ensemble verbal

02:52 Oct 10, 2019 

Everybody's thoughts on this have been very helpful. You have all helped me see the issue from many different angles.

00:12 Oct 10, 2019 

is that in order to remember a word, the child must see the object the word signifies, or an image (picture, drawing, etc.) of the object, or the word must be used in a word group (sentence, phrase) - the linguistic context - that makes the meaning of the word clear.

13:53 Oct 9, 2019 

I agree with cchat and Elizabeth, thanks for the clarification.

08:53 Oct 9, 2019 

I completely agree with your assessment cchat. "Verbal" doesn't always refer to actual verbs but I think in this case it does.

05:50 Oct 9, 2019 

As "it" apparently refers to a noun (the designated object, or a picture of it), I think that the "ensemble verbal" means a set including a verb, i.e. a sentence.
French Instructions Officielles tend to prefer complicated terms. The question is whether the translator should follow that preference or simplify in translation.

00:51 Oct 9, 2019 

Could you use "linguistic" instead of "verbal"? Then you would have the term "linguistic system". (I am not sure enough of this to submit as an answer, just a hunch).

22:47 Oct 8, 2019 

To Wolf: this method works not only for young students, but for beginners in general, since teachers are supposed to only speak in the foreign language in class.

22:46 Oct 8, 2019 

Yes, the instructions are for teaching of languages to children in the primary and secondary school system.

22:45 Oct 8, 2019 

Ok, so my interpretation was correct. Sentence would work well I think, but on second thought, predicate would sound way too technical for this text which seems more literary. Laura's proposition is great too.

22:43 Oct 8, 2019 

Could you just say "with other (related) words"? Or "as part of a collocation"?

Is the text referring to French teachers teaching a foreign language to French pupils of a young age?

22:22 Oct 8, 2019 

Here is the preceding sentence, so the reference you request is "le mot."
Le mot ne sera donc jamais présenté ni appris isolément, accouplé à l’un de ses équivalents français.

[My translation: Therefore, a word will never be presented or learned in isolation, paired with one of its French equivalents.]

I hope this helps.

22:21 Oct 8, 2019 

how about : verbalized/using words in such a way that makes clear......

22:12 Oct 8, 2019 

English is not my native language, so these are just ideas here, and to be surer I would need to know what "l'" refers to in the first sentence.
But my guess would be something like: sentence or predicate. I understand it as: associate (a word??) with either the object it refers to or to a more or less fixed expression referring to an action that would help the student infer the meaning and/or fix the whole verbal construction into their memory. The more I write the more it sounds like a wild guess though! :D