School & Education

INTENSE FRENCH A1 : School & Education

Everything you need to survive French classroom life: school vocabulary, subjects, questions, and student phrases.

🎓 School • 📚 Subjects • 📝 Exams • 👩‍🏫 Teacher Talk
🎧 Audio 🎬 Video 📄 PDF 📝 Test
🏫 School Vocabulary (Must Know)
These are the words you hear every day in school.
FrenchPronunciationEnglish
l’école (f)lay-kolschool
la classela klasclass / classroom
le professeurluh pro-fes-surteacher
le prof (informal)luh profteacher (short)
l’élève (m/f)lay-levstudent / pupil
un étudiantuhn ay-too-dyanstudent (university)
le coursluh koorlesson / class
les devoirslay duh-vwarhomework
l’examen (m)leks-a-menexam
le testluh testtest
la notela notgrade / mark
le cahierluh ka-yaynotebook
le livreluh leevrbook
le styloluh stee-lopen
le crayonluh cray-yonpencil
la gommela gomeraser
la règlela reglruler
le tableauluh ta-blohboard (blackboard)
la chaisela shezchair
la tablela tabltable / desk
la salle de classela sal duh klasclassroom
🧠 DRILL: Repeat 5 times FAST:
🇫🇷 l’école, la classe, le professeur, l’élève, le cours, les devoirs, l’examen, la note, le cahier, le stylo
📚 School Subjects (What do you study?)
These subjects are very common in A1 conversations.
FrenchPronunciationEnglish
les mathslay matsmath
le françaisluh fron-sayFrench
l’anglaislon-glayEnglish
l’histoirelee-stwarhistory
la géographiela zhay-oh-gra-feegeography
les scienceslay see-yonssscience
la biologiela bee-oh-lo-zheebiology
la chimiela shee-meechemistry
la physiquela fee-zeekphysics
l’informatiquelan-for-ma-teekcomputer studies / IT
l’éducation physique (EPS)lay-doo-ka-syon fee-zeekPE / sports
la musiquela mew-zeekmusic
l’artlarart
Example Sentences:

🇫🇷 J’étudie les maths.
🇬🇧 I study math.

🇫🇷 Mon cours préféré, c’est le français.
🇬🇧 My favorite class is French.

🇫🇷 J’ai un cours de géographie aujourd’hui.
🇬🇧 I have a geography class today.
🗣️ Classroom Commands (Teacher Talk)
Your teacher will say these. You must understand instantly.
FrenchPronunciationEnglish
Écoutez !ay-koo-tayListen!
Répétez !ray-pay-tayRepeat!
Ouvrez le livre.oo-vray luh leevrOpen the book.
Fermez le livre.fair-may luh leevrClose the book.
Écrivez.ay-kree-vayWrite.
Lisez.lee-zayRead.
Levez la main.luh-vay la manRaise your hand.
Asseyez-vous.ah-say-yay vooSit down.
Levez-vous.luh-vay vooStand up.
Travaillez en groupe.tra-vai-yay on groopWork in a group.
Silence !see-lonsSilence!
🧠 DRILL: Read aloud like a teacher (5 times):
🇫🇷 Écoutez ! Répétez ! Ouvrez le livre ! Écrivez ! Lisez ! Silence !
❓ Student Questions (Survival Questions)
If you can say these, you can survive school in French.
FrenchPronunciationEnglish
Je ne comprends pas.zhuh nuh kom-pron paI don’t understand.
Je comprends.zhuh kom-pronI understand.
Vous pouvez répéter ?voo poo-vay ray-pay-tayCan you repeat?
Comment on dit… en français ?ko-mon on dee on fron-sayHow do you say… in French?
Quelle page ?kel pazhWhich page?
Je peux aller aux toilettes ?zhuh puh ah-lay oh twa-letCan I go to the toilet?
J’ai une question.zhay ewn kes-tyonI have a question.
C’est facile / difficile.say fa-seel / dee-fee-seelIt’s easy / difficult.
Mini Dialog:

👩‍🏫 🇫🇷 Ouvrez le livre.
👨‍🎓 🇫🇷 Quelle page ?
👩‍🏫 🇫🇷 Page 10.
👨‍🎓 🇫🇷 Merci ! Je comprends.

🇬🇧 Teacher: Open the book.
🇬🇧 Student: Which page?
🇬🇧 Teacher: Page 10.
🇬🇧 Student: Thanks! I understand.
🔥 25 Forced School & Education Words
l’école, la classe, le professeur, le prof, l’élève, l’étudiant, le cours, les devoirs, l’examen, le test, la note, le cahier, le livre, le stylo, le crayon, la gomme, la règle, le tableau, la chaise, la table, la salle de classe, les maths, le français, l’anglais, les sciences
😈 RULE: If you cannot recall all 25, rewrite them and read them aloud 10 times.
📝 BRUTAL TEST (WITH ANSWERS)
Score must be 20/20. Anything less = redo tomorrow.
  1. Translate to French: school → ________
  2. Translate to French: classroom → ________
  3. Translate to French: teacher → ________
  4. Translate to French: student → ________
  5. Translate to French: homework → ________
  6. Translate to French: exam → ________
  7. Translate to French: grade → ________
  8. Translate to French: book → ________
  9. Translate to French: pen → ________
  10. Translate to French: pencil → ________
  11. Translate to French: math → ________
  12. Translate to French: English (subject) → ________
  13. Translate to French: Listen! → ________
  14. Translate to French: Repeat! → ________
  15. Translate to French: Open the book. → ________
  16. Translate to French: Write. → ________
  17. Translate to English: Je ne comprends pas. → ________
  18. Translate to English: Quelle page ? → ________
  19. Translate to French: Can I go to the toilet? → ________
  20. Translate to French: How do you say… in French? → ________
✅ ANSWER KEY:

1) l’école
2) la classe
3) le professeur
4) l’élève
5) les devoirs
6) l’examen
7) la note
8) le livre
9) le stylo
10) le crayon
11) les maths
12) l’anglais
13) Écoutez !
14) Répétez !
15) Ouvrez le livre.
16) Écrivez.
17) I don’t understand.
18) Which page?
19) Je peux aller aux toilettes ?
20) Comment on dit… en français ?
😈 FINAL RULE: Rewrite wrong answers 10 times + redo test aloud.