gcse French speaking aqa

does anyone have tips/advice for gcse speaking higher, particularly if you've already done it? I have mine next week..

also how long roughly (sentence wise) should I aim for each general conversation question?

and is it best to choose your strongest or weakest theme for the one general conversation one? i'm in two minds as then if I pick my worst, its out of the way and i won't get a photo card on it which may be better, but then general convo is worth more marks overall :/

and if I don't know what to say/understand, what do I do? (and I heard them correctly, don't j need it repeating) do I just say je ne sais pas?? or is there something else generally I could say?

Reply 1

TriplexA

18

Original post by user93_

does anyone have tips/advice for gcse speaking higher, particularly if you've already done it? I have mine next week..

also how long roughly (sentence wise) should I aim for each general conversation question?

and is it best to choose your strongest or weakest theme for the one general conversation one? i'm in two minds as then if I pick my worst, its out of the way and i won't get a photo card on it which may be better, but then general convo is worth more marks overall :/

and if I don't know what to say/understand, what do I do? (and I heard them correctly, don't j need it repeating) do I just say je ne sais pas?? or is there something else generally I could say?

Hi there.

I would personally pick my strongest theme for the general conversation so I could show fluency and good content. For the photo card you have a choice of two so you can avoid your worst one if that makes sense.

If you don't understand perhaps says "repetez s'il vous plait" (please repeat) to see if you can make sense of the Q.

Good luck :smile:

Reply 2

user93_

OP

13

Original post by TriplexA

Hi there.

I would personally pick my strongest theme for the general conversation so I could show fluency and good content. For the photo card you have a choice of two so you can avoid your worst one if that makes sense.

If you don't understand perhaps says "repetez s'il vous plait" (please repeat) to see if you can make sense of the Q.

Good luck :smile:

thanks so much!! this was rlly helpful :smile:

and when do we choose between photo cards? sorry ive just never been told that, it'd be rlly useful tho!! and in all 3 mocks we just got what we were given and didnt get two options

Reply 3

TriplexA

18

I think it's before your prep time on the actual speaking exam day.

@harlz_chalamet could confirm this as it's been a while since I did my GCSEs :biggrin:

(edited 3 years ago)

Reply 4

harlz_chalamet

20

Original post by user93_

does anyone have tips/advice for gcse speaking higher, particularly if you've already done it? I have mine next week..

also how long roughly (sentence wise) should I aim for each general conversation question?

and is it best to choose your strongest or weakest theme for the one general conversation one? i'm in two minds as then if I pick my worst, its out of the way and i won't get a photo card on it which may be better, but then general convo is worth more marks overall :/

and if I don't know what to say/understand, what do I do? (and I heard them correctly, don't j need it repeating) do I just say je ne sais pas?? or is there something else generally I could say?

hey! i had my french speaking exam (aqa) a few weeks ago and it went really really well!

idk if different schools do the themes differently but we never got to pick our themes? we were just given the roleplay and at that point, because you'd know what theme the roleplay is, you'd also know what 2 themes your general conversation is.

i do higher tier so i'd recommend, if you don't understand the question, to say "pardon" in a french accent and your teacher will repeat the question for you.
please don't stress out, you'll be fine as long as you have revised :smile:

Reply 5

TriplexA

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Original post by harlz_chalamet

hey! i had my french speaking exam (aqa) a few weeks ago and it went really really well!

idk if different schools do the themes differently but we never got to pick our themes? we were just given the roleplay and at that point, because you'd know what theme the roleplay is, you'd also know what 2 themes your general conversation is.

i do higher tier so i'd recommend, if you don't understand the question, to say "pardon" in a french accent and your teacher will repeat the question for you.
please don't stress out, you'll be fine as long as you have revised :smile:

I forgot pardon was a french word :biggrin:

Thanks for your advice to the OP :smile:

Reply 6

harlz_chalamet

20

Original post by TriplexA

I forgot pardon was a french word :biggrin:

Thanks for your advice to the OP :smile:

i didn't even know it was a french word until just now ( i thought it was a cognate haha!! ) :smile:

Reply 7

riley.luce

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Original post by harlz_chalamet

i didn't even know it was a french word until just now ( i thought it was a cognate haha!! ) :smile:

hey how did u revise for ur exam

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baldwinecocafe

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Reply 9

erin11

Volunteer Team

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Original post by riley.luce

hey how did u revise for ur exam

hey, I did aqa higher gcse French in 2022 and got a 9.
I revised for speaking by:

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making sure I was SUPER confident with the vocab for each theme

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prepping answers for each theme for general conversation and making them into a quizlet set to practice often

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once youre confident with your prepped answers, practice out loud with someone to help guide you in terms of sounding natural and spontaneous rather than robotic

Reply 10

riley.luce

10

Original post by erin11

hey, I did aqa higher gcse French in 2022 and got a 9.
I revised for speaking by:

•

making sure I was SUPER confident with the vocab for each theme

•

prepping answers for each theme for general conversation and making them into a quizlet set to practice often

•

once youre confident with your prepped answers, practice out loud with someone to help guide you in terms of sounding natural and spontaneous rather than robotic

thanks so much!
for the vocal for each theme should I just go on aqa vocabulary and look for themes vocabulary
also do you have any tips for forming the questions in the role-play because the ones ive done recently for mocks have been fine as I could just say like il ya or tu aime or a quelle heure however when I do practice with role-plays that require other questions to be asked cuz they only fit and aren't those simpler ones I dont form them fully correct if that makes sense

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