French or German GCSE?

^What this says. So basically which one is more enjoyable, which one is easier, which one has a heavier workload, and which one would you recommend overall (I pick my GCSE options very soon)?

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At my school most people took french over german because it was easier to learn for them.

I enjoy French but as I have no experience of doing a German GCSE I couldn't really tell you what that's like.

french ftwwwww, i love it & do it for AS now..its easy to get an A* imo


german looks incredibly difficult

Very similar subjects and exam structures, apart from the actual language. The best advice is to pick the one you're best at. I did both in one option block, so from my experience i found french easier, since i had been learning it longer. However it is worth noting that i had a different experience, squeezing all of french into year 10 and all of german into year 11. So basically, do the one you're currently best at.

Thanks but is it really that easy?? I've heard it's difficult although I guess it all depends on the person.

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I disagree to the others, and I studied French and German. In my opinion German is by far easier because it's a phonetic language and very similar to English. But what language did you study from year 7-9?

yeah i agree actually because at my school people either got an A* or they got a D there wasnt much in between - i had a good teacher, and have done it since i was in year 3 but honestly its not difficult even the AS isnt that bad....the gcse writing coursework is easy because your teacher marks it and you basically just memorise it and write it out on the day as with the oral with practise.

other than the ease , i love the language so look into both german and french and see what suits you

I do french, but if I could back in time I would do German because I think it is a more useful language. Although french is spoken by more people, german is spoken by the largest growing european economy and powerhouse of the Eu. But french is very easy at gcse tbh but i still regret takiing it

Thanks, did you enjoy French at GCSE then!

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Yeah, it really is easier to construct German grammar. My teacher managed to fit the entire GCSE and A level curriculum for our German into the GCSE time frame. I may be slightly bias but out of the four foreign languages I studied at school German was by far the easiest to gain relative fluency in.

Thanks, did you enjoy French at GCSE then!

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Thanks you, I'm slightly better at French because I have been learning it since year 7 and German since year 8, and I was going to definitely pick both, however, that would make it unlatched for me to do history and that is a subject I definitely want to take. Which one do you enjoy more (in terms of the gcse course)?

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