French AS Oral Presentation

OP

thnx =)

Reply 3

Trundle

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Good luck with the final orals in April, eleri. How come the exams are so early? Are they all that early at University?

Reply 4

eleri

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Trundle

Good luck with the final orals in April, eleri. How come the exams are so early? Are they all that early at University?

Thanks. Orals are done a month or so before the written exams; I don't really know why, but it'll actually be quite nice to get them out of the way so i can focus the things I can actually revise for.

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One of the people in my French class did smoking in France last year and she got an A. I would suggest www.ipsos.fr, www.ifop.fr and www.insee.fr (these are from memory so I hope they're right) which give you various surveys of French people on loads of different topics. It might give you a starting point. Hope this helps :smile:

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OP

thank you loads... will check them out =)

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Do you go to an all girls school in Malvern? Just wondering because I live near Worcester!
This has some smoking surveys: http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/analyse.asp?theme=6
and http://www.ifop.com/europe/query_eu_fr.idq?CiRestriction=tabagisme&CiScope=%2F&CiMaxRecordsPerPage=10&TemplateName=query&CiSort=rank%5Bd%5D&HTMLQueryForm=query.htm
and http://www.ipsos.fr/CanalIpsos/all_search_article.asp

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OP

thanks thats really helpful!!!!!!!
u live near worcs? small world! =)

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kathryn

thanks thats really helpful!!!!!!!
u live near worcs? small world! =)

that's ok. I did French people's holiday habits (bit random I know!) and it was a topic that could have easily become quite general (i.e. not specifically about France) but if you drop in somewhere in your exam 'I looked at surveys on ifop' or something then they know you've done your research. That's what my teacher suggested anyway!

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OP

how do u drop that in randomly? sounds like a great idea tho...

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Well my teacher might have asked something like 'what makes the holidays of the French so unique?'
And then I could have said something like 'Selon Ifop, un site Web des enquetes que.....'
Or 'j'ai lu un article qui a dit que...'

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OP

thanks you are such a life saver!!! i thought it was gonna be such a hassle to write this (extra work... so much fun!.. lol) but it turned out not to be too bad... just hope for me that it gets me the grade I want!!

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It seems like a lot of work when you first think about it (I was going to retake my Spanish on a new topic) but if you are confident in the language and know a few facts and the general points you want to make in each section then your teacher will ask questions that prompt you. And it's not really that long, having done your mock I guess you found that it went quite quickly! (Or perhaps that was just me...)

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OP

well the fact that a. i hadnt prepared properly b. i was having a **** day and c. i had kindof a hangover really meant that it was the 20mins from hell... gonna make sure its not like that in the real thing.. .=)

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kathryn

well the fact that a. i hadnt prepared properly b. i was having a **** day and c. i had kindof a hangover really meant that it was the 20mins from hell... gonna make sure its not like that in the real thing.. .=)

I felt really ill on the day of my GCSE mock and started crying! My teacher let me off and I didn't have to do the exam... I hate oral exams, although they are getting better. Slowly!

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OP

thanks... that thought might just motivate me to keep going... i think mine was just an exception for me... like a particularly bad experience due to extenuating circumstances... at least I hope so!!! =) im sure itll turn out ok in the end tho...

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I think one of the most important things to remember is to be confident in the language because if you're not then there is the tendancy to focus too much on the content and to prelearn it just because you can. Whereas if you are confident and know what you're talking about then it is more enjoyable because you can have a natural conversation. That's me comparing my crappy Spanish exam to my French exam!

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