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Edexcel Spanish A2 Unit 4 - 20 June 2016

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Reply 20

jjzxcvbnm

Does anyone know what the german a2 discursive and literature questions were (so we could rule them out as well...)?

Reply 21

Roha

He aqui las preguntas que han tenido para el Year 13 French ayer…..

DISCURSIVE ESSAYS
1) Monarquia o republica: cual es preferable en una democracia moderna?
2) Deberiamos aplaudir o lamentar la decisión de facilitar la libre circulación de los ciudadanos en la UE? Explica tu respuesta.
3) “Un estudio del pasado nos hace pesimistas en lo que se refiere al futuro”. Que piensa de esta opinión?
4) Cuando se intenta satisfacer nuestras necesidades energéticas, la consideración principal debería ser la necesidad de ser independiente de otros países. Hasta que punto esta de acuerdo?

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS

Escoge 2 protagonistas secundarios en la obra estudiada. Describelos y evalua su importancia en la obra.

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Reply 22

Tom Simp

What was the historical RBE question in German and French?

Reply 23

lucy_123

Original post by Tom Simp

What was the historical RBE question in German and French?

In french it was which two groups of people have been most affected and why

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Reply 24

Tom Simp

Original post by lucy_123

In french it was which two groups of people have been most affected and why

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Thank you

Reply 25

Egge

Original post by Tom Simp

What was the historical RBE question in German and French?

In German it was what social changes were there in the time period that you have studied. What effect did these changes have on the people?

Reply 26

lucy_123

Original post by Egge

In German it was what social changes were there in the time period that you have studied. What effect did these changes have on the people?

What were the discursive essays?

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Reply 27

I_Heslop

Hey guys, i'm doing the geographical region question. is anyone else doing it? does anyone have any predictions?

Reply 28

Zach6281

No because the question has to be able to fit all books and films and since the question last year got so many complaints and it's the last year of having such a broad choice of books and films my teacher has said they will most likely go back to a orginal question for example what do we learn about the social settings from the book or film

Reply 29

pecora

Original post by lucy_123

What were the discursive essays?

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Hice alemán. Los ensayos de alemán fueron algo cómo así:

1. El deber del ejército es necesario ó no
2. El estado tiene que censurar la prensa (ó los medios?)
3. Los que no trabajan no tienen que recibir el dinero del estado (este es lo que he hecho y me parecía fácil, hay muchos desempleados en España)
4. El turismo tiene mucho peligro para la gente ó no (supongo que es una pregunta del medio ambiente)

Y para el RBE escribí sobre los objetivos de un protagonista.

Alguien sabe si para RBE español ya hemos tenido algo sobre el escritor y como llegó a ser inspirado a escribir el libro? Es que no sé NADA de la escritora del mío (Laura Esquivel).

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Reply 30

jjzxcvbnm

No pienso que esto pueda ser la pregunta puesto que por muchos libros la vida del autor no tenia nada que ver con la historia- nunca ha habido una tal pregunta para ningun idioma, me parece que lo mas probable es que la pregunta se trate del contexto o de una escena especifica

Reply 31

Masterbob

Whats topics are likely to come up for tomorrows discursive?

Reply 32

pecora

Original post by jjzxcvbnm

Gracias. Pues me voy a leer un capitulo con la mejor 'escena'. Pero estás seguro que en español nunca salió la pregunta del contexto? Me parece que sí, creo que la tuvimos el año pasado, no...?

A lo mejor aguíen tiene todos los past papers en un parágrafo?

Reply 33

Icesk8ing97

any advice/tips for the translation (my worst part...)

Reply 34

pecora

Original post by Icesk8ing97

any advice/tips for the translation (my worst part...)

Lee toda la frase para entender qual tiempo debes que usar, por que en inglés hay pocos y en español una variedad grande.

Hay que recordar que hay muchos sinónimos y los examinadores lo saben. Lo más importante es traducir todas las palabras.

Se cambió el sistema del marking. Ahora el texto está dividido en 5 partes y cada parte vale 2 puntos (si tienes pocos fallos, recibes 1, si muchos — un 0). No sé si es importante, pero a mi lo parece mejor que antes.

Reply 35

Roha

Which method of marking the translations is better. The old 30 point one or the new 5 sectioned method

Reply 36

helen08

just a warning! I study both Spanish and german and have seen lots of times the same essays coming up in both exams, the discursives and rbe! so don't rule them out just in case!!!! x

Reply 37

chappedlips

Original post by Jedwards

I think if they were to ask it, they'd link it with another element (like themes, characters or techniques), although that might not be as applicable to other films as it would be for El laberinto del fauno. I'm definitely leaning more towards a specific scene now, as I'm pretty sure most other languages have had it.

I've seen Volver too, our teacher offered us the chance to study that instead, but most of us were set on this one haha. Thanks! Good luck to you too!

I've never seen a question pointed directly at a specific scene, surely that type is too narrow to make sure everyone has something to talk about given both film and literature can be written about..? I'm really hoping for characters or sociocultural context

Reply 38

jeevanr21

Original post by chappedlips

No that question has come up for both French & German before but never for Spanish! So it seems like it might be on the paper! However it could also be a mixed question - something like explore 2 secondary characters or the setting of the novel / film?