This key facts covers Key vocabulary at a glance within Education and work for GCSE French. Revise Education and work in Theme 1: People and Lifestyle for GCSE French with 15 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 3 of 4 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
📌 Key vocabulary at a glance
- Je suis fort(e) en / nul(le) en — good/bad at a subject: remember gender agreement with the speaker
- l'histoire-géo — feminine noun (l'histoire): je la trouve intéressante
- les maths — feminine plural: je les trouve difficiles
- médecin — invariable: same form for male and female doctors (in formal usage)
- professeure — the feminised form is now standard in AQA materials; know both forms
- un apprentissage — an apprenticeship; more common in French education talk than in English equivalent
- le brevet — taken at 15 in France; NOT the same as GCSEs but often used as a comparison point in AQA listening/reading texts
Practice questions for Education and work
What does 'le collège' mean in English?
A French student says: 'Je fais un stage cette semaine.' What are they doing?
Quick recall flashcards
le stage
work experience / internship — FALSE FRIEND: not 'stage' in English!
le collège
secondary school (ages 11-15) — FALSE FRIEND: not 'college' in English!