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Higher French Writing

Does anyone know what you do in Higher French?

I was asked to do a writing piece on my school over the hols, ive done that and its came up to about 300 or so words. Considering Ive included parts grammar for the past, future and present tense, is that length a good size for a writing folio?

What else will I have to do to get an A for Higher French?

McGeadie

Reply 1

I demand a reply! :mad:

Reply 2

I wish I could help, but I didn't do higher french, sorry :frown:

Reply 3

:frown:

Reply 4

For Higher French, you will have to keep your writing skills up - but no doubt your teacher will set you enough homework to do that. A candidate who gets an A in Higher French will have worked hard in class and completed all tasks assigned to him/her at home, but will have made an extra effort e.g. going over grammar in his/her spare time, reading French newspapers and magazines, listening to the radio, watching films or watching TV5. I see that you're from Clydebank - well if you are ever in the West End of Glasgow or indeed the centre, the Alliance Française is a great place to go to do some extra reading in its library (membership is not very expensive) or indeed to take the extra revision classes they offer Higher students at Easter (which can be fairly expensive, but well worth it). It's just moved to new premises at Park Circus and will be opening in September. Also, in November, there is a French Film Festival on at the Glasgow Film Theatre (the GFT), which offers a lot of good films - some especially aimed at young people studying French and is well worth looking out for. All these little extra things certainly make the difference between a good candidate and a great candidate who has a working knowledge of French culture - which is essential in Higher level or above.

For the Higher there is a speaking exam which occurs at the end of February/beginning of March which is taped and assessed by your teacher. On the exam day you will sit a reading paper followed by an essay set with a topic set in the past with points to include that have been set out by the SQA, and then a listening paper followed by another (short) essay of personal opinion, which will be linked to the listening paper.

300 words sounds fine to me - but remember, and this is especially true at the beginning of the Higher course, the more you write, the greater chance there is of making more mistakes!

Reply 5

Thank you very much.