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Did anyone do IGCSE edexcel German?

I’m struggling to revise for this. The listening and writing is okay for me, but the comprehension is where I lose marks.
Original post by guysays
I’m struggling to revise for this. The listening and writing is okay for me, but the comprehension is where I lose marks.

Hi @guysays

I found my reading/comprehension for German improved the most when I started reading as much German as I could, so that I was exposed to it. I changed my phone language to German for a while, for example, or had a read of German magazines or news articles online.

If it's the questions and answers you're struggling with, I know the feeling. I used to always miss out the key words or not fully understand the question so then my answer was wrong. I found looking at past exam questions helpful, to both have a go at the questions, and to also look at the mark schemes to see what kind of answers they required. Keeping on top of your vocab is also important for comprehension as sometimes you can get the gist of a text from the key words.

Hope this helps.
Emily
Student Rep at BCU 🙂

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Original post by BCU Student Rep
Hi @guysays

I found my reading/comprehension for German improved the most when I started reading as much German as I could, so that I was exposed to it. I changed my phone language to German for a while, for example, or had a read of German magazines or news articles online.

If it's the questions and answers you're struggling with, I know the feeling. I used to always miss out the key words or not fully understand the question so then my answer was wrong. I found looking at past exam questions helpful, to both have a go at the questions, and to also look at the mark schemes to see what kind of answers they required. Keeping on top of your vocab is also important for comprehension as sometimes you can get the gist of a text from the key words.

Hope this helps.
Emily
Student Rep at BCU 🙂

Thank you for the advice!

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Original post by guysays
Thank you for the advice!

How did u find the exam

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Original post by MJO505
How did u find the exam


I thought that the listening was really hard wbu

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Original post by Klarabristop
hii, same here and ı totally understand you. what I do is I try to locate the answer by the words in the question and by locating the next question's answers which will indicate that the answer of the question I couldnt find is before. If you have the edexcel german igcse 2024 past papers can you pleeasee send it to me? I have my finals tomorrow from that:frown:


Hey! Sorry, I don’t have access to the papers. It’s good to go in blind anyway for preparation. I got a 9 in the final exam so if you have any questions feel free to ask!

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Original post by guysays
Hey! Sorry, I don’t have access to the papers. It’s good to go in blind anyway for preparation. I got a 9 in the final exam so if you have any questions feel free to ask!

thanks!
(edited 2 weeks ago)

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Hi againn! I just got 77/80 from todays exam. You were right

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Original post by Klarabristop
Hi againn! I just got 77/80 from todays exam. You were right


congratulations that’s amazing!

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Original post by guysays
I’m struggling to revise for this. The listening and writing is okay for me, but the comprehension is where I lose marks.

I’m doing German this season. Any tips from your time last year?

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