AQA French Listening and Reading 15th May 2018

OP

Original post by Kaaseon

Pretty confident to be honest.
I haven't revised at all for it as I'm prioritising Biology, but I've done very well in all the mocks so far.
Just remember to listen for words you know, and guess from there, and well tenses.

I'm more worried about the writing though, if any of the French exams are going to lower my overall grade, it will be that one.

yeah, what are you aiming for?

Reply 4

lillie__

5

I am really confident if i’m honest, in the reading ive never gotten below 95% and in the listening never below 85% :-)
Although i have never revised for it so i’m scared some stuff i have no idea about will come up.

Reply 5

OP

Original post by lillie__

I am really confident if i’m honest, in the reading ive never gotten below 95% and in the listening never below 85% :-)
Although i have never revised for it so i’m scared some stuff i have no idea about will come up.

Seriously 95%?, that's mental. Was that in a specimen paper?

Reply 6

hannah.xo

im aiming for 60% so i can hopefully get a 5/6 reading i think will go good but im not so sure about listening 🙁

Reply 7

lillie__

5

Yea in specimen 1 and 2 i got 48 and 47

Reply 8

Fazzy_77

17

Worried coz listening and reading are the hardest imo

Reply 9

lillie__

5

Original post by peeked

Seriously 95%?, that's mental. Was that in a specimen paper?

Yea In specimen 1 and 2 i got 48 and 47

Reply 10

OP

Original post by hannah.xo

im aiming for 60% so i can hopefully get a 5/6 reading i think will go good but im not so sure about listening 🙁

I think the grade boundaries will be lower than that, I think 60% will be like a 7 probably and for listening it might even be an 8, that's what our school did

Reply 11

365sostressed

1

I've consistently got 8's for listening and reading in mocks. Hopefully I can get it in the real thing cos ik I failed the speaking

Reply 12

dclayson

I think that if you get 50% plus (on the higher paper) on average then you will certainly get a 5 or above- the new specification is harder than then old one and the boundary for a C was usually around 50% (on the higher paper)

Bonne chance!!!

Reply 13

hannah.xo

Original post by peeked

I think the grade boundaries will be lower than that, I think 60% will be like a 7 probably and for listening it might even be an 8, that's what our school did

What is the paper normally out of? On the specimen paper on reading I got 34 and on listening I got 33 i can't remember what it was out of 🤔 My teacher said that 50% would be a 6 which seems a bit off to me.

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 14

dclayson

Don't forget folks that by tommorow we will have completed 75% of the exams- then only the writing left.
By the weekend you won't have to do nay more French revision (this exam season)!!

Reply 15

OP

Reading is out of 60 so you would've got 34/60 which is like 57% and listening out of 50 so you would've got 33/50 which is 66%. So that's like 6/7/8. I think for listening that might be like 7/8 as the boundaries are usually low and I think maybe 6/7 for reading?

Reply 16

Kaaseon

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Original post by peeked

yeah, what are you aiming for?

An 8, hopefully a 9 if I don't mess up the writing.
(If you ever need any quick tips, I've got a load, years of procrastination has prepared me for last minute learning, so it's quite condensed)

Reply 17

hannah.xo

Original post by peeked

Reading is out of 60 so you would've got 34/60 which is like 57% and listening out of 50 so you would've got 33/50 which is 66%. So that's like 6/7/8. I think for listening that might be like 7/8 as the boundaries are usually low and I think maybe 6/7 for reading?

Woah,I hope I get a 6 in the exams bc i kind of panicked in the speaking and my teacher said i got a 5. if i get a 6 for the other ones then hopefully it will even out.

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