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Secondary Edexcel 17th MAY SPANISH GCSE EXAM

Jen96 — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:06:50 GMT

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Originally Posted by OrangeSmartie

Did anyone else hear 'pasado mañana' in the trip question? Thought it couldn't be possible to be planning to go away 'last tomorrow' or 'last morning' ??

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It means the day after tomorrow :)

Sixth form When to use 'Elle' and when to use 'Ce' + reflexive help

Mouchetic — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:34:49 GMT

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Originally Posted by FatboyGinger

Also I'm never quite sure when to use cela and when to use ce, can you help?
Also not quite sure on the difference between Ca and Ce

Ce is always used in front of a name.
For instance :
- Ce chien est petit.
- Je n'ai pas mangé ce bout de gâteau.

While cela (that) is used alone as a word. Also ceci (this) is used the same way. You use them to refer to something you talked about earlier.
- J'ai mangé du poulet et du riz. Cela était appétissant.
- Hier, j'ai acheté deux pains au chocolat. Cela ne m'a pas coûté cher.
- Elle m'a offert une lampe de poche, ceci m'était très utile pour mes vacances au camping.
I actually just noticed I don't need them that much. I mean orally, you can replace them by "c'est" or "ça" (c'était appétissant. Ce n'était pas cher OR Ça ne m'a pas coûté cher. C'était très utile pour mes vacances au camping)

About ça, I don't know how to explain but I can give you some example. Sometimes you can translate it by "it" as a thing OR a whole thing.
- Ça m'a semble impossible ("ça" doesn't indicate necessarily something you mentionned before but the whole thing that looks impossible - the thing you see maybe? ;) In this case you can easily replace it by "it")
- Je n'y arrive pas. Ça m'énèrve. (here "ça" is the whole sentence before)
- Ça n'a pas de prix.
- .. etc etc.

Sixth form AQA A2 French 14th June

pink pineapple — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:29:28 GMT

Couldn't find a thread for this so though I'd make one :) I anyone else doing this exam, how are you feeling about it? I'm feeling pretty nervous :S How are you preparing for it?

Other/Not applicable Entering myself for German GCSE

Octopus_Garden — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:24:34 GMT

If you want something to show to German employers, German certificates of competency in the German language would be more useful. http://german.about.com/od/gamesexer...a/gertests.htm

You could approach a school to sit GCSE German as a private candidate, but you (and they) may find it too much hassle. The present GCSE model involves two speaking Controlled Assessments, and two written Controlled Assessments. This means that you have to do coursework, but write it all out from memory under exam conditions and pretend you're not writing it out entirely from memory. Then another two exams in May or June, although they may be on the same day. Many schools and FE colleges are hesitant about accepting private candidates. This is especially the case when it involves conducting fiddly types of exam, such as orals and science practicals.

The other alternative is to actually enrol as a mature part-time student on an actual GCSE German course, in the evening or similar. This may, or may not, be an option for you in your area. The knowledge and skills gained would be transferable to the early-level German proficiency certificates.

Other/Not applicable Multilingual and Polyglot Wannabee Thread!

Octopus_Garden — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:37 GMT

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Originally Posted by Ronove

Ich glaube, du meinst 'nee' hier. (?) :)

Aber... Glückwunsch!

Wahrscheinlich. * Probablement.

*atmet tief durch*

Ich habe es noch einmal überlegt, und nun ich hoffe auf einen D!

Secondary WJEC GCSE Spanish Reading & Listening (Friday May 17th)

louisculshaw — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:02:59 GMT

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Originally Posted by blue.racoon59

Wasn't b) fridge, washing machine?
And the summer one's definitely right (an Argentinean guy in my class got that as well).

It was out of a washing machine, dish washer or an oven. Fridge wasn't an option unfortunately! (hornvo) was the oven. What did you put for the amount of people injured in the reading test? I said 5 but was not too sure because 2 died.. Ridiculous!

Sixth form Spanish and English language partners anyone?!

Ting Ya — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:01:23 GMT

Hey Everyone! >.<

I'm a 15 year old boy in London and I'm going into Sixth Form/College next year! I work quite hard and I like to study a lot but at the same time, people say I'm funny and I'm fun to be around as I'm quite a hyper person! XD :D
I've been learning Spanish and I've done really good throughout all my exams and mock exams! And, I hope to continue Spanish into A Level!! >.<

Anyone out there that is learning English and knows Spanish fluently?
We could exchange languages....I could help you with English while you help me with Spanish!? Anyone?

Secondary AQA Spanish GCSE Exam 17th May!

Ting Ya — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:07 GMT

Hey!

I did the AQA Spanish GCSE Exam on May 17th..Listening and Reading of course!
I did the higher paper!

I thought the reading was quite easy and should be an easy 'A*' but on the other hand, the listening was quite hard and I found quite a lot of unknown words that I've never ever seen before! But the listening should still be an easy 'C' or 'B' Grade!

What did everyone think of it?

Sixth form Spanish Subjunctives

tomj45 — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:12 GMT

I agree with an above poster: don't just randomly force them into your writing/speaking.

It would be better to just think about getting 2 or 3 max into an essay, it shows that you can use it without trying to look like that's the only grammatical point you actually know. It's just a nice touch if you can fit a few in rather than over-do it.

Secondary AQA GCSE Spanish - Are the grade boundaries normally low?

Ting Ya — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:53:44 GMT

Yeah, they are normally low because they are language exams and they're meant to be hard unless you study hard.

Around 23 marks is like an 'A' Grade!
Around 33 marks is like an 'A*' Grade!

^They are normally like that...
Easy peasy to get a 'C' Grade on the higher papers!

Sixth form A2 Deutsch Studenten - Kommen Sie mal rein :)

Immi27 — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:31:45 GMT

I'm doing "Der Besuch der Alten Dame" for Edexcel A2 as well, I was wondering if someone could help me with the structure of the essay. Say the question was along the lines of 'Describe a character and explain the importance of the character in the book/play/film', would you do it in 2 big, consecutive paragraphs like that (ie. describe their part in the play, and then analyse their role), or would you do 1 short point, analyse, another short point, analyse etc.? Sorry that this isn't a great explanation, but I got taught the former and yet edexcel specification seems to describe the latter!

Sixth form AQA AS Spanish essay help??

Soph1712 — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:21:15 GMT

My teacher told us a structure that works well when writing Spanish essays. If you remember this structure and practice some timed essays before the exam, then you should be fine.

1) Start with your introduction... talk about what the question is asking, and how you are going to answer it. You could invite the reader in by adding rhetorical questions or linking directly to society nowadays. It's a good point in the essay to explain the situation we are living in at the moment. There should also be a punchy opening statement to grab the reader's attention.

2) Next, the main body of the essay. Could possibly be around 4-6 paragraphs. For each paragraph (you may want to do a few paragraphs in favour of the statement, and a few paragraphs against the statement) you should state a relevant point, evidence for this point, your own personal reaction (e.g. 'me preocupa el hecho que...' or 'es una lastima que...' etc.) and finally evaluate your point and link it back to the question.

3) Finally, your conclusion. This should summarise your points, without adding any new ones. You should include: how you have answered the question, your overall opinion on the matter, and a punchy ending! Apparently, using rhetorical questions and these statements relating to our society can get you lots of marks.

Remember; you get marked on your content, vocabulary, structure and accuracy. Try to include a range of vocabulary, and make sure you practice grammar to sustain your accuracy throughout the essay.

Try not to get too worried about the exam. At the end of the day, you are trying your best with a new language and that has skill in itself. I'm sure you will do great! Is your exam 23rd May? Good luck!

Sixth form AQA Spanish Essay Section

Soph1712 — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:16:44 GMT

Sixth form WJEC French AS FN2 Tuesday 21st May

nata1ia — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:02:01 GMT

I'm sitting this too - having the same problem, unsure how to revise

Sixth form Edexcel German AS Unit 2 14/05/13

Jerome81 — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:46:48 GMT

Hello ,
I´m from Germany and when anyone need help in German, I can help. ;-)
Ich werde euch alle Fragen beantworten die ihr habt, also Fragt einfach. Leichter als von einem Deutsche könnt ihr nicht lernen :D

Secondary French AS Please!

McMedic — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:53 GMT

Hey :)

Just wondering if anyone has any advice for the written paper for OCR AS French on Tuesday?

Listening, reading and writing!

Or any useful phrases that can be slotted in to show off the language like Je ne pense pas que ce soit une mauvaise idée

Thank you!

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is anyone doing edexcel arabic as or a levels or has already done it?

-Nour- — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:14:43 GMT

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Originally Posted by rainbow321

how did you find itttt (:, i thought that was a much better paper than last year! (Y)

I dont really know, i dont know if it went well or if i completely failed it. The essay question was on the same topic as my gcse exam and i felt like i shouldnt go over the word limit incase they dont mark the rest. I would have liked to write much more if it wasnt for the word limit!

GCSE FRENCH 13th MAY EXAMS THREAD

msxo — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:43:11 GMT

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Originally Posted by phoenix ano

what was the total marks of the paper? the grade boundaries will be low

It was out of 40 marks

Sixth form L'etranger Essay - A Level

unclekevo — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:41:33 GMT

Hey, I'm doing La Symphonie Pastorale so will be of no use to you (I'm screwed for it :() but what we did for LSP is we went onto the CCEA website and went through all the past papers and noted down what questions came up each year so themes or characters that haven't been up in a long time or not at all are obviously more likely to come up

Sixth form AQA AS Unit 1 French exam 21st May 2013

VanDerSandy — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:14:10 GMT

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Originally Posted by catherine95

Okay great thanks!
Can you also use it in present tense so like 'c'est ni la nourriture ni la boisson, mais c'est l'ambiance (as in 'it is neither the food nor the drink....')?

You sure can, in fact, you can use any tense :) Beware though, the likes of the past subjunctive and such are not for the faint of heart...

The Russian Learners' Society

kgorman5 — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:36:30 GMT

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Originally Posted by Somnium

Let me recommend you one antique book, Russian Through Pictures, as it should help you to understand cases natively. You can buy it for a penny on amazon marketplace. The course which uses the same Natural Method can be found for studying French as well, - French Through Pictures.

This is great, thank you!

AQA German GCSE May 2013

SnowyGreyWolf — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:35:42 GMT

I don't really revise for German but because I want to get fluent (eventually), I often listen to German radio - there's an app called DeutscheRadio on Google Play at least, B5Aktuell of Bavaria is quite good - and read www.zeit.de. I also love history so I try to use German sources like www.dhm.de to expand my vocabulary. For GCSE, go through the vocabulary list and use the textbook, we've done it in lessons and have covered pretty much everything on the past papers we've done (:

German Learners' Society MKII

xmarilynx — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:24 GMT

Na oida, ich fange mal an, mich mit Österreichischem Deutsch vertraut zu machen. Ich finds "leiwand" aber echt schwer, quasi als ob ich eine eine ganz neue Sprache lernen müsste! Ich fühle mich ganz "deppert", da ich fast nix verstehe... Hoffentlich werden die Vorlesungen an der Uni Wien auf Hochdeutsch gehalten :p:

Any of you done an a-level in a 'less common' language?

thatitootoo — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:42:47 GMT

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Originally Posted by lilmissA

Can someone give me advice on how to teach myself french at home and for free?? Like which websites to use etc

Are you looking to obtain formal qualifications in French?

Secondary WJEC French Exams - 13/05/13

Clai — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:29:21 GMT

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Originally Posted by Dougieowner

How did everyone find it?

I thought the reading was pretty easy and I think I've done fairly well in that. I could have confused some of the names in the matching up, but I think the answers I put in the end were probably right. There was one phrase on question two, something with "porter" I was a bit unsure of, but I think I put "unloading the packages." I don't think it's right, but I tried to find something that would fit in the context because "wearing packaging" wouldn't be right.

I don't think I did as well on the listening and I think I've dropped a few marks in that, definitely on the last question, but hopefully overall I've still done well. I'm glad none of the papers were as hard as last year!

Did exactly the same with the packages bit, didn't realise porter meant to carry as well as to wear!

Grade boundaries? Personally I found the listening much harder than the reading, but going by past grade boundaries the reading is always lower than listening... 32 A* for listening and 34 A* for reading?

Japanese Society

IBzombie — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:26:21 GMT

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Originally Posted by Asami

Wow! I am Japanese and live in Fukuoka!

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Really? Wow ^^
I was in Fukuoka just last month

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La società italiana d'UKL (UKL Italian Soc)

jeh_jeh — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:59:18 GMT

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Originally Posted by 21stcenturyphantom

Hello Italian students! I'm thinking of teaching myself Italian over the summer and I was wondering if anyone could recommend any books, grammar books or anything in general that they think I might find helpful. I've been studying GCSE Spanish this year; do you think this will help or hinder me when it comes to learning Italian? I don't want to get my languages muddled up. I don't know any Italian at all right now so I am at the beginning of my language journey. Thank you! :)

Azione Grammatica! is a great resource.

AQA French A level

tomj45 — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:48:59 GMT

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Originally Posted by Emily5678

The listening, it's my weakest part

My advice for the listening part of the exam is listen to everything they have to say before writing an answer, they are often trying to trip you up.

For example, the question is "what is Jean's favourite colour" then the tape will say that his favourite colour USED to be blue but then he will BUT NOW my favourite colour is green.

As soon as you hear that keyword you instantly assume that is the answer. So just take your time and be careful. They always give you enough time to play the tapes over a few times anyways.

Good luck everyone!!

Sixth form AS French Translations

Vernish — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:42:51 GMT

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Originally Posted by tomj45

I would say that was correct, that's how I translated it.

Apart from that I would say those are all correct, I'm not sure about the first translation either but I have no alternative so I'm afraid I can't help with that!

Thanks :)

Sixth form French Unit 1 AS resit 15th January 2013

nabeelap — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:35:43 GMT

My french teacher thinks its likely that the topic of gay adoption may come up as an essay question, because it has recently been legalised in France..

Secondary German help

LauraLovesOtters — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:25:47 GMT

Thank you Trianglehate ad Genau. This really helped :)

What is Spanish A-Level like?

sa_jay — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:59:37 GMT

It's like a whole different language

Sixth form German A2 revision tips

ANONYM00SE — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:17:51 GMT

Hallo ^_^

Anyone got any tips for A2 German revision? I'm on WJEC. However, I think most exam boards are pretty much the same.
My "chosen topic" for the written paper is Die Verwandlung.
Really not sure how to revise this year.... and I need an A....
Yeah :S

Igcse cie spanish

NoMathsPlease — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:03 GMT

It's a total percentage. So if you got a D in the listening but full marks everywhere else you could get an A*. Think it's usually around 80 mark but does vary.Listening was quite hard, don't worry

2013 igcse french listening last Q answers please

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Sixth form Edexcel French AS Level Unit2

nahbois — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:51:12 GMT

Could be anything really, maybe health?

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Secondary German Word Order

Genau — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:31:42 GMT

I'd personally take what trianglehate has written and change it slightly:

Im schwedischen Dorf heisst Are, gab es ein kleines Restaurant, das 'Twins' hieß. Die Nahrung war ziemlich billig und wir gingen oft dort, weil es sehr lecker war.

:)

Edexcel Spanish Listening GCSE 2013

examphobia — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:49:47 GMT

I hope so! The exam was awful and I swear I have got a D, I thought I was going to get an A until going into that awful exam.

Secondary Gcse spanish aqa reading/listening 17 may 2013!

harrietp — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:46:14 GMT

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Originally Posted by HugeBicepLAD

I got for the most suitable holiday place
B - beach one
C - hiking one
A - city one
B - beach one

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I did too

OCR Spanish GCSE reading and listening discussion, 17th May 2013

Kolasinac138 — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:23:06 GMT

I agree haha. Spanish was like my only guaranteed A*, and I ****ed it up.

AQA French Listening and Reading

Littlemy11 — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:18:25 GMT

Hey! Do you remember any of the answers then?

Skype Language Learning Society!

horbas — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:58:43 GMT

I'm an IB student and I took German SL as one of my subjects. Is anybody here who would like to talk to me via skype (German speaking people - preferably) so that I could practise that language?
If needed, I can help you with something else.

Write a PM to me please :)

Sixth form AQA Exam

Amylina — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:49:25 GMT

Grade boundaries for January 2013 out of 110 were:
A - 89
B - 81
C - 74
D - 67
E - 60

They change every year though, as in June 2012 they were much lower than that.

Advice: practice. It sounds obvious but it's the only thing that will help. Do all the past papers you can get your hands on, and practice as many essays as possible, since it's such a big chunk of your mark. Learn vocab, if you struggle to remember it then you could perhaps memorise a few key pieces for each sub-topic? Try and get one or more subjunctives into you essay if you can, and include structures (stuff like Premierement, En outre, Ce qui me frappe le plus, Je dirais que, J'en viens a conclure que)

FRENCH LISTENING 2013 ccea

emmalav — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:59 GMT

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Originally Posted by aasvogel

Wow that is odd! I know a few people in your year then haha.

Oh really! Who all do you know ? :)

Secondary OCR German GCSE reading and listening discussion, 22nd May 2013

Thebeast97 — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:59:27 GMT

So how hard does everyone think this exam is going to be?

Learn vocab or do past papers or a mix?

Ldog99 — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:03:29 GMT

Thanks i'll do both :)

Maria Full of Grace -WJEC

freyashakey — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:54:20 GMT

Hi, I'm studying this film need info for essay, does anyone have any useful resources/ links asap?? Thanks!

Sixth form A2 French CCEA - essay predictions?

neeson — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:53:15 GMT

so far there seems to always be 1 question based on character and the other theme. Meursault is the only character with enough to write about and they've already had questions on the absence of God in his life, his reactions to the public and love, so I think it will be a more straightforward question on his relationship with a particular character(s), possibly his mother or marie!

For the theme question, possibly something on the absurdity of life or non-conformism.
I will probably choose the character Q because it's somewhat easier!

The Spanish Learners' Society!

alexgr97 — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:29:58 GMT

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Originally Posted by AquisM

No te preocupes.:) ¡Que tengas mucha suerte en tus exámenes!

Muchas gracias! Tengo que esperar hasta el 22 de agosto para los resultados.

Sixth form AQA AS French January 2013 past paper

Suky — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:17:10 GMT

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Originally Posted by peace12456

Does anyone have a copy of the past paper or can tell me what questions were asked !!

Thank you guys :)

I sat the paper in january and had my listening questions on tattoos and a french singer. My reading wasn't too difficult as it was on fitness and parents. My writing question was on dangers of fast foods

La société française de TSR...la reprise !

xmarilynx — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:29 GMT

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Originally Posted by pink pineapple

Le Russe vois tres difficile, mais je pense que depuis j'apprend le Francais, je suis devenue plus interesse en langues en general. En ce moment, j'etude le francais seulment mais l'annee prochaine, je veut apprendre l'espagnol parce qu'il est assez similaire a Francais :)

Carrément, j'ai appris quelques bases d'espagnol l'année dernière lorsque la plupart de mes collègues étaient hispanophones, et au niveau du vocabulaire ça ressemblait vachement au français.

Bonne chance pour l'apprentissage de l'espagnol, je suis sûre que la langue te plaira :)

Secondary French CIE IGCSE Good Phrases

MBT Bot — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:18:01 GMT

Sixth form Spanish help!

Hazwaz7 — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:35:18 GMT

Hello! I'm in the process of writing a farewell message for my Spanish teacher (it's my favourite subject). Below is a copy of my first draft. Would somebody be able to tell me if what I've written makes sense and if there are any improvements I could make?:

Sra. Robinson (¡no me lo acostumbraré nunca a su nuevo apellido!),

Quisiera darle muchas gracias a usted por todo lo que ha hecho por mí desde que empezó a enseñarme cuando era en el año nueve. Antes de la primera lección de español consigo, desde hacía mucho tiempo habían sido las matemáticas mis asignaturas preferidas por alguna razón — ¡Qué atroz! No obstante, ellas tuvieron que dar paso a otra cosa porque, al comenzar a estudiar español, de repente me di cuenta de que tenía verdaderas ganas de asistir a estas clases, y no lo había sentido nada así por las demás asignaturas antes. Por eso me fijé que mis sentimientos de las mates no eran positivas en realidad. Pues... ¡No cuando se los compara con los de español! Este idioma me encontraba magnífico absolutamente y sin duda aprenderlo me fascinaba de lejos más que nada.

Desde que ese momento exacto, ha sido el español mi interés principal, pasatiempo y la asignatura favorita mía. En serio paso casi todo mi tiempo libre practicándolo hasta tal punto que me dicen mi familia y mis amigos que debería dejar de repasarlo, y entonces tengo que recordárselo varias veces que no sea 'repasar' sino meramente es hacer lo que me apasiona... (¡Aunque, reconozco que quizás no siempre se aparezca mi entusiasmo durante clase!)

En cuanto a lo de acabar mis clases de español consigo en Humberston Academy, sólo pensarlo me lleva a apesadumbrarme. Sin embargo, hace unos meses no pensaba que me sentiría tan triste dado que el año que viene todavía estaré siguiendo estudiándolo, pero es cierto que no será de ninguna manera una experiencia tal increíble y inolvidable como ha sido aquí. De hecho, teniendo en cuenta la velocidad a la que se nos pasaba el curso, en retrospectiva debería haberlo apreciado cada momento como si fuera el último... No se pone la atención en el hecho de que terminará algún día.

Estoy seguro de que si no hubiera tenido la oportunidad de descubrir el idioma brillantísimo de español, probablemente aún estaría cometiendo el gran error de creer que me encantaban las mates de verdad, entonces ¡estoy agradecido al departamento de idiomas entero por salvarme de ese equivocación!... Mi vida sería muy distinto, y ¡no de buena manera!

Gracias por estar ahí siempre para mí, ayudarme en trabajar a tope de mi capacidad, y mostrarme a la asignatura que me encanta. ¡Deberían darle una medalla a usted por tener que aguantarme tanto tiempo! Finalmente, sé que voy a echarse de menos muchísimo y me aseguraré de que me pongo en contacto consigo para declararse los éxitos que tenga en el futuro.

De Harry.

Thanks in advance! :D

Secondary AQA GCSE French Exam June 2013

JoshC97 — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:23:54 GMT

My teacher got given a paper after my exam and we went through it and I got roughly 28 marks, what grade does anybody reckon that is???

Sixth form Subjunctive GERMAN help

MBT Bot — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:20:01 GMT

Secondary Looming French exams - need some advice!

MBT Bot — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:19:01 GMT

Secondary Please proofread my past-tense German paragraph for my Oral Exam!

MBT Bot — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:18:01 GMT

Sixth form Please have a look at my translation, thanks!!! (German)

xmarilynx — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:55:08 GMT

Good job on the vocab, especially considering you didn't have a dictionary :) You do need to watch your grammar though, as there are several basic errors.

Some things I noticed :

- verbs go at the end following dass : viele Leute denken dass, Wissenschaftler zu viel Macht haben / die Leute denken, dass es nicht ethisch vertretbar ist.
- conjugations : niemand weiß
- verbs should be in the second position : jedoch könnte
- plurals : die Risiken

My German's not brilliant either but I'd suggest something like :

Viele Leute meinen, dass Wissenschaftler zu viel Macht haben. Medizinforschung ist notwendig, aber niemand weiß genau, was die Risiken sind. Zum Beispiel scheint Stammzellenforschung erfolgreich zu sein. Allerdings könnte sie mit dem Klonen von Menschen verbunden. Die meisten Leute glauben, dass dies nicht ethisch vertretbar ist.

OCR French GCSE listening/reading 13/05/13

ellipsis... — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:50:44 GMT

I was thinking about 33-34 for an A* on both?

Undergraduate Second year Chinese oral

MBT Bot — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:18:01 GMT

German GCSE Vocab

Pastaferian — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:09:23 GMT

ich glaube / ich denke / ich finde = I believe / I think / I find

meiner Meinung nach = in my opinion

AQA French GCSE May 2013

charlie987 — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:30 GMT

how many questions were there on the embarrassment section?

Sixth form Edexcel A2 German or Other Language

Immi27 — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:57:55 GMT

I'm currently doing A2 German with Edexcel, but I think this also applies to French, and maybe even other languages with Edexcel. I'm slightly confused about the Unit 4 paper! For the literature part (part 'd' of the research section), what's the structure meant to be?
For example, if the question was describe a character and it's significance in the play/film/book, would you write it in 2 consecutive sections like that, or would you do 1 point about the character, analyse it immediately, then another point, analyse it, and continue like that?
Sorry this isn't the best explanation, but if anyone could help that'd be great thankyou!!

Secondary Please proofread! Russian

MBT Bot — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:19:01 GMT

Ergghh I need to improve in Spanish any tips???

ElizabethO — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:23:10 GMT

Use memrise.com

It's amazing and take one of the spanish courses, it's free as well.

Taking Chinese GCSE

Aitch_ — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:33:57 GMT

Did my IGCSE yesterday and today. Was harder than I thought. Hoping for an A. Outside chance of an A*... boundaries have been verry high in recent years. :o

I will be (ironically) in China on holiday when the grades are released.

French CIE IGCSE Reading/Directed Writing Paper 9 May 2013

paradoxicalme — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:13:27 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADGMFC

Can you post it on here?

Unofficial Mark Scheme:

1.) Sale aux t-shirts: T-Shirt (if you didn't get this one I wonder how you know how to breathe).
2.) Sandwich au jambon: Ham
3.) Don't remember what this question was
4.) Huit heures et quart: 8:15
5.) Feux interdits: Fire

6.) Il aide les personnes malades: Médecin
7.) Il joue de la musique: Musicien
8.) Il cuisine dans un restaurant: Chef
9.) Don't remember what this question was
10.) Il enseigne l'histoire: Professeur
Odd one out: Facteur (builder)

11.) La fête est au lycée
12.) C'est le dix ans du lycée
13.) Les élèves faisent des compétitions sportives
14.) Ils jouent de la musique
15.) Ils achetent des ordinateurs

16.) Simple postcard; just include 'la fête est chez nous' 'le dix juillet' 'nous danserons/allons danser'

17.) Luc est content car ses parents l'acheteront un vélo
18.) Le Club de Foot est loin de sa maison
19.) Il est étonné car ça fait des années qu'il veut avoir un vélo
20.) C'est plus rapide que d'aller à pied
21.) Ses parents pensaient que 'c'est beaucoup trop dangereux'
22.)i) Ils ne veulent pas que Luc arrête le football
22.)ii) Luc est plus âgé donc il est plus responsable
23.) Une nouvelle piste cyclable est ouverte près de chez lui
24.)i) Il va au magasin de vélo
24.)ii) Il choisira un vélo

25.) The 80-90 word question; can't really put a mark scheme for it here but it's the same as every other year I'd imagine - you need 20 ticks (20 correct verbs/adjectives/pronouns/conjunctives) plus a mark of 5/5 for accuracy to get 15/15 for this question.

26.) (Chez Angèle a reçu une note excellente au Guide Dupont) Vrai
27.) (Chez Angèle est specialisé du cuisine française) Faux; c'est specialisé aux grands cuisines du monde; chinoise, indienne, etc.
28.) (Elle a décidé d'être cuisinier à l'age de 32 ans) Faux; elle avait toujours voulu faire cette carrière et à 32 ans elle est très connu
29.) (Son père a poussé Angèle d'être cuisinier) Faux; il a poussé Angèle d'aller à l'université
30.) (Après son bac, Angèle est entrée l'université) Faux; elle est entrée à une compétition de cuisine
31.) (Après le compétition, ses parents ont encouragé sa passion) Vrai

32.)i) La chaleur; les températures sont montées jusqu'au 35 degrés
ii) Les personnes âgées
33.) À cause du manque des logements à prix réduits
34.) Vous devez mettre en contact ces deux générations
35.)i) Ils veulent avoir des logements à prix réduits
ii) Ils ont besoin d'une presence jeune chez eux
36.) Les étudiantes aident les personnes âgées à nettoyer
37.) Don't remember this question
38.) Si vous allez habiter avec une autre personne, vous devez aimer sa caractère
39.) Don't remember this question
40i) Ses conseils l'été precieux (sounds like that anyway)
ii) Estelle lui a appris l'informatique

if anyone can remember the missing qs it would be very appreciated; this was pieced together from memory :) hope it helps!

Other/Not applicable A few questions about learning arabic.

MBT Bot — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:18:01 GMT

Secondary OCR GCSE Spanish - 17/05/2013

Cynical. — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:08:24 GMT

Seeing lots of threads for other exam board's Spanish exams tomorrow, but none for OCR. Who else is doing it? (or point me in the direction of the other thread if there is one!)

Sixth form French help

pink pineapple — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:47:04 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yunggee

Haha that made me smile, partly because I wish that was true -And because I get nervous for every exam and the results aren't always so hot.

Have you done the big written+listening+essay one yet? Don't know what to do about that one

I'm re-taking my AS on Tuesday and whilst I'm nervous, I'm feeling ok. Remember specific vocab and a few useful phrases, whislt the subjuctive isn't neccessary at AS, if you have a few phrases that involve using the subjuctive (il faut que is my favourite) then don't be afraid to use them. Bonne chance!

Sixth form AQA AS German Unit 1 14/05/2013 Official Thread

Annabeltiplady — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:41:42 GMT

I found the exam quite hard but I thought the essays were okay, I did the marriage one. The cinema one really confused me !

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AQA AS-level French Revolution

MBT Bot — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:18:01 GMT

Sixth form Aqa as spanish

jazzy45 — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:39:01 GMT

I thought maybe friendships as they havent come up yet.
What came up as essays in January 2013? :)

Secondary AQA GCSE Spanish (Higher Speaking/Listening) 17/05/13

Voovist — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:21:55 GMT

Hello. I haven't done Spanish in over a year. I achieved a C overall last year, and I'm retaking the speaking and listening exams in the hope of achieving a B. My old teacher has given me a list of 100 key words to revise, and I'm confident on all of them, however, what else should I be doing as revision?

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Sixth form Rate this spanish sentence! :P

T_x — Thu, 16 May 2013 06:41:01 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blashnet

Right, first of all, I am studying AS spanish with the WJEC board!

I had my oral exam yesterday, and I wanted to know if the sentence ('Una vez, mis amigos me dijeron que se habrían drogado si hubieran estado en una fiesta') was a complex sentence?

Random question I know, I'm just curious...:o

As you've used several complex tenses (e.g. subjunctive not just in present) then I'd say it's fairly good for an AS spanish oral exam. Why do you ask? It seems a little odd.

Sixth form WJEC A2 French 14th June.

Josh94 — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:48:15 GMT

Is anyone doing the WJEC french exam on the 14th of june? I'll be doing Amelie for the writing part.
I was looking at some past questions and was wondering what you could say when comparing amelie and her day? Any ideas?

Spanish Verbs

MBT Bot — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:18:01 GMT

Sixth form French a2 RBE

Rovey — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:15:32 GMT

Hello. I'm going to write about immigration in France for the RBE section 3, talking about the impact on employment, housing etc. would that be fine? My teacher has never taught this theme so she doesn't know what exactly is being asked of me. Edexcel. Cheers.

Other/Not applicable AS German Oral Exam

Stanners95 — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:57:31 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by stargirl327

Im on AQA too, my friends who go to Fenton Sixth Form are on the welsh board :S At least it is over though now!!! Have you got any other exams coming up? I only have one English one left but that's gonna be quite difficult...

I have Spanish, Maths and I have English too. Are you on WJEC??

Tips for full marks AQA GCE french essay

sh7171 — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:43:08 GMT

How do I raise my content marks? I feel like I'm putting in lots of points and developing them but I'm getting 14s and 13s for content!

Sixth form spanish aqa january 2013 essay titles

jazzy45 — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:42:22 GMT

Does anyone know the essay titles for spanish as aqa january 2013 paper????? thanks :)

Other/Not applicable spanish to english translation

chordi — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:46:54 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by lovebomb9

hi, can someone please help me with what this means:
'te empiezo a querer y mera yo'
and te empiezo a querer y me rayo doesn't make sense right...?
thanks!

Yes, make sense "te empiezo a querer y me rayo"

Well the first part is easy, "I'm starting to love you".

The second part is a colloquial expression, "rayar" means "scratch"...

...but have another sense in colloquial language, widely used, a synonim in spanish can be "agobiar", in english maybe "overwhelm" is similar...

If you say "yo me rayo" (yourself), you say that you think too much about it with concern, you can't get it out of your head...

Otherwise, if you say "tú me rayas" o " me estas rayando" (another person"), means that you are annoying me, bothering me...

bye!

Sixth form Spanish A-Level in a year?

Octopus_Garden — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:13:25 GMT

If you do fast-track A-level Spanish, as well as Biology and Chemistry that means you're basically doing six subjects. Would you sign up for six AS-levels in one year?! Of course, if you do find it's too challenging you could just drop A2 spanish before February and only take the AS exams in May/June.

Could depend on the exam board, but generally A-level modern foreign languages are as follows:-
AS-level: one speaking exam (15 minutes), one exam paper, comprising a reading section, a listening section and a writing section
A2-level: one speaking exam (15 minutes), one exam paper (composition thereof may be variable between boards)

Sixth form EDEXCEL German AS exam thread

stebsie — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:39 GMT

Just wondering how everyone found it. Personally thought the listening was really hard but the reading was relatively easy and the essay wasn't too bad.

Secondary Ca moderation for french gcse

L'Evil Fish — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:30:06 GMT

Depends how many in your class...

Less than 20 (or 10?) = Everyone

More than that, is a sample of ten I think.

Then if it seems wrong, they either bump everyone's mark up (or drag down)

Or

Re mark the whole centre's cas

GCSE French, help?

ffaryad — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:51:13 GMT

Thanks to both of you! :)

Sixth form AQA AS Germ 1 14th May 2013

daniel1005 — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:40:45 GMT

I think it went well for me, some parts where I had to guess I was 50/50. The writing questions were okay too I did the Ehe one, question 12.

Sixth form AQA Spanish Unit 1 16/1/13 ESSAY QUESTIONS

goddard14 — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:13:42 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by George Brookbanks

HEY,

Can't remember the other three questions. But the one I chose was pretty much the advantages and disadvantages if television. Quite easy!

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YOU GO TO AMBROSE! ;)
Chilled man, I got them off Gonzalez! Cheers tho!

Sixth form Portuguese F888 A level

FabioC — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:44:01 GMT

Anyone know how much you need to get out of 160 to get a B in the As ? Help :)

WJEC A2 Spanish Maria Full of Grace

scking1187 — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:19:30 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by sophiaaaa

Is anyone also doing 'Maria Full Of Grace' for their writing in the exam, if so, what type of questions do you think they would ask?
I have done the following essays:
-the role of woman and how woman are treated badly
- the threat environment through Maria Full of grace
- whether this movie is a positive and negative one
-if maria could been seen as a criminal or a good person
Please help me!

I've just been looking for help on this myself, but there is a few you have done that I haven't! I have done the following:
- what does the film teach us about family
- is Maria a victim
- how does the use of sound affect the audience
- how does darkness foreshadow danger
- what are the two most important scenes and why
- does the film make us judge Maria

I hope some of those help you!! I'm so stressed about this exam at the moment!

Sixth form AS italian edexcel oral and writing exams

kk:) — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:31:20 GMT

Thanks

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Secondary Edexcel igcse spanish page not working

NinjaPandaa — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:09:03 GMT

Yeah exactly, I really need to delete this thread now that it's pointless

Is anyone here german???-need serious help!!!!!

dasolja123 — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:05:15 GMT

is anyone on here german or REALLY good at speaking and writing german that could help me with my german CAT(Controlled Assessment Task)

PLEASE!!!!!!!!

Sixth form AQA AS German Exam - How do I revise?

Skyscraper15 — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:38:22 GMT

How'd you guys find it?

Other/Not applicable Arabic pastpapers

MBT Bot — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:18:01 GMT

Secondary French OCR Gcse Overall Grade Boundaries help?!!?

All Wagers — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:16 GMT

Can anyone guess really what the grade boundaries are? all added up , listening writing, reading and oral, what percent will be what grade? thanks

Sixth form i need your opinions on edexcel AS level french

Infinity_4652 — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:30:25 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by amph0ra

Oh aha I take it that someone was stalking my profile?

Lol :)

Undergraduate Can someone explain hard and soft consonants and zero-vowels in Slavic languages?

MBT Bot — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:18:01 GMT

gsce course code 2005

Octopus_Garden — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:05:58 GMT

I have an old AQA GCSE German Foundation paper from 2006, which is labelled: German (specification A) 3661.

So your answer might be 3661. But I think you should double-check by looking at a site (it's called freeexampapers or something) which has past papers for years and years back.

Sixth form AQA A2 Spanish written exam 4th June 2013

Buongiorno — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:29:56 GMT

It is a bit annoying that exams for this module are only taken in June so there aren't that many past papers. I wish there were more!

German grammar thing

LLeon — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:29:28 GMT

Künstliche

Bitte

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French FN4 WJEC-Friday 14th June 2013

BaconEmperor — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:04:28 GMT

Me too!
For listening and reading it's important to learn the vocab because without this exam technique is useless.
For translation make sure not to translate literally but to try and recognize the structures that they're trying to test you on.
For the essay ensure that you revise your topic thoroughly and different sub-topics within it because you never know what the question will be on.
Remember just because we're doing WJEC doesn't mean we can't do the AQA/OCR past papers (except maybe the OCR essays) because the level is still the same meaning we're practicing the same skills.

Secondary GCSE French OCR

Khataray — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:46:29 GMT

Just wondering, for anyone who knows, do the Listening and Reading paper which are out of 40 get converted to UMS Marks? or do the just add the number you get in the exam paper to you speaking and writing grade??

WJEC French Exam

Dougieowner — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:41:41 GMT

I agree, most people I've spoken to found the reading a lot easier than the listening. I hope the boundaries are lower for listening because I know I've probably messed up with some stupid answers, definitely the last few questions. Whatever I came up with probably doesn't even make sense, but I guessed and that's better than nothing. I was also writing some stuff down as they were saying the next answer, so although I had an idea, I might not have been fully accurate with everything.

But overall I'm happy with how I've done :)

Sixth form Wjec spanish sn2 paper

Johnsmith123456 — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:30:43 GMT

Hi does anyone know what the grade boundaries on this test are

Thanks

Sixth form AQA A2 French Speaking

raxatax — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:04:37 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by BS95

Oui, je suis dans la meme enseigne!! I had pollution card A though, but heard other one wa awful! Hated un sac de billes question, examiner ase me to give examples of how I knew it was real life, after I'd said that Joffo had stated was based on his real experiences. She also asked me whether it should be translated into other European languages like Czech :/ need a B so bad, got a B at AS.. Glad this exams done tho!

Oh right I had nuclear energy! what was the pollution one on?

Sixth form German grammar thing

becky96 — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:31 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcm222

It's Kunstliche - nominative plural with no article.
Are you doing the exam tomorrow?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit...ingsrev2.shtml

The link should help you :)

Oooooo!! For some reason I thought the indefinite article rule still applied. Thank-you this will help loads. I do have the exam tomorrow yes :)

Undergraduate Essay too low on word count

rachel.h — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:26 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpaceCaptain

I'm at QMUL in my 2nd year and I recently submitted an essay worth 80% of a German module. Because of personal issues and (stupidly) constantly restructuring what I was writing, I managed to get it in on time but way under the word count (3000 words limit, 10% under would be 2700 - mine was 2300).
I was wondering if anybody (at QMUL or elsewhere) has done something similar before and what happened when you got it back? I can't stop worrying about failing the class now, because I don't know how essays under the word limit are marked (if anybody could shed some light on that too, that'd be awesome).
Thanks in advance!

At my university, you lose 1% for every 100 words you are over or under the word limit. So if an essay had to be 3000 words, then you have to write between 2900-3100. I don't think you will fail the class but you will be penalised.

The Portuguese Learners' Society!

jamesdee — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:05:34 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesilvermagnolia

I'm just starting to learn Portuguese (Brazil) and I thought it would be great to be able to chat with other learners, beginners or advanced, European Portuguese or Brazilian Portuguese :)

Anyone else up for it? :)

Hey

I am doing the same. I have got my Brazilian friend to help me with a website which may help www.ulear.co.uk (although it is pretty rubbish at the moment).

Secondary I wanna learn spanish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sunfowers01 — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:23:21 GMT

Try coffee break spanish podcasts

Secondary Gcse summer 2008 listening french edexcel grade boundaries

MBT Bot — Mon, 13 May 2013 06:19:01 GMT

Sixth form AS AQA French - Oral AND Written Exam

clsinger — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:57:39 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smarticus

Could you give me some advice? I'm in year 12 doing French

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

Hi!
Yeah sure :) i do AQA french and my main advice is to try and do as many past papers as possible! They've helped me feel more confident with what the questions will be like, for me I was always worried about the listening part :) Also go on the aqa French a level website as they have exemplar material such as old writing answers which scored well are on there and they're good to look at if you're a bit worried about the writing part :)
Hope that helps a bit! :)

WJEC FN4 French Written Exam - 17th June 2011

Varsh05 — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:13:34 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemonyspongecakeII

Hey guys, couldn't find a thread specifically for this exam so I thought I'd start one.

If anyone has tips on translation, listening, reading or the essay, or you maybe just want to talk about the exam, please post here!

Here's the spec for anyone who hasn't read it yet: http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/4183.pdf

And the last two examiner reports which are always good to look at:
http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/13209.pdf
http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/11323.pdf

Oh and this general grammar site that's pretty good: http://www.bescherelle.com/

:)

Sorry to revive your thread lol! But doing this exam in June the 14th,this year and I need help on what to revise,and techniques etc.
I am a French native speaker (from Mauritius) but I just don't know what to revise!
Do you know where I can find really old past papers,like 2004-ish??
Got 197/200 last year,really aiming for that A* and I NEED to get it!
Any advice you could give me? :H
Cheers

Sixth form GERMAN AQA A2 Culture Essay

Member731 — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:23:51 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Purple Giraffe

You can actually study one of a few different things, such as a book, film, a region, an artist or history. It seems a lot of people choose a book, drama or a film, which I would definitely recommend. You get given a long list of questions, but you only choose one to answer. Have you had a look at the past papers? They're all on this website (except for the Summer 2012 one); the essay questions are on the insert like this one. They're often to do with themes, characters, plot, main events, significance etc. You will need to have a think about what your main ideas will be, as you get a lot more marks for content than for language skills and so need to be making relevant and varied points.

I studied Good Bye, Lenin! and Andorra, but some people do Das Leben der Anderen, and other plays and films (sorry, brain is too tired to think at the moment). Basically, past papers are your best bet to see what the questions are like, as they don't vary much from year to year. Remember in your speaking exam you will be questioned on similar things, so just have some ideas ready :)

I did goodbye lenin too! But the questions usually ask for the works of the director rather than the film itself. I'm a little confused about that.

Undergraduate Superlative Adjectives

paul_blakeman — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:02:45 GMT

You can say 'j'ai la famille la plus gentille dans le monde'?

For this sort of question, go to wordreference and post there. Many French natives can help you.

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Other/Not applicable Learning foreign languages: Will it become useless in the future?

paul_blakeman — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:59:53 GMT

I think technology being this advanced is a long way away in the future. To be able to speak a language is one thing, in the sense of communication, but to speak it fluently or to the level of a native, that is something else. As anybody who knows a language to even a basic-intermediate level, tools such as google translate, which are fantastic, make the most basic of errors. Beyond this, the speech recognition technology that is required is even less advanced than this.

Also, try and think about what a language gives you apart from a professional advantage. Learning a language is beneficial for the brain and doing so gives you a chance to access a new culture. There are even people who argue that the brains thoughts are limited and dictated by language, so you can literally free your mind.

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Exam Stress

Ray.Inspiration — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:30:06 GMT

I know this maybe very late but for last preparations do you/anyone know where i could find a vocabulary booklet for both the exams. Thanks

Sixth form AQA A2 Spanish Speaking

George Brookbanks — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:27:21 GMT

Yo. Have you done it yet? Pretty sure the questions are quite general, you might get the odd specific one like 'do you like the ending?'. Apart from that its mainly about themes explored and the personalities of different characters. Possibly a bit about symbolisms and magical realism.
Buena Suerte!

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Sixth form Technical hitch with my A2 French oral exam (AQA) today...

toomsaa01 — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:09:27 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by little.phoenix

This is kind of like what happened to me. I did my speaking exam on friday, I thought it went really well, but I got a phone call 3 hours later saying it didn't record the last 5 minutes :mad:

My teacher's phoning the exam board on but he says it's most likely that I'll have to do the whole thing again on Monday. Cry :'(

Omg, you're joking?! As if! Wow, I definitely feel for you :( Hopefully with the weekend, you may improve with more revision + you may even get a better stimulus card? Good luck with it all, hope everything turns out for the best :)

Other/Not applicable Best textbooks to learn Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean from scratch?

sumo73 — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:52:57 GMT

I can't give you advice on either Korean or Mandarin Chinese but I can tell you about Japanese. I've used Japanese for Busy People I+II, Minna no Nihongo and Genki I books before.

Personally I would have a look at Japanese for Busy People I, which seems to be reasonable priced and has a CD included. Get the 'romanised' version if you are just interested in learning the language without learning too much about the writing system. Get the 'kana' version if you want to push yourself a bit with Japanese reading and writing.

Sixth form AS French AQA - oral and written exam

Kureiji_Riji — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:47:55 GMT

Urgh my speaking is on tuesday! I can't i can't i can't nope nope. So much stress and so much tiredness. Yeah same, we've been doing reading/listening/writing papers, but never got to the actual essay bits and normally did them at home. Whenever we do a timed essay on the spot i get like C/Bs, my accuracy is always so terrible D: But, i think for the essay, shove as much content in as possible because that's the highest mark (out of 20!) so if your accuracy and stuff is crappy it shouldn't matter too much, that's what happens with me anyway :3
Basically i'm nervous for everything french and exam related.

French IGCSE CIE help?

Navo D. — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:44:20 GMT

Well continuous writing and listening comprehension are tomorrow, and the latter can't really be prepared for v_v. I don't think it's wise to predict topics for the essays, just learn some useful, advanced vocabulary and polish up your grammar, which is where I usually lose marks. Does anyone have a list of words/phrases that could aid in the essay?

Gcse french exam tomorrow!

JF2013 — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:08:06 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by katebeckett

AQA

Oh ok, if it was wjec I was gonna say thy have the 2012 exams from summer and the mark scheme

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Secondary IGCSE French writing help

zabriski — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:58:25 GMT

vêtement is a masculine word --> le dernier vêtement que j’ai acheté.

Je portais ma nouvelle robe

Je m’habillerai la plus à la mode du monde--> je serai la fille la plus à la mode !

Standard Chinese Learners Society

seyrose — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:38:39 GMT

我的中文不太好，我去� �开始学习汉语。

Secondary Help please!

Audrey... — Sat, 11 May 2013 15:50:33 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by park1996

Can someone please translate this sentence. I'm having real difficulty with it!

"Souvent le dimanche des gens s'invitent chez vous au dernier moment et on n'a pas toujours ce qu'il faut. "

I think I get the beginning. Is it, Often on Sundays people invite you to their houses at the last moment and .....:confused:

Please help!
Merci!

On Sundays, people often invite themselves to your house at the last moment, and you don't always have everything that is needed.

Hope this helps!

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Undergraduate d'excellentes not des excellentes?

PhysicsGal — Sat, 11 May 2013 13:00:17 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemollient_naw

I believe it's related to an adjectival rule you have in French. If the adjective comes before the noun, you cut the 's' from 'des' article, e.g.

Ce sont de belles chansons.

Il y a de nouvelles publications?

Thank you, yep: de or d' are used before an adjective that is plural AND precedes a noun :)

Sixth form Edexcel Spanish AS Jan 2012 Audio Files

MBT Bot — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:18:01 GMT

Spanish AQA Revision

kiamarie — Sat, 11 May 2013 07:11:46 GMT

I seem to remember doing a question about singers and whether they are talented nowadays :')

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Sixth form German / French Oral Exams

Mouchetic — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:29:45 GMT

Okay, let me know when you want to practice on Skype.

Secondary RUSSIAN PEOPLE!? -Russian Speakers PROOFREAD PLEASE :)?

melaxox — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:35:40 GMT

Thank you for replying however, I need this by Monday and I can't just revise grammars and then know what to do! It's a oral by the way:)

Sixth form Getting an A in WJEC FN2 French AS

Mouchetic — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:08:57 GMT

Hey Silverwing,

I haven't really understood all the A2, FN2, etc part but all I know is you have to improve your french.
Well, you still have 11 days (Have you any other exams coming?). The thing i'd recommend you to do is to practice your french every day. When you wake up or at the end of the day. Idk if you'll have some topics in particular or how this exam is but you def should read some real articles. I mean something more interesting than some texts on your french books at school. Maybe on http://www.lemonde.fr or just listen to a french radio online to get the accent. You can check on itunes or just look for it on Google (NRJ, skyrock, voltage, ado, etc). The positive point about listening to radio of course is you can do something else at the same time, you don't really need to focuse on it. Turn the radio on when you're getting ready for example then you can just pronounce what they say even though you don't get all of it.
There're many different way to learn french word everyday. Perhaps switch your cellphone language into french or your social network page.

Good luck for your exam!

Sixth form como agua para chocolate???

superwolf — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:10:45 GMT

I remember hating that book at school. :p The easiest way to find a copy would probably be if you can get hold of the ISBN (unique number that every edition of a book has) from an existing copy (try asking your teacher), and then search using that. Amazon will likely have it, or Blackwells also do a good range of foreign-language books.

Hope that helps. :)

Getting an A in the Spanish Oral..

Forza-Milan2011 — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:40:14 GMT

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Originally Posted by SoRo

I've got my A2 Spanish oral tomorrow! So nervous

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what oral cards did you get?

Secondary GCSE French Exams

Chocip — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:03:09 GMT

I don't think that the January exams are necessarily "harder" it's probably just that more native speakers take January exams than non-native speakers making it harder to get higher grades since exams are marked comparatively AFAIK. My teachers say the same thing with language A levels.

How to revise French A2 to A*?

sjwilsonn — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:42:22 GMT

Oops haha should check the date before i post!

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Sixth form French aqa 2013 oral exam a2

MBT Bot — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:18:01 GMT

Sixth form German oral nightmare! Aaaaaagggghhh!

Octopus_Garden — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:25:02 GMT

Well, sounds like you did considerably better than me this morning! My answers included such wonders as "wir brauchT"! Gott I'm Himmel! And "dass... [Blah, blah] ...Verb. And then, as an afterthought I tagged on "für [blah blah]" after I'd finished the sentence!

Secondary AQA GCSE French: January 2013 past papers?

MBT Bot — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:18:01 GMT

Secondary Please help & proofread russian presentation gcse!!

melaxox — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:46:21 GMT

I have a GCSE Russian oral next week and i need to learn it by then. I also need to know that it makes sense!!

:o:o
The topic is on holidays.
YOUR HELP WOULD BE MUCHLY APPRECIATED!!!! :

в прошлом году я ездила на самолете во францию с мой друзьями. я ездила на самолете потому что это быстрои и дешево. во Франции я жила в гостинице это был большой и удобный. Я играл в пинг-понг с моими друзьями в гостиницу и мы плавала в бассейне. В последний день Я посетил музей с моей мамой, это было удивительно! В этом году я иду в Испанию с моим братом. Это будет очень весело, потому что я живу в очень хорошем доме. Я предпочитаю Франции в Испанию, потому что я думаю, что в то время как Франция красивой Испании уродливо. В будущем году, я надеюсь поехать в Австралию, потому что по моему Австралии красиво.

Sixth form WJEC A2 Spanish Essay!!

MBT Bot — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:18:01 GMT

Secondary GCSE French: Learning Vocabulary -most effective method?

Amangee — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:48:14 GMT

I'm not really learning the vocabulary from the specification like that, i'm just continually doing listening tests, reading past papers, reading resources i've got from my teacher. Any questions I get wrong, I pick out and find the key words. From here, you just need to regularly test yourself on those words you found. By regularly i mean a few times a day, it becomes immersed in your head. Also by doing these tests where you get the words from (resources + past papers) you just find certain words come more frequently, and tbh you only need 35/45 in reading for an a* (ROUGHLY based on previous years) and around 28/45 in listening for an a* (again based on previous years *all raw marks*)

Secondary GCSE Spanish listening/reading exam HELP

hannxo — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:17:45 GMT

Practice loads! Watch films in Spanish (YouTube), practice every single past paper. Also I don't know what exam board you're on and I can't remember a lot from gcse, but you could try predicting answers and write down words (in Spanish) to listen out for as it can help target your listening?!

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AQA AS German Oral Exam.

Skyscraper15 — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:35:45 GMT

Ugh I'm so worried mine's TOMORROW!!! I'm scared I'll freeze and not know what to do. Any suggestions?

A Level French

MBT Bot — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:19:01 GMT

Sixth form A2 SPANISH - research based essay

fifitrixiebell — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:56:38 GMT

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Originally Posted by joaoroque

hey guys

I'm doing Spanish A2 at the moment and I'm having some trouble with the research based essay. I'm currently doing mine about ''como agua para chocolate'' .

The characters and social themes were fairly easy, however I'm struggling with the techniques.. any ideas?

We're doing that too! The main technique to write about is the use of "El Realismo Magico" i.e Magic Realism. Basically Esquivel uses it to create humour and is used to combine the supernatural with daily routine
You can write about the presence of "los fantasmas de Mama Elena y Nacha" and the effect of the food on people (e.g "la vomatina collectiva en la boda de Rosaura")

AS level French grammar

alouette- — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:18:16 GMT

The above book is very advanced and is for aimed at undergraduates, but would be a very good investment if you want to continue studying French.

If however you only want to do the A Level, a good book to buy is 'Help Yourself To Advanced French Grammar'.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Help-Yoursel...french+grammar

Schaum's Outline Of French Grammar is also very good and each grammar point is accompanied with exercises. Personally, I prefer this one to the previous one but both are good.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schaums-Outl...french+grammar

Sixth form German Subjunctive Help please!

taintedCH — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:25:52 GMT

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Originally Posted by AM95

Can somebody please help me a bit with the subjunctive. I know the basic reasons for using and am fine with the conditional style element. However when it comes to expressing what people have said I'm confused with using ,dass and the difference between sie sagte, sie haette OR sie sagte,sie habe and then the whole sei and sein thing!

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Originally Posted by lealeae

Grüss Gott!

In German we have two forms of the subjunctive, as does English!
However, we use them slightly differently. German has one present subjunctive and one past subjunctive. Here's an example of English/German.

Present subjunctive of the verb 'to be'/sein : be/sei
example sentences:
The King asked I be knighted.
Der Bundesrat glaubt, die schweizer Arbeitslosigkeit sei zu hoch.

Past subjunctive of the verb 'to be'/sein : were/wäre
example sentences:
If I were the King, I would eat an apple.
Wenn ich der König wäre, ässe (würde) ich einen Apfel (essen).

As demonstrated, the past subjunctive and the K2 in English and German are the same.
However, the present subjunctive and the K1 are different. Basically, one uses the K1 to express ideas that aren't one's own.

Also, please note that the dative of 'eine' is 'einer', not 'eine'. :)

Sixth form IB Mandarin Ab Initio - Online?

MBT Bot — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:27:01 GMT

Secondary AQA French GCSE Reading/Listening 9 Jan 2013

Krollo — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:36:36 GMT

The papers are not available publicly until Octoberish. However, if you ask the teachers for it off Secure Key Materials they should be able to get it for you.

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