{"id":"lang-french-phone-reschedule-script","audience":"office","category":"language-learning","technique":"context","track":"study","title":"Script a French phone call to reschedule an appointment","free":false,"task":"You work for a company with a Paris office and must call a client to move a meeting. Get exactly 6 numbered lines that alternate \"Vous:\" and \"Client:\", each French line under 12 words with the English in parentheses, using the vous form throughout. Under 160 words, plain text. Use the new date and time your manager just gave you: Thursday, June 12 at 3 p.m.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"CALL NOTES (Laura Simmons, account coordinator)\n\nClient: M. Bernard Leclerc, Optique Leclerc (Paris)\nCurrent meeting: Tuesday, June 10, 10 a.m., at their office\nReason to move it: our director's flight was changed, she lands Tuesday afternoon\n\nNew time: Wednesday, June 11 at 2 p.m.?? -> waiting on my manager to confirm\n\nMy French: about A2/B1. Formal phone French makes me nervous.\nPhrases I know: Bonjour Monsieur, je vous appelle de la part de..., est-ce que ... vous convient ?, je suis désolée, merci beaucoup, au revoir\n\nM. Leclerc speaks a little English but prefers French.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"maxWords","max":160},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the confirmed time","why":"The AI only knows your notes, where the new time is still a guess.","fix":"Add: \"The new time is Thursday, June 12 at 3 p.m.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Getting a phrase list","why":"Ask for help with a call and the AI lists phrases, not a conversation you can rehearse.","fix":"Ask for a script: \"6 numbered lines alternating Vous: and Client:.\"","checks":["numberedItems","r1"]},{"title":"No English to check","why":"The AI writes only French, so you can't tell if you're saying the right thing.","fix":"Add: \"English in parentheses after each line.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not setting formality","why":"A role-play script may slip into tu forms, which is rude with a client.","fix":"Add: \"Use vous throughout.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each French line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it's going","why":"AI adds bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your call notes.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the new time","patterns":["june 12","thursday","3 ?p\\.?m","15 ?h"]},{"label":"Asks for a script","patterns":["script","dialogue","role.?play","lines"]},{"label":"Asks for English","patterns":["english","translation","parenthes"]},{"label":"Asks for vous","patterns":["\\bvous\\b","formal"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"A rehearsable script with the confirmed details beats a phrase list. Give the AI the new time, the line shape, the formality, and ask for English.","rubricLabels":["The new time offered is Thursday, June 12 at 3 p.m. (jeudi 12 juin à 15 h or similar), not Wednesday, June 11","Lines alternate 'Vous:' and 'Client:', and each French line is followed by its English meaning in parentheses","Laura uses the vous form with M. Leclerc throughout (no tu, te or ton)"]}