How do I revise for GCSE polish with 2 months left

Hi, I'm polish . Ive applied for polish GCSE as I needed an extra subject for colleges (I'm in y11). However I have no clue and am overwhelmed by the sheer volume of vocab and grammar there is. Does anyone have any advice on how I should revise? Should I make flashcards? Just use the document and cover the words?

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bzzzzzzz

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hey! im currently in y11 but i did my arabic gcse in y10. honestly because i can speak read and write pretty well i did not really make any flashcards because honestly there is not that much time left. try to learn your grammar structures as well as possible, like memorise how to form the past present future etc then focus on vocab, because your sentences wont make any sense without structure. im assuming if you are polish then you probably speak the language at home, so i would try and communicate with your family or friends only in polish up until your exam and get them to correct you when you get something wrong- i did this with arabic and it worked i only dropped 14 marks overall (i got 266/280) i also recommend just continuously doing past paper after past paper for both higher and foundation for practice because eventually you will get the hang and feel for the exam. if it helps try to watch shows in polish- im not sure about the polish language but in arabic there is a HUGE difference between slang and proper arabic, so if thats the case with polish too try and get out of the habit of speaking slang and just speak like how they do on the news/ formally because you will lose marks in writing and speaking for this. you can do this as well by watching polish shows as well or something dubbed in polish i think netflix does that. overall im sure u would be fine, dont stress honestly before my exam i only did 3 past papers thats it. good luck i hope this helps, contact me if ur need anything else :smile:

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N1c0l3z

OP

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Original post by bzzzzzzz

hey! im currently in y11 but i did my arabic gcse in y10. honestly because i can speak read and write pretty well i did not really make any flashcards because honestly there is not that much time left. try to learn your grammar structures as well as possible, like memorise how to form the past present future etc then focus on vocab, because your sentences wont make any sense without structure. im assuming if you are polish then you probably speak the language at home, so i would try and communicate with your family or friends only in polish up until your exam and get them to correct you when you get something wrong- i did this with arabic and it worked i only dropped 14 marks overall (i got 266/280) i also recommend just continuously doing past paper after past paper for both higher and foundation for practice because eventually you will get the hang and feel for the exam. if it helps try to watch shows in polish- im not sure about the polish language but in arabic there is a HUGE difference between slang and proper arabic, so if thats the case with polish too try and get out of the habit of speaking slang and just speak like how they do on the news/ formally because you will lose marks in writing and speaking for this. you can do this as well by watching polish shows as well or something dubbed in polish i think netflix does that. overall im sure u would be fine, dont stress honestly before my exam i only did 3 past papers thats it. good luck i hope this helps, contact me if ur need anything else :smile:

thank you 🥹

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bzzzzzzz

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Original post by N1c0l3z

thank you 🥹

ofc anytime!

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ameliazyt

Original post by N1c0l3z

Hi, I'm polish . Ive applied for polish GCSE as I needed an extra subject for colleges (I'm in y11). However I have no clue and am overwhelmed by the sheer volume of vocab and grammar there is. Does anyone have any advice on how I should revise? Should I make flashcards? Just use the document and cover the words?

I did my polish gcse last year (I am in year 11 as well) and my top tip would be do exam practice. If you speak fluent polish then you will be good, easy grade 9. Practice harder sentence forms, maybe plan out key sentences that you could include in your writing? It isn’t worth practicing key words on their own. Watch films and read books in polish as well to have as much exposure to it as possible. Also practice speaking the most!! In my experience that’s the one I got most nervous, have key ideas to speak about for example how you would describe your house and what it is like to live with your family or what you will do in the future to save the environment. (Environment was the harder topic for me as I never had to say powódź or dwutlenek węgla) Practice these questions with your parents (I assume someone in your family can speak Polish). But honestly if you can speak pretty fluently, reading and listening will be easy. Writing may be harder for grammar or spelling. DONT STRESS!!

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N1c0l3z

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Alright, thank you. I have a document with a list of vocab for the themes and general info. They are around 200-400 words. How should I learn them then?

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natty1432

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Original post by N1c0l3z

Hi, I'm polish . Ive applied for polish GCSE as I needed an extra subject for colleges (I'm in y11). However I have no clue and am overwhelmed by the sheer volume of vocab and grammar there is. Does anyone have any advice on how I should revise? Should I make flashcards? Just use the document and cover the words?

Hello! I'm also in year 11 and I did my Polish gcse in year 9 (I got a 9)

I didn't revise much despite having only 1 Polish speaking parent but what I really did the most was past papers! I was lucky enough to attend a Polish Saturday school where I did mock exams. My top tip is to not stress about it!!!

I think your best bet is to read fiction books in Polish in your spare time, even if its just kids books, and talking to your family exclusively in Polish.

Do you do another language gcse? If so I recommend following your teachers advice but just relating it to Polish instead- they can give great exam tips as well.

Don't give up! I'm more than happy to help you with anything <3

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N1c0l3z

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Original post by natty1432

Hello! I'm also in year 11 and I did my Polish gcse in year 9 (I got a 9)
I didn't revise much despite having only 1 Polish speaking parent but what I really did the most was past papers! I was lucky enough to attend a Polish Saturday school where I did mock exams. My top tip is to not stress about it!!!
I think your best bet is to read fiction books in Polish in your spare time, even if its just kids books, and talking to your family exclusively in Polish.
Do you do another language gcse? If so I recommend following your teachers advice but just relating it to Polish instead- they can give great exam tips as well.
Don't give up! I'm more than happy to help you with anything <3

Hi I dont have any teachers - my polish gvse is purely self study! I'm quite good at speaking however my vocab is limited and my writing is wack. However in good at listening and reading though? Any tips?

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natty1432

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Original post by N1c0l3z

Hi I dont have any teachers - my polish gvse is purely self study! I'm quite good at speaking however my vocab is limited and my writing is wack. However in good at listening and reading though? Any tips?

Imo your vocab doesn't necessarily have to be out of this world- just know the basics of the more difficult topics eg environment and charity work etc and always justify your opinions! For every single speaking question, reply with 3 sentences and at least 1 should have a "because" in it. This means you're definitely hitting the higher grades.

Similar advice for writing- 90 words write your 4 answers to each bullet point in separate paragraphs to make it really clear to the examiner. Make sure to write opinions and justify them (like in speaking). The same for 150 words but this time make sure to use a couple more complex sentence structures. Translation shouldn't be too bad but if you don't know a word, don't worry about it. Focus on making every skill the best it can be, but if writing is something you are worried about then make sure you can fall back on higher marks in speaking, reading and listening.

Powodzenia! Będzie dobrze :wink:

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