I loved the reading and listening papers! I didn't actually find them that hard, I don't think. (I'm a higher candidate)

For me on the reading exam, questions 3, 4, 5 and 6 were easier than question 1...

Overall, though, I thought the papers were good; although all the other candidates who took the exam in my school found it harder than ever this year (even the straight A* students).

Reply 25

laroosey

Did you guys do the IGCSE or the GCSE?

Reply 26

dance25

Original post by laroosey

Did you guys do the IGCSE or the GCSE?

I did iGcse wbu?

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Reply 27

laroosey

Original post by dance25

I did iGcse wbu?

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yeh IGCSE. The listening was hard but the reading and writing was not too bad. The speaker in the listening just wouldn't stop talking so it took time for me to process. I think it was harder than the past papers I did though. u?

Reply 28

dance25

Original post by laroosey

Yeah the last two in the listening were the worst !
I think writing was good (school/food)
Reading wasn't too bad but the long one was a bit .. :s

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Reply 29

laroosey

Original post by dance25

Yeah the last two in the listening were the worst !
I think writing was good (school/food)
Reading wasn't too bad but the long one was a bit .. :s

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what do u think the grade boundaries will be? I expect it will be around the same as last year or maybe slightly lower. Last year an A* was 83%.

Reply 30

dance25

Original post by laroosey

what do u think the grade boundaries will be? I expect it will be around the same as last year or maybe slightly lower. Last year an A* was 83%.

Yeah I don't think it'll change that much cuz it was only slightly harder than last year tbh

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Reply 31

Cookies15

Is there a markscheme out for the edexcel GCSE German 2016 that anyone has came across yet?

Reply 32

Inayam

has anyone created an unofficial markscheme yet?

Reply 33

gwilymhumphreys

I thought that the listening paper was easier than the reading.. although, I quite liked that the reading was mainly made up of multiple choice questions and then some statement ones at the end (question 8 - which I found really difficult) I hope I either got an A or a B overall :smile:

Reply 34

Janse van Zyl

Original post by TheOtherSide.

Isn't it always low 30s for an A* though?

Nah mate it was 35 in a 2013 reading

Reply 35

blueflame23

Yeah the reading was way easier than the listening. I did the 2015 ones the night before and they both were way easier than this year's. I really hope the grade boundaries are low...

Reply 36

laroosey

How did everyone do in the German IGCSE? I got 79/80 UMS so 1 mark off an A* sooo annoyed.

Grade boundaries:
A* = 80/100
A = 69/100
B = 59/100
C = 50/100
D = 42/100

Reply 37

amelise

hiya, i'm doing the 2016 paper for my mock tom - any tips - im falling german (seriously(