Edexcel A2 French (6FR04) - 14th June 2013

Thanks Wrote my first essay on style/techniques today and am so glad I did because I would have had hardly anything to say :s
I think I'm alright with quotes, or at least remembering the gist of them :s if the examiner hasn't read it, they won't know exactly what the quotes are I suppose! how about you?

http://www.sudlangues.sn/IMG/pdf/doc-73.pdf found this pretty useful for the 'style d'écriture' revision

I would make sure you lucidly argue both sides, and the best thing to do is PLAN. Planning because of the amount of time in this exam can really help not only to come up with ideas but to really develop them.

Also I tend to try and use specialist vocab which relates to the question here and there
Hope this helps

that's perfect...thanks again!...i'll certainly add it to my la morale de la piece essay!! if i manage to get an A i'll owe you for sure! you seem to have looked into the play a lot btw!! our analysis is a little less insightful so i hope its sufficient!!

Don't worry I'm a second year French student at Oxford who has just finished studying a special author paper on Molière so it would be worrying if I didn't know some critical quotes! I just commented here to help people with this exam which I know can be daunting!

What made you chose to do french at uni?

I met loads of great French people who spurred me on to continue improving my language skills. I also love literature and so I thought it would be great to have a literary degree (at Oxford the French course is very literature heavy) but with the added 'real world skill' of a foreign language,

I was doing Voltaire this year before i finally realised how much i hated french literature and decided to go solo and do the social aspect one instead.

Is there anything in particular in france that interests you? I'm trying to learn more about the political landscape in france as here in the Uk it's pretty boring but over there the situation is very different. I guess that reflects how different both countries are.

Don't worry I'm a second year French student at Oxford who has just finished studying a special author paper on Molière so it would be worrying if I didn't know some critical quotes! I just commented here to help people with this exam which I know can be daunting!

would it be ok if i inboxed you one of my essays since my teacher has never taught a level before so she doesn't really know how to mark them and i'm wondering if they're good enough!!

Sure. I'll try to have a peek later this evening. It's a bit of a busy time at the moment (end of term - packing etc.) but I'm sure I'll find some time

Also, there are some exemplar essays on the Edexcel website with examiners' comments which you might find helpful.

I've had a brainwave! I know a technique question hasn't come up but I did wonder how that would apply to a book- I'm wondering if instead it'll be a question on setting? That hasn't come up on the new spec and is pretty vital to most pieces of literature/art. Thoughts?

I thought that too earlier! I definitely think it's a possibility