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AQA French GCSE

Hey! I'm currently a British Grade 10 student in Toronto, Canada. I often don't feel challenged by the curriculum of my province or the standards of my school and I often find myself studying things that are somewhat challenging. I would very much like to take my IGSCEs or GCSEs but the only school that offers these courses seems to be obnoxiously posh and isn't anywhere where I would like to study. I have been studying at the Alliance Française here in Toronto and my spoken French is close to fluent. I decided to write a past paper for the French GCSE today. I received an A* on Unit 1 and an A on Unit 2. I was wondering about what you guys thought about the difficulty of AQA French GCSEs?
(edited 9 years ago)
Well,it's not surprising that you got an A* since you're already near fluent in French. French is my first language.I did my French 1st Language igcse exam a few weeks ago and i found it easy,which was to be expected!


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Rochana, est-ce qu'il y'a beaucoup de similarités entre le GCSE et l'IGCSE?
Original post by milesgilbert
Rochana, est-ce qu'il y'a beaucoup de similarités entre le GCSE et l'IGCSE?


iGCSEs/GCSEs en général? ou tout simplement français?



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Original post by milesgilbert
Hey! I'm currently a British Grade 10 student in Toronto, Canada. I often don't feel challenged by the curriculum of my province or the standards of my school and I often find myself studying things that are somewhat challenging. I would very much like to take my IGSCEs or GCSEs but the only school that offers these courses seems to be obnoxiously posh and isn't anywhere where I would like to study. I have been studying at the Alliance Française here in Toronto and my spoken French is close to fluent. I decided to write a past paper for the French GCSE today. I received an A* on Unit 1 and an A on Unit 2. I was wondering about what you guys thought about the difficulty of AQA French GCSEs?

Its quite easy if you enjoy it like i do as the grade boundaries are quite low when a paper is hard. Do you go to an international school?
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Rochana: oui, en général
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And no, I'm unfortunately not at an international school
Original post by itsRochana
Well,it's not surprising that you got an A* since you're already near fluent in French. French is my first language.I did my French 1st Language igcse exam a few weeks ago and i found it easy,which was to be expected!


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But isn't French as a 1st Language different to AQA French, in that the exams are actually made for people who are fluent in the language?
Original post by milesgilbert
Rochana: oui, en général


They're very similar,they cover most of the same content. iGCSEs are slightly harder in my opinion. Are you considering moving to an International British school?



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Original post by EastGuava
But isn't French as a 1st Language different to AQA French, in that the exams are actually made for people who are fluent in the language?


Yes,and yes.


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