[eat146]

Hi
Is anyone currently doing AS AQA German at college?
I'm just wondering, what are the best ways to revise or practise for the Oral exam. My nominated topic is Fernsehen.
I'd also like to know any techniques and tips for the written exam. Especially the essay question!

Danke!

[Short_Round]

Hello
I'm doing WJEC, so ignore me if none of this is relevant, but I've found the best way to revise is to make a list of all the topics that could come up (which is actually quite a lot when you start thinking about it) then learn relevant vocab and practice talking about each topic.
In WJEC, as well as a general conversation, we have to answer questions about a couple of cards with pictures or conversations on them - so practicing past papers of them would be useful too (if you have to do that with AQA).

[abbeyizzie]

yes i am doing the aqa exam and was wondering what the essay may be on?
does anyone have the paper 2012 ? x

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(Original post by abbeyizzie)
yes i am doing the aqa exam and was wondering what the essay may be on?
does anyone have the paper 2012 ? x

We almost definitely will not get an essay on festivals, because that came up (along with two others) in january. Marriage, cinema and holidays came up last summer. Heres hoping that the questions will be nicer this time around.

[abbeyizzie]

did publicity also come up in jan? no one at my school did the jan paper, so the school don't have a copy. i reckon - phones, tourism and maybe healthy eating or drugs or something from health.
we have not ever had a question on drugs specifically and tourism was jan 09 and phones jan 09.

[abbeyizzie]

also do any of you do french aqa?

[.snowflake.]

(Original post by abbeyizzie)
did publicity also come up in jan? no one at my school did the jan paper, so the school don't have a copy. i reckon - phones, tourism and maybe healthy eating or drugs or something from health.
we have not ever had a question on drugs specifically and tourism was jan 09 and phones jan 09.

tourism came up June 11. I'd geniunely sit there and smile like a nutter if we get smoking or healthy eating in the summer.

[abbeyizzie]

it was holidays in june 11 - so slightly different but yeah. and yeah same. x

[.snowflake.]

(Original post by abbeyizzie)
it was holidays in june 11 - so slightly different but yeah. and yeah same. x

I saw the cinema one and went, O_o, I don't get what they're asking. Saw the holidays one and went, I've nowt to say for that, ended up doing marriage, and probably answering the essay I wanted, not what was there...

[abbeyizzie]

yeah i did june 11 for my mock and did the marriage q - i didn't do fab but got an A. i was talking to my teaching today and she thinks it will be smoking or something ( a health related issue like alcohol, smoking, drugs comes up most years in french and it has never been asked before in german) xxx

[abbeyizzie]

less than a week to go now, what is everyone thinking for the essay title xx

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(Original post by abbeyizzie)
less than a week to go now, what is everyone thinking for the essay title xx

I'm hoping for media to come up. That would make me happy. Other than that, I'm hoping for something nice/ one of those Q's where they give you a few ideas. If that doesn't happen, make the reading and grammar really easy!

[abbeyizzie]

no media qs came up in jan, so it is quite possible. x

[abbeyizzie]

sorry that is a lie - publicity came up !

[RandomPeopleDancin]

I'm hoping for a nice one this year... in Spanish they had if sport was to watch or to do O.o Oh my giddy aunt, if that came up I would just die. Health and fitness would be brilliant; perhaps a nice agony aunt letter thats not too hard?

[abbeyizzie]

yeah maybe an agony aunt one on watching too much tv. or maybe stress, which would be fab. x

[xp4lyf]

So do we all think that Health/Smoking/Drugs/Alcohol and Media - the internet/mobiles etc. will possibly be the essay questions?

Many thanks

[Purple Giraffe]

I'm resitting the German AQA AS module tomorrow and I'm praying for a nice essay question as if I can get over 130 UMS there is a small chance of me getting an A* overall!

I'm in my second year and I only paid to resit for this reason

The January paper was quite easy (I got 106/110 when I practiced it) so I'm hoping that doesn't mean the Summer paper will be difficult

Good luck everyone!
Viel Glück

[abbeyizzie]

yeah i reckon it will be drugs, alcohol etc. x

[PudPud]

The reading/listening was pretty hard in comparison to other June papers.