Help with A Level French tips PLEASE
Hiya all,
I recently have just done my as mocks for the as levels I sit in May-June time. All my subjects were okay except French🤦*♀️ I received a D in paper 1 and who knows about all the other papers!!
For reference I take A Level Psychology, Politics and History in which I’m thriving in politics and psychology but would love to work on history a bit more to improve my grade. Our school makes us do 4 A Levels and we drop one at the end of year 12.
As much as I like my French teachers, I feel like I’ve really lost my spark for the subject especially because of the A Level and want to drop it since I don’t want the subject to be hindering my other grades (especially history!!) if I am going to be forced to have to sit an AS exam in it. Our head of year is pretty hot on people not dropping subjects as he thinks it’s a good “back up” for if you are doing badly in one subject. However, I feel like French is really bringing me down and it would probably more beneficial to me if I say goodbye to the subject overall.
Please put any tips for helping to convince my head of year/sixth form to drop this subject as he is not an easy person to convince! Or if not, and tips and tricks to improve my French - it’s humbling now since I used to get 8/9’s at GCSE!!
Thank you all
I recently have just done my as mocks for the as levels I sit in May-June time. All my subjects were okay except French🤦*♀️ I received a D in paper 1 and who knows about all the other papers!!
For reference I take A Level Psychology, Politics and History in which I’m thriving in politics and psychology but would love to work on history a bit more to improve my grade. Our school makes us do 4 A Levels and we drop one at the end of year 12.
As much as I like my French teachers, I feel like I’ve really lost my spark for the subject especially because of the A Level and want to drop it since I don’t want the subject to be hindering my other grades (especially history!!) if I am going to be forced to have to sit an AS exam in it. Our head of year is pretty hot on people not dropping subjects as he thinks it’s a good “back up” for if you are doing badly in one subject. However, I feel like French is really bringing me down and it would probably more beneficial to me if I say goodbye to the subject overall.
Please put any tips for helping to convince my head of year/sixth form to drop this subject as he is not an easy person to convince! Or if not, and tips and tricks to improve my French - it’s humbling now since I used to get 8/9’s at GCSE!!
Thank you all
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Original post by 4lys3a
Hiya all,
I recently have just done my as mocks for the as levels I sit in May-June time. All my subjects were okay except French🤦*♀️ I received a D in paper 1 and who knows about all the other papers!!
For reference I take A Level Psychology, Politics and History in which I’m thriving in politics and psychology but would love to work on history a bit more to improve my grade. Our school makes us do 4 A Levels and we drop one at the end of year 12.
As much as I like my French teachers, I feel like I’ve really lost my spark for the subject especially because of the A Level and want to drop it since I don’t want the subject to be hindering my other grades (especially history!!) if I am going to be forced to have to sit an AS exam in it. Our head of year is pretty hot on people not dropping subjects as he thinks it’s a good “back up” for if you are doing badly in one subject. However, I feel like French is really bringing me down and it would probably more beneficial to me if I say goodbye to the subject overall.
Please put any tips for helping to convince my head of year/sixth form to drop this subject as he is not an easy person to convince! Or if not, and tips and tricks to improve my French - it’s humbling now since I used to get 8/9’s at GCSE!!
Thank you all
I recently have just done my as mocks for the as levels I sit in May-June time. All my subjects were okay except French🤦*♀️ I received a D in paper 1 and who knows about all the other papers!!
For reference I take A Level Psychology, Politics and History in which I’m thriving in politics and psychology but would love to work on history a bit more to improve my grade. Our school makes us do 4 A Levels and we drop one at the end of year 12.
As much as I like my French teachers, I feel like I’ve really lost my spark for the subject especially because of the A Level and want to drop it since I don’t want the subject to be hindering my other grades (especially history!!) if I am going to be forced to have to sit an AS exam in it. Our head of year is pretty hot on people not dropping subjects as he thinks it’s a good “back up” for if you are doing badly in one subject. However, I feel like French is really bringing me down and it would probably more beneficial to me if I say goodbye to the subject overall.
Please put any tips for helping to convince my head of year/sixth form to drop this subject as he is not an easy person to convince! Or if not, and tips and tricks to improve my French - it’s humbling now since I used to get 8/9’s at GCSE!!
Thank you all
tips for paper 1:
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make and review quizlet sets for all your consistent mistakes
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listen to podcasts or music in French and try following along to see how much you genuinely understand
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consistent grammar practice
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frequently practice the types of questions where you lose the most marks
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do as much translation practice as possible, both english->French + French->English
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don't overcomplicate the points in your essay - the key points of your essay should be clear/concise but still analytical for the examiner
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consistent grammar practice
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go through all past papers for speaking and briefly prepare those questions - all questions essentially follow the same structure
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make mind maps to summarise the key trends/facts for each topic
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during the 5 mins prep time, use time to prepare 1/2 questions to ask the examiner as well as prepping your discussion about the card
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