AQA A Level French Paper 1 7652/1 - 12th June 2023 [Exam Chat]

Original post by BarnabyK

There’s 0 way of determining candidate fluency before the exam, so this is just a lie.

also, they adjust the boundaries to compensate for native speakers - no one is being disadvantaged!’

I'll have to disagree with this a native speaker but I have no idea as to whether I'm right or not. I'll take full responsibility for inflating the grade boundaries in 2019&2022.

But yeah I hope that what you're saying is correct for A-level French, I'll believe you.

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amelialbm

How do you guys actually revise grammar?? It’s so hard to revise this subject argh

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cdodhia

Original post by Talkative Toad

I'll take full responsibility for inflating the grade boundaries in 2019&2022.

Ngl mate all I’m hearing is 🤓

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softwd

Original post by liamjones23

no im so scared i have chemistry and french tomorrow and they CLASH so im going to be crying in my chem exam in the afternoon about the monstrosity of my translation that occurred in the morning xx

SAME OMG i’m so annoyed about the clash i don’t wanna be supervised by an invigilator for 2 hours 💀

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Original post by cdodhia

Ngl mate all I’m hearing is 🤓

Smart? I'm not smart if that's what you mean.

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I had to do that clash last year, wasn't fun.

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Original post by Talkative Toad

Where did you hear this? It's it really 60% of us.

My french teacher told me. Unless he meant on average 🤷*♀️

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how do they know who is fluent and who is not then? the examiners know nothing about the individual that is being marked. This is not true!

Original post by BarnabyK

There’s 0 way of determining candidate fluency before the exam, so this is just a lie.

also, they adjust the boundaries to compensate for native speakers - no one is being disadvantaged!’

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Original post by ltaylor7

My french teacher told me. Unless he meant on average 🤷*♀️

Fair then

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Original post by Talkative Toad

Fair then

i think It goes without saying that the majority that are taking the a level will speak french

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Original post by ltaylor7

how do they know who is fluent and who is not then? the examiners know nothing about the individual that is being marked. This is not true!

That's what the other user is saying I think (that there's no way knowing whether the candidate is native Francophone/French speaker or not).

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Original post by ltaylor7

i think It goes without saying that the majority that are taking the a level will speak french

To native level?

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Original post by Talkative Toad

To native level?

Not necessarily but even so more of an advantage than none. I agree that there should be a separate qualification for speakers and non speakers

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Original post by Talkative Toad

That's what the other user is saying I think (that there's no way knowing whether the candidate is native Francophone/French speaker or not).

Well I guess that the speaking exam could give a decent indication but can't be 100% certain in my opinion unless you teach that student whose paper that you're making.

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Original post by Talkative Toad

That's what the other user is saying I think (that there's no way knowing whether the candidate is native Francophone/French speaker or not).

They said they adjust the grade boundaries to compensate but there’s no way of knowing. The grade boundaries are ridiculously high due to the Native speakers.

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