GCSE French Study Group 2024-25

Bienvenue à GCSE French Study Group!

Here you can chat with other students studying the same subjects as you and support each other as you head towards your exams :h:

You can post any useful tips and resources that you come across, offer support to others, share your successes, or just let it all out when it gets tough!

It is against the site rules to ask for or offer any copyrighted papers, or to take conversations off-site to do these things. Posts that break these rules will be removed.

A few icebreakers to kick things off:
What exam board are you with?
What do you enjoy most about this subject/ course?
What area do you struggle with in this subject/ course?

Good luck, together we can do this! :biggrin:

@Blinkr

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Reply 1

AlishaDaisy

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by erin11

Bienvenue à GCSE French Study Group!
Here you can chat with other students studying the same subjects as you and support each other as you head towards your exams :h:

You can post any useful tips and resources that you come across, offer support to others, share your successes, or just let it all out when it gets tough!

It is against the site rules to ask for or offer any copyrighted papers, or to take conversations off-site to do these things. Posts that break these rules will be removed.
A few icebreakers to kick things off:
What exam board are you with?
What do you enjoy most about this subject/ course?
What area do you struggle with in this subject/ course?
Good luck, together we can do this! :biggrin:

@Blinkr

Hi there!
AlishaDaisy here. I am in Year 13 currently studying French for my A-Level. I got an 8 in my GCSE French, so if you want to achieve this grade like me, feel free to ask me here! Bonne chance à tous!

Reply 2

Harfan654

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by erin11

Bienvenue à GCSE French Study Group!
Here you can chat with other students studying the same subjects as you and support each other as you head towards your exams :h:

You can post any useful tips and resources that you come across, offer support to others, share your successes, or just let it all out when it gets tough!

It is against the site rules to ask for or offer any copyrighted papers, or to take conversations off-site to do these things. Posts that break these rules will be removed.
A few icebreakers to kick things off:
What exam board are you with?
What do you enjoy most about this subject/ course?
What area do you struggle with in this subject/ course?
Good luck, together we can do this! :biggrin:

@Blinkr

Hey My names Harry and I'm in Year 11 and currently doing GCSE AQA French!
I love this subject as I pursed to become a french teacher and I love the topics that we learn from it!
I dislike mocks/GCSE exams as they are hard, I excel in writing and reading but my weakness is speaking and listening!
I have done with my Speaking (HT) , it was hard and I had no idea what to do so it was stressful, thankfully my teacher and I will go through the paper ourselves soon and practise together. The reason the listening was hard is because I'm deaf!

(edited 11 months ago)

Reply 3

rextee29381

Hi. My name is Lily and I am doing French AQA GCSE. I love the subject, and it comes to me so naturally! I have had extra lessons with my teacher and I did great on the speaking. I did my french writing mock today and it was good. I often go to Paris (about 3 times a year) and I love the atmosphere and the people. For listening, I have developed a good technique which may help other people: on quizlet create/find a set with necessary vocab. Then press the audio function (this will say the term out loud and when you flip the card, the definition out loud) while having your eyes closed. So hear the french said, say out loud what you think it is/in your head and then flip the card to see what the definition is in english. It really helped with the listening I had this week.

Reply 4

xcold

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by erin11

Bienvenue à GCSE French Study Group!
Here you can chat with other students studying the same subjects as you and support each other as you head towards your exams :h:

You can post any useful tips and resources that you come across, offer support to others, share your successes, or just let it all out when it gets tough!

It is against the site rules to ask for or offer any copyrighted papers, or to take conversations off-site to do these things. Posts that break these rules will be removed.
A few icebreakers to kick things off:
What exam board are you with?
What do you enjoy most about this subject/ course?
What area do you struggle with in this subject/ course?
Good luck, together we can do this! :biggrin:

@Blinkr

Hi! Im using the Edexcel exam board for my gcse French and I have a mock oral next week and I’m not prepared at all even as well as being half French

Reply 5

YOLOright

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by xcold

Hi! Im using the Edexcel exam board for my gcse French and I have a mock oral next week and I’m not prepared at all even as well as being half French

how did the speaking mock go?

Reply 6

username6152218

hii im in y11 and i have no idea where to start with french and my exams are really soon. im aiming for a grade 9 so if anyone could give me a study plan that would be soso helpful

Reply 7

erin11

Volunteer Team

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by shrodingerscatt

hii im in y11 and i have no idea where to start with french and my exams are really soon. im aiming for a grade 9 so if anyone could give me a study plan that would be soso helpful

quizlet and memrise to help you really nail all the vocab / grammar. there's also lots of educational stuff on YouTube to help with grammar too. the more vocab/grammar you are confident with, the speaking will feel easier. id say look for some example GCSE speaking exams on YouTube and take notes

Reply 8

YOLOright

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by shrodingerscatt

hii im in y11 and i have no idea where to start with french and my exams are really soon. im aiming for a grade 9 so if anyone could give me a study plan that would be soso helpful

Definitely know your tenses and do past papers to get additional practice - ensure you mark the papers to see where you went wrong. Have a look at the video: gcse french | how to get grade 9 | 4,5,6,7&8! (tips from a teacher) on YouTube by The Ideal Teacher Language School to help further for a revision plan.

Reply 9

GCSE_student1876

I take EDEXCEL GCSE french, and just got our mock back!! I got a grade 9 overall (full marks speaking, 58/60 writing, 48/50 reading, 46/50 listening)

If anyone from any exam board wants any help, or wants me to mark anything, I'm happy to help :smile:

Reply 10

Harfan654

Hey apparantly for AQA our reading and listening are on the same day!! for summer

Reply 11

GCSE_student1876

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by Harfan654

Hey apparantly for AQA our reading and listening are on the same day!! for summer

Nice!! It's coming around pretty quickly haha

Reply 12

erin11

Volunteer Team

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by Harfan654

Hey apparantly for AQA our reading and listening are on the same day!! for summer

yes , in the real thing you do the reading and listening back to back rather than separately

Reply 13

GCSE_student1876

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by erin11

yes , in the real thing you do the reading and listening back to back rather than separately

Yeah thats how we did it in our school for mocks😬it was pretty intense, but in some aspects I just preferred getting them out of the way.

Reply 14

username7330369

Listening is acc so depressing - does anyone have any tips i beg

Reply 15

GCSE_student1876

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by ZarFo

Listening is acc so depressing - does anyone have any tips i beg

Use the 5 minutes at the start really wisely.

- Don't just start translating the first question. Flick through until you see a question with a difficult topic, and start making vocab predictions.

- Highlight the key words, and the focus of the question.

During the actual listening part:

- For a 'tick the box' style question do not tick any boxes the first time you hear it. Instead put dots in any boxes you think it could be. Use the second time listening to confirm your answers, and put ticks in the boxes. Doing this really helps narrow down your answers and make it seem less overwhelming. It also avoids lots of messy work.

-Make sure you have ticked enough boxes.

- Make sure you are answering in the correct language.

- Don't focus on what you don't know, and instead focus on the bits you understand.

- Check your answer is reasonable. Did Bob really just but 10000 apples and 20 chairs from a market, or did you hear that wrong? If you are really unsure, make an educated guess.

Reply 16

username7330369

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by GCSE_student1876

Use the 5 minutes at the start really wisely.
- Don't just start translating the first question. Flick through until you see a question with a difficult topic, and start making vocab predictions.
- Highlight the key words, and the focus of the question.
During the actual listening part:
- For a 'tick the box' style question do not tick any boxes the first time you hear it. Instead put dots in any boxes you think it could be. Use the second time listening to confirm your answers, and put ticks in the boxes. Doing this really helps narrow down your answers and make it seem less overwhelming. It also avoids lots of messy work.
-Make sure you have ticked enough boxes.
- Make sure you are answering in the correct language.
- Don't focus on what you don't know, and instead focus on the bits you understand.
- Check your answer is reasonable. Did Bob really just but 10000 apples and 20 chairs from a market, or did you hear that wrong? If you are really unsure, make an educated guess.

Tysm, ngl that's acc hello smart. Personally, I always keep anticipating answers and get like really shocked when they finish speaking

Reply 17

GCSE_student1876

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by ZarFo

Tysm, ngl that's acc hello smart. Personally, I always keep anticipating answers and get like really shocked when they finish speaking

Lol listening is pretty difficult tbf

Reply 18

username7330369

Ngl if french was just speaking it'd acc be the best subject - my trick for speaking is just speaking out random reams of sentences sporadically, it winds up my sis and help me :smile:

Reply 19

Harfan654

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by ZarFo

Ngl if french was just speaking it'd acc be the best subject - my trick for speaking is just speaking out random reams of sentences sporadically, it winds up my sis and help me :smile:

yh but speaking is our first exam we start for MFL