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PICTURES, PHOTOS
identifier, décrire, analyser, interpréter, donner son opinion
Describing a picture
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Décrire un document iconographique (image)
Method I-D-A- (H)-O / méthode IDA(H)O
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1/ IDENTIFY : Introducing the document
-The document is (a colour / a black and white photograph, a painting, a drawing etc.)
It’s …. (c’est)
- It is taken from …
OR it comes from …
OR it is from … (il est extrait de)
-It was published/ written on/in ……(il est paru/il a été publié)
=>>IN + année, mois
ex : in 2011, in June, in June 2011
=>>ON + date précise
Ex : on the fourth of April (2011)
- The title is … (le titre est)
OR it is entitled … (intitulé)
- The main topic is …(le sujet principal est)
OR it deals with …
OR the document is about …
OR it portrays…
It refers to …
2/ DESCRIBE: Describing the document
-Where?
Prepositions
The scene takes place …
The scene is set … (la scène se déroule…)
The photo was taken before, during, after, in …
-When?
-Who are the people portrayed?
=>>Talk about their age,physical appearance, the expression on their faces, their posture, their clothes, their feelings (they look/ they seem (ils semblent )…
=>>Talk about the things which surround them etc.
(In the picture) I can see…
The picture shows (montre)
There is + sg (il y a + singulier)
There are + pl (il y a + pluriel)
-What are the characters doing?
Utiliser le present BE+ING
-Why?
Because /since … parce que
3/ ANALYSE : Interpreting the document
-Maybe/ perhaps … peut être
-It must be … cela doit être
-Symbolize ,emphasize/ highlight /ai/ (mettre en valeur)
-Positive and negative aspects
-Advantages, drawbacks (inconvénients) etc.
4/ OPINION: Giving your opinion
In my opinion, to me, to my mind, from my point of view, … ( à mon avis)
I think….
I like the photo because…
I don’t like the document because…
I agree with … (je suis d’accord avec)
I don’t agree with/I disagree with… ( je ne suis pas d’accord avec)
For example …, e. g. (example given)
In a word, in short, … ( en bref)
To conclude, … (en conclusion)
5/ USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
=>>>A photograph, a front cover, a back cover …
A title, a subtitle, a caption (une légende)
A photographer, an artist, a reporter/ a journalist …
To start with/ first, (tout d’abord)… to continue…
First… second… third… finally…
On the one hand, … (d’une part)
On the other hand, … (d’autre part)
What’s more/ moreover: de plus, en outre
So that, in order to: afin de …
So: donc
In the background: au premier plan
In the foreground: à l’arrière plan
In the middle: au milieu, au centre
On the right: à droite
On the left: à gauche
At the top: en haut
At the bottom: en bas
6/ REMEMBER!
• Talk in sentences – don’t produce lists of items you can see
• Organize your description – don’t describe the same thing more than once
• Start with a general idea of the subject of the picture before going into details
• Give reasons (related to the picture) for your ideas
• Talk about the situation as well as the physical things you can see in the picture.
• Give some personal reaction to the picture
Method I-D-A- (H)-O / méthode IDA(H)O
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1/ IDENTIFY : Introducing the document
-The document is (a colour / a black and white photograph, a painting, a drawing etc.)
It’s …. (c’est)
- It is taken from …
OR it comes from …
OR it is from … (il est extrait de)
-It was published/ written on/in ……(il est paru/il a été publié)
=>>IN + année, mois
ex : in 2011, in June, in June 2011
=>>ON + date précise
Ex : on the fourth of April (2011)
- The title is … (le titre est)
OR it is entitled … (intitulé)
- The main topic is …(le sujet principal est)
OR it deals with …
OR the document is about …
OR it portrays…
It refers to …
2/ DESCRIBE: Describing the document
-Where?
Prepositions
The scene takes place …
The scene is set … (la scène se déroule…)
The photo was taken before, during, after, in …
-When?
-Who are the people portrayed?
=>>Talk about their age,physical appearance, the expression on their faces, their posture, their clothes, their feelings (they look/ they seem (ils semblent )…
=>>Talk about the things which surround them etc.
(In the picture) I can see…
The picture shows (montre)
There is + sg (il y a + singulier)
There are + pl (il y a + pluriel)
-What are the characters doing?
Utiliser le present BE+ING
-Why?
Because /since … parce que
3/ ANALYSE : Interpreting the document
-Maybe/ perhaps … peut être
-It must be … cela doit être
-Symbolize ,emphasize/ highlight /ai/ (mettre en valeur)
-Positive and negative aspects
-Advantages, drawbacks (inconvénients) etc.
4/ OPINION: Giving your opinion
In my opinion, to me, to my mind, from my point of view, … ( à mon avis)
I think….
I like the photo because…
I don’t like the document because…
I agree with … (je suis d’accord avec)
I don’t agree with/I disagree with… ( je ne suis pas d’accord avec)
For example …, e. g. (example given)
In a word, in short, … ( en bref)
To conclude, … (en conclusion)
5/ USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
=>>>A photograph, a front cover, a back cover …
A title, a subtitle, a caption (une légende)
A photographer, an artist, a reporter/ a journalist …
To start with/ first, (tout d’abord)… to continue…
First… second… third… finally…
On the one hand, … (d’une part)
On the other hand, … (d’autre part)
What’s more/ moreover: de plus, en outre
So that, in order to: afin de …
So: donc
In the background: au premier plan
In the foreground: à l’arrière plan
In the middle: au milieu, au centre
On the right: à droite
On the left: à gauche
At the top: en haut
At the bottom: en bas
6/ REMEMBER!
• Talk in sentences – don’t produce lists of items you can see
• Organize your description – don’t describe the same thing more than once
• Start with a general idea of the subject of the picture before going into details
• Give reasons (related to the picture) for your ideas
• Talk about the situation as well as the physical things you can see in the picture.
• Give some personal reaction to the picture