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How hard is GCSE French, if you are not a native speaker?

Well, I'm just asking, how hard is it to do a GCSE in French, if French is not your mother tougue or you are not even fluent at it?

Thanks for your comments, and feel free to discuss anything about GCSE French here!

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Reply 1

loobyloo6890

not very hard at all lol, but that might be because my french teacher had a class of 8 and so had loads of time for us all

Reply 2

-WhySoSerious?

I took it at GCSE without knowing a bit of french (apart from what i'd learned in school)

Obviously you don't really learn enough to sustain a decent conversation but the course itself isn't that bad if you have a head for languages. Just watch out for the tenses though

Reply 3

SpiritedAway

GCSE languages aren't hard. :no:

you only need to know the very basics.

Reply 4

loobyloo6890

ha tenses..they were fun
most of our stuff was pictured of things like a fat woman with the french meaning underneath...all over the room lol

Reply 5

studentin007

You dont really need to have ever even studied the language before (unless you want to literally take the exam without studying/ teaching). I'm sure I read somewhere that people can be taught to GCSE standard in a new language in one week.
As long as you learn all the topics that are bound to come up in the exams (theres always information on it - if you get a revision guide or look at past papers you'll see exactly what you need to learn) and practice speaking a little then you should pass all the exams. To be honest, GCSE level doesnt require that much vocabulary and you can often get away with knowing no grammar whatsoever. I've just taken GCSE French this year (get my results tomorrow) without ever having studied it before this year.
Bonne Chance!

Reply 6

im so academic

-WhySoSerious?

Would you be helpful enough to name me all the different tenses one might find in a GCSE higher paper (e.g., the past, present and the future)?

Reply 7

shamrock92

A piss in the park. Seriously.

my easiest a*!

I thought it was quite easy (touchwood)

Reply 10

loobyloo6890

clozet

my easiest a*!

so true

Reply 11

username196545

C'est tres difficile; Malheureusement Je n'etait pas tres bien!

Reply 12

Kittten

If it's anything like German, then not too hard! I got a B in GCSE German after learning it in 1 year, and the teacher left after Christmas and was never replaced, and I think I could have done better if I'd tried a bit more. The exams don't expect you to be native, fluent or even anywhere near fluent. Even people doing A2 don't have to be fluent.

Reply 13

xamethystx

i did gcse german from scratch - i didnt know a word of german. i got a b so yeh... go for it.

Reply 14

lucho22

Very easy.. Even the monoglot slack-jawed imbeciles at my school managed A's or A*s...

Reply 15

Elliebellyboosh

I got A* at french GCSE and i hadn't ever been TOO good at it - as long as you et your head around the grammar etc it's fine .
Its ALL about the Grammar! x

Reply 16

Elliebellyboosh

lucho22

Very easy.. Even the monoglot slack-jawed imbeciles at my school managed A's or A*s...

pfft i resent that lol! xxx

Reply 17

Jesska xD

You just need to learn the basic tenses to get a C or above... past, present and future and then there's another three which are A* i think. You can string a sentance together if you know the basic structure and words...