Language applicants for 2012 entry

Yeah, I did that essay. I quite liked it, actually. I was just pinpointing various bits of duality. What text did you do it on?

So how are we all feeling?

So how are we all feeling?

So how are we all feeling?

Terrified, the Spanish exam was so much different to how I expected I'm really scared it went bad!

I unexpectedly did really badly on my French oral last year (wasn't just me, the examiners were very harsh) and I'm worried it's going to happen again D:

Really nervous, I don't think I got what I needed :/

same. Worked out I needed 105 UMS on the last paper to get an A (assuming I got 170/200 on my AS resits). Got that dead on on the 2011 June paper. Needed 2 more raw marks on the 2010 paper (and this one was done with sod all revision). HAVE NOT done that well on the actual one. My translations both ways were awful. My essay wasn't one of my best either :/. I just panicked so much and couldnt calm down. I just hope my A2 speaking was alright.

I /should/ have got the B I need to meet my offer, but I really wanted the A, in a 'I told you I was going to uni to do german'/ beating my original predicted grade by 2 sort of a way.

I know that if I get 40UMS in my oral exam then I need a solid B in my other paper to get an A, but I don't think that was the case, and I need an A to get into my firm. My English to Spanish translations I feel were just really really poor and my Spanish to English wasn't much better. I really panicked in my essay as well and just wrote without thinking about tenses and grammar and stuff.

I know what you mean that you really wanted an A, because I'm like that with some of my other subjects.
Good luck with your results though

I assumed I'd only get 40UMS on the A2 speaking, which is only sliightly better than what i got at AS, the first time (37). I hope it went better than that! We did get the conditional in, with the debate and some other lovely stuff when we spoke about the history topic. I DID sound reasonably confident with my A2 recording. Sounded terrorfied on my AS resit one, not helped by the fact the mic was so far away from me.

My translations from english to german were horrific. I REALLY wanted a passive, because i'd done loads of revision on them, and could identify and do them in german quite easy. Didnt get one. We did get the future passive in the german - english one, which I did spot (because it makes me feel like someones tied my shoelaces together), and translate correctly Don't think I deserve more than half marks on it though :/

I unexpectedly did really badly on my French oral last year (wasn't just me, the examiners were very harsh) and I'm worried it's going to happen again D:

Know how you feel. Did you fall victim to the Edexcel "let's all knock everyone's oral mark down very heavily if the speaking wasn't spontaneous enough" scheme?

My AS speaking I got 55 and I felt after the A2 one that it was a lot worse, so I don't think I got 40 though. I did get my favourite topic on my cue card though, which makes me feel better about it, I know it could have been a lot worse.
I can't even remember my translations, I've just blocked them out they were that horrible!
What exam board are you on?

AQA.

I'm quietly confident that I've made my insurance but I have no idea whether or not I got the A* I need in French for Cambridge. The essay in the exam went as well as it could have, but the reading and translation sections were definitely harder than previous years. The oral can also seem like a bit of a lottery due to the whole spontaneity thing... I felt fine about it afterwards but I might have been docked some marks for not entirely sticking to my argument on the card. Ah well, the wait will be over in about 80 hours!