AQA GCSE French Speaking Higher (8658/SH) - 2023 [Exam Chat]

I know what you mean! French speaking is so harddddd but I'm taking it a level because I love it- that's why we do it!

Hi guys i noticed there are currently no threads for French speaking exams.I dont know about everyone else but my school has given out the dates and mine is in the second week of May,i wouldn't say i'm bad at french im getting A* at the moment but i want A** and tbh speaking is my forte because that's where most of my marks which 1/4 of the exams.Enough ranting i just wanted to know how wveyone is preparing for their speaking and the techniques you all using ,the confidence level and everything.
i'm quite scared because sometimes i cannot hear anything my french teacher says and he has a really strong french accent so i tend to say the wrong answer for the questions,i dont want history to repeat itself in this real one,because if i dont hear him and say wrong things it'll be the end of me basically.
Hoping to hear from everyone else.Bonne chance!!!!

is this for higher tier?

Yes

woww you must really love it,i'm jealous of you tbh i want to do french A level but after having a taster lesson of it i cant cope with the stress and the work,so im just happy to do well in gcse and drop it,but that's really cool you get to advance your french skills.
BTW how is french speaking revision going for you?

Hi guys i noticed there are currently no threads for French speaking exams.I dont know about everyone else but my school has given out the dates and mine is in the second week of May,i wouldn't say i'm bad at french im getting A* at the moment but i want A** and tbh speaking is my forte because that's where most of my marks which 1/4 of the exams.Enough ranting i just wanted to know how wveyone is preparing for their speaking and the techniques you all using ,the confidence level and everything.
i'm quite scared because sometimes i cannot hear anything my french teacher says and he has a really strong french accent so i tend to say the wrong answer for the questions,i dont want history to repeat itself in this real one,because if i dont hear him and say wrong things it'll be the end of me basically.
Hoping to hear from everyone else.Bonne chance!!!!

There is no A** - both grade 8 and 9 are A*.

Have you looked at these: https://www.languagesonline.org.uk/French/French_Roleplays/Index.htmiuh

Well I'm doin quite well, just I am in cbac- so I am doing my french exam in Welsh so it may be a little harder for me, I am not really sure. But you can totally do a level french! It's hard, of course loll- but I'm sure you'll be fine. All I actually need to pass speaking is someone to talk to in french cause I only have one session a week with my teachers so it's a bit lacking. I actually want to do a french degree in the future, so I kind of have to do it haha

i was trying to emphasise that i want a grade above 8 thanks though lol

Ooh I remember preparing for my French GCSE speaking exam in 2018, (that I received full marks for haha), I remember going over making sure to use different tenses, different persons, using the proper future and not the near future, irregular verb conjugations (like je viendrai or j'ai vécu) and expressions like tandis que (while / whereas) and de surcoît (moreover, in addition). Try a subjunctive if you can too, like (mes parents veulent que je fasse my parents want me to...) or (il faut que j'aille Is is imperative that I go...) were fairly natural to incorporate into sentences in everyday speech. Good Luck!

i'm doing speaking 3rd may.... wish me luck