¡hola! A-level spanish thread :)

Hi, everyone!

Can anyone here give me some speaking tips?

I had a mock oral exam last week and I noticed that I began all my sentences with either "pienso que" or "creo que" anything else I can use for a bit of variety?

Alex! Nuestros exámenes orales son el mismo día! Qué tienes que hacer para tu examen oral? No estoy preparada tampoco

also A2, whats everyone doing for cultural topics?

We're doing Almodovar films (Volver, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Los Abrazos Rotos and La Piel Que Habito) and Juan Rulfo's short stories.

btw as a word of warning, La Piel Que Habito may well be the most ****ed up film that I've ever seen... just a heads-up

We're doing Almodovar films (Volver, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Los Abrazos Rotos and La Piel Que Habito) and Juan Rulfo's short stories.

btw as a word of warning, La Piel Que Habito may well be the most ****ed up film that I've ever seen... just a heads-up

Man, I'm only in AS and my Spanish teacher made us watch Live Flesh- 'carne trémula' or whatever it's called.

But, is 'La piel Que Habito' as bad as The Human Centipede?!

Hola! Espero que estes bien Dios Mio, la fecha es demasiada cerca! Tengo que hablar sobre un tema polemico (mi tema es la abolicion de los colegios privados) y luego, tengo que contestar preguntas sobre la inmigracion, la juvented, crimen y castigo...y otros temas. Que tienes que hacer pare tuyo?

Man, I'm only in AS and my Spanish teacher made us watch Live Flesh- 'carne trémula' or whatever it's called.

But, is 'La piel Que Habito' as bad as The Human Centipede?!

I actually liked 'La Piel que Habito' more than some Almodóvar films. Hmm, I haven't seen Los Abrazos Rotos. Is it any good? What exam board are you on?

I actually liked 'La Piel que Habito' more than some Almodóvar films. Hmm, I haven't seen Los Abrazos Rotos. Is it any good? What exam board are you on?



:O Your teacher made you watch 'Carne Trémula' in class? I watched that on my own and I was glad I did, haha. The only films we have watched in class are Volver and El Laberinto del Fauno



Estoy bien! Cómo estás? Sí, nuestra examen es pronto :/ De hecho es la semana próxima. Tengo miedo de hacer el examen. Hmmm, tus temas parecen interesantes. En mi examen oral tengo que contestar algunas preguntas sobre 'el Franquismo', 'El Laberinto del Fauno y no sabré que es el otro tema hasta que el día del examen. El otro tema podría ser sobre el medioambiente, la inmigración, el racismo, los avances científicos y más. No sé. Buena suerte para tu examen oral!

sí! no te preocupes, todo salirá bien de verdad no tengo ganas de hacer el debate :L

Jaja yo tampoco... Gracias por su ayuda... hice mi examen de Espanol ayer (y mi examen de frances anteayer) y fue muy bien.... El tema de ETA funciono perfectamente y tenia mucho que decir. Estoy tan feliz que yo lo haya hecho y que no tenga que hablar de ETA nunca mas!!

Oooh. Gracias y tu tambien!

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I really liked Los Abrazos Rotos, it's a bit like Volver but funnier and more interesting imo. I'm on AQA, you?

I never really liked Volver. I watched and thought that it'd be a film that I didn't like then came to like, but I watched it again recently and my opinion of it changed only slightly because all the foreshadowing of the events to come in the film were clearer as I knew what was going to happen. I still prefer other Aldomóvar films to Volver. I'm going to add it to my list of films to see after my exams have finished, haha. I'm on AQA too! What are you cultural topics and when's your oral exam?

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We're doing Almodovar films (Volver, Los Abrazos Rotos and Todo Sobre Mi Madre), and short stories by Juan Rulfo (he's a Mexican writer, most of his stories are really hard to understand and are all about death/incest/guilt of peasants at the time of the Mexican Revolution - fun fun fun!)

I had my oral last week, it was ok but I ran out of things to say on the card! When is yours?

Hola :-) aquí, todo bien! Lo pasé bien en Francia. me gustan los pasteles de Francia jaja! Qué tal? ya has hecho tu examen oral? El mío es el 16. Mayo

Hmm. We've only done one film. I think it's because my teacher is crap, lol. I like Todo Sobre Mi Madre even though I haven't watched it in ages Oh, I wish we studied some Literature. I've never read a full story in Spanish, not even a short one. I've only read some poems, haha. Oh, studying Juan Rulfo's work really does sound like fun...

I'm not allowed to ask what your card was am I? Well, I hope you did well I hate when you run out of things to say :/ That happens to me often when I'm practising. I think I have too much to say about Francisco Franco though because I really enjoyed learning about 'El Franquismo'. Mine's this Thursday :/ I'm actually quite scared, haha. I don't even know where I'm doing my exam because my school is being renovated and the place where oral exams are normally conducted is blocked off. So you're just focusing on the written paper now? What's the best part of the written paper in your opinion?