because/ since/ as

Pour exprimer la concession :

Although(Bien que )/ even if (même si)/ however(cependant )/ and yet(et pourtant)/ nonetheless / nevertheless(néanmoins)

Pour exprimer le contraste:

Contrary to = unlike

Whereas/ while…

Pour exprimer des généralités:

Most of the time/ in most cases/ it’s generally thought …/ on the whole (= dans l’ensemble)/ generally speaking

- Express the journalist’s point of view

He argues in favour of ≠ against

He sides with…

He approves of ≠ disapproves of

He criticizes…/ denounces….

He is prejudiced( against) (a des préjugés)

He is rather objective

He is optimistic ≠ pessimistic (about)

He seems to be dissatisfied with…

The author is really convincing/ serious/ critical/ ironical…when writing/ explaining that…

- Express your opinion

- In my opinion/ in my view/ as for me/ to my mind…I would say that…

As far as I’m concerned… (en ce qui me concerne…)

- What is surprising/ striking (frappant)is the fact that…

What I find interesting is the fact that ….(or) the way …

It is ( quite / rather/ very) + adj

This document is both (à la fois) + adj and +adj

(ex: funny- strange- shocking- interesting- fascinating- positive- negative- optimistic…)

- I agree ≠ disagree with…/ I approve of ≠ (strongly) disapprove of

It seems to me that…

I can’t help thinking that… (je ne peux pas m’empêcher de penser que..)

I feel ill-at-ease/ embarrassed when I read about…./ this makes me feel uneasy

It’s a difficult problem to solve

The fact that….must be taken into account OR we must take into account the fact that…

- Conclusion + branching out

- To conclude/ as a conclusion

- Branching out:

It makes me think of + N / that…/ this document reminds me of/ that (me rapelle+ N)

This topic can be linked to …/ this document has a lot in common with…

It corresponds to …/ The same topic was tackled in(abordé dans) …

I can make a comparison between …and …

I’d like to mention/ to add something else

Most of the time/ in most cases/ it’s generally thought …/ on the whole (= dans l’ensemble)/ generally speaking

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